* (O-My! Al Gore says the sun can kill!!!)
6/24/07
Sunny Day Kid Project
So many of the neighborhood kids come from co-op environments with really aware and smart and involved parents that BITD "rainy day projects" have become "sunny day projects" (these people don't want the kids to spend too much time in the O-zone*). Faced with entertaining a couple of restless kids this weekend, and with Saturday cartoons well over (The Cartoon Network alone might be a reason to move up to expanded cable), I had to think fast. Fortunately I had a couple of these really neat lucite magnet blocks around the house, and from there it was a simple matter of dumping out the kitchen junk drawer on the floor! I told the kids an imaginative story about them being artists, and asked them to use the magnets, staples, tacks, and xacto blades (left the paper protectors on those - NO WORRIES!) to create sculptures! They spent almost thirty-five minutes ENTHRALLED in really imaginative play, and everone joined in. Must confess, I made one myself, though I'm loathe to post my own work. Any old ways, here's a couple of shots of what the kids did - I hope you find them inspiring and that they remind you that toys aren't just "in the attic" - they're EVERYWHERE!!!
* (O-My! Al Gore says the sun can kill!!!)
* (O-My! Al Gore says the sun can kill!!!)
2 comments:
If you hadn't already congratulated yourself, this is where I would congratulate YOU! Oh what the heck, I'll chime in with my own: CONGRATS!!!!!!! So artistic. You could market this idea, you really should.
I was really thrilled at actually being able to convince the kids that they WERE artists, if even for just a moment. They'll soon learn that life is hard enough, but for now, why spoil their dreams? While in Seattle a last month I saw the new sculpture garden and I actually thought that some of the work we did was as good as what I saw there. Maybe someone SHOULD scale them up and fill in the spaces (the sculptures are like a hundred yards apart, seperated by nothing but grass - I guess they had some budget issues?). Anyhoo, thanks for the props!!!!
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