Paper Ninja

Homemade Ramen

For the homemade ramen, I used the following site as a starting point for what the noodles should be made of. I found that the water content was a little too low on the recipe, so don't be afraid to add drops of water when the dough gets to dry. After I made the noodles by following this recipe, I hard-boiled some eggs, cut up some green onion, one slice of red onion, and added green beans. Just another quick tip, try to cut the noodles to be thin, they cook faster when they're thin.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-REAL-Japanese-ramen-from-scratch/

To make the hard-boiled eggs, I put 2 eggs per person inside of a pot that was full of cold water. Try adding a pinch of salt, it usually helps the eggs to keep from cracking in the pot. I put the pot on a burner on the high setting, and let it come to a boil. As soon as it was at a boil, I took the pot off the burner while adjusting the heat to low. Let the eggs simmer for a minute. Take it off the burner, and cover it for 10-15 minutes. Take the warm water out of the pan and add cold water. Once the eggs are cooled, you can open them. 

 If all goes well, your ramen should look something like the pictures above :)

Good luck,

    Paper Ninja

 

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Book Review: The Zombie Survival Guide - Complete Protection from the Living Dead

Looking for a gift for your favorite teenager? The Zombie Survival Guide - Complete Protection from the Living Dead gets 4 stars from the Paper Ninja. 

The Zombie Survival Guide is meant to teach you how to survive a zombie uprising, whether its only 10 zombies or 6.7 billion zombies. The book explains the origins of zombies, written account of zombie attacks, how to kill zombies, how to prepare your home for a zombie invasion, how to travel during a zombie invasion, the safer places during a zombie invasion, and the best kinds of fortresses. The Zombie Survival Guide  is easy to follow and understand, while being more interesting than your average book. Be advised that this book is slightly violent in nature (kinda obvious). 

 The Paper Ninja rates it 4 out of 5 ninja stars.  

Paper Ninja Arts as seen on YouTube

Just in! Check out this cool video sent in from Aiden Jeans and his friends. They made a movie and used the Paper Ninja Star Trek Communicator Badge pattern to add a little authentic touch to their costumes.

The Paper Ninja is on Vacation

Dear friends of the Paper Ninja,

I wanted to post a quick update that the Paper Ninja is on a 7-week vacation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. He is enjoying some quality time with his dad. Before he left we did get the next project shot but ran out of time to post them along with the instructions {it is pretty involved}. The Paper Ninja insists that he write the instructions as he believes that you want to hear from him. {Now how cool is that! He is actually the same way about his school projects.}

The next project will delight Naruto and Ninja fans alike. It is a step-by-step on how to make a Japanese Kunai out of paper. It is very cool Japanese weapon.

The Paper Ninja will be back the week of August 17th. We have plans to go to the local mica mine that week so we may have some great materials for future projects!

Thank you all for your e-mails and support of the Paper Ninja's work.

The proud mama,

Kathryn, Collage Diva

Welcome to Paper Ninja Arts

Hi and welcome to my new blog. Many of you may already know my mom who goes by the name Collage Diva. Her blog is True North Arts. Just like my mom I like to make things out of paper and found objects. One day my mom saw me folding paper to make a Ninja weapon called a Kunai. She then had the idea for me to start my own blog where I would post my project ideas and instructions on how to make them.

My mom thinks that my projects will be great fun for other mothers and grandmothers and people who are looking for fun ideas to do with kids. What makes my projects different is that they are designed for kids by a kid. I think boys will really like my ideas.

Have you seen the new Star Trek movie? I love it and can't wait to see it again. My first project shows you how you can make your own Star Trek Communicator Badge. I hope you give it a try. Scroll down the post and you'll see how you can win one of my communicator badges.

Please leave me a comment to let me know what you think of my new blog and project.

Thanks for visiting!

The Paper Ninja

Make Your Own Star Trek Communicator Badge

Paper Ninja Arts Project #1
Star Trek Communicator Badge

Welcome to Paper Ninja’s first project, the Star Trek Communicator Badge.

For this project you will need:

Card board
Aluminum foil
Gold wrapper from a 5 gum pack “Lush”
Glue stick
Bone folder
Scissors
Ballpoint pen
Pin back
Strong glue like “E6000” or dimensional glaze

Step 1: Print the template and cut the shapes out of the cardboard.

Step 2: Make the base.

• The gum wrapper will be used to cover the base (cardboard piece #1).
• Use a bone folder to straighten out the wrinkles in the gum wrapper.

• Place the cardboard shape onto the wrapper and cut it as shown.
• Coat the cardboard using a glue stick and attach the foil.

• Fold the edges much like wrapping a present. Tuck the short sides in first then the top and bottom edges.

• Use the bone folder to flatten and crease the folds.

• On the front side, use a ballpoint pen to draw a horizontal bar across the middle.

Step 3: Make the Star Fleet symbol.

• Use aluminum foil to cover cardboard piece #2.
• Use a bone folder to straighten the wrinkles in the foil.

• Place the cardboard onto the aluminum and cut out the shape. Be sure to cut it a little larger than the template.
• Coat the cardboard using a glue stick and attach the foil.
• Fold the edges and flatten using a bone folder.
• Cut a second piece of aluminum foil in the shape of the symbol only this time make it a little smaller. (sorry we forgot to take a photo of this step)
• Use a glue stick to attach this smaller piece to cover the back.

Step 4: Attach the pieces

• Use your strong glue to attach the two pieces.
• Let it dry really well.

Step 5: Attach the pin

• Apply the strong glue to the back of the pin.
• Attach the pin to the back of the communicator.
• Let it dry really well.

Step 6: Wear and enjoy!!!

Step 7: Enter to win one of my Star Trek Communicator pins.

I hope you have as much fun with this project as I did. If you make one I'd love to see it.

Help me get the word out about my new blog. Mention my blog and this project on your blog with a link to www.collagediva.com/ninja. Leave me a comment that you've linked to me and I'll enter you into a drawing to win of my very own Star Trek Communicator pins. Contest deadline is: June 26th.

Step 8: Learn about new projects from the Paper Ninja.

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Live long and prosper!

The Paper Ninja