Construction paper

[dfrankiswork at netscape.net]

> Construction paper is that thick, coarse paper that comes in 
various 
> deep colors, used for countless children's projects.  I eagerly 
await 
> the British translation.
> 
> Take crayon in dominant hand.  Place other hand, fingers splayed, 
on 
> construction paper, and trace around it with crayon.  Cut out shape 
> with those awful little scissors that fit no one, not even a 
> five-year-old, and are way too dull to cut construction paper.
> 

I'm not sure if this is crepe paper or just coloured (thin) 
cardboard, which is not so easy to get in really bright colours.  But 
I recognise the scissors - we have those.  Crepe paper is hard to 
describe.  It's sort of crinkly and folds more easily in one 
dimension than the other.  It's strongly coloured.  It used to be 
made into party hats, but strong tissue paper is now more commonly 
used.

At Christmas my mother used to get thick strong paper coloured on one 
side sent from her parents in Denmark to make krammehuser, where the 
folds had to be strong enough to bear the weight of many sweets.  It 
wasn't available in England, and the sheets had to be quite large - 
about two foot square.

Fol Derry Dol

David, wondering if Goldberry was a Slytherin