Origummy

 Hunter has been itching to start some sort of "business" for awhile now.  At first he wanted to try to do food of some sort but then I think he realized that mom was going to have to help with it and that I could only help him at certain times of the day.  Last year when I got home from my trip to San Francisco I had brought Hunter some origami paper and a book about folding.  He loved it and had a lot of fun with it.  A few weeks ago he decided that it was the perfect product to sell.  So he used the techniques he knew already as well as practiced some new ones and built up quite a little inventory.  He came up with a name for his business, Origummy.  He asked if he could make a sign on the computer and created a logo and a pricing sheet with only minimal help from mom.  He also included at the bottom that he offers origami lessons as well.  Deke and I told him the rules of no going to people's doors, only selling to people he knows in the neighborhood or friends.  The first day he came home grinning, he had made $.75 that afternoon and he was thrilled.  It has been fun to watch over the last few weeks.  He has learned to make some new items to provide to his "regular" customers and has even had a day where he had a sale on a few items.  To date he has made $11 and some change which is fun.

He has also come up with the idea to skype with grandma's or other family members and offer origami lessons that way.  He is super excited that Grandma has already "put in her order" for which pieces she is going to receive lessons on next time we skype. I think it is great all the things that he is learning about running a business and he has been having a lot of fun.  I look forward to getting to take my own origami lesson from him soon :)