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holidaywishesI'm reading through different people's wishlists, and
if I can make any come true, I'll try my best.
Until then, here is my wishlist:
1. A mixed CD of any songs that mean a lot to you.
2. A photo of anyone/anything (obviously I don't want
anything offensive!!!) - it would just be interesting
to receive.
3. A ring or bracelet - any type, even the handmade
kind (like we had in school!)
4. A book that you have read that you think would be
interesting to pass on.
5. Tell the people in your life that you love them
(don't assume they know).
6. Cool socks.
7. Cool hair ties.
8. Any ideas/activities you have for doing creative
stuff with kids (I'm a primary school teacher - this is
my first year out - and I'm not the most creative in
the Art area!
9. A letter sent to me by snail mail just telling me
about yourself.
10. A copy of a poem or a story that you thought was
funny/interesting/emotional etc.
My email is: psychodorkgirl@hotmail.com
Thanks!
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Date: 2004-12-05 12:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-05 01:04 am (UTC);)
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Date: 2004-12-05 12:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-05 12:56 am (UTC)We also made magnets for our parents out of those metal lids on the ends of frozen concentrated juice things. And our teacher went to a tile company and got a bunch of leftover/irregular tiles and we painted stuff on them for Mother's day. Mom still has mine.
And no, I don't know why I remember all this stuff. LOL But maybe it can help you out!
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Date: 2004-12-05 01:13 am (UTC)The metal lids on the ends of frozen concentrated juice things...huh? Is that like when you take the normal lid off and they have that metal thing glued down? Or do I just look like a complete blonde right about now!?!
Thankyou so much for your ideas! I love them! I love hearing the different kinds of stuff that other people have done (stealing ideas is the best thing ever!!!) I really want to try the tile idea as well!!!
Thankyou!!!! ;)
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Date: 2004-12-05 01:34 am (UTC)You know I'm sure they still make them, but I never look. It's like you get those roll carton thing of the frozen concentrate and I think you pull the paper thing off and there's metal lids in there. Kind of like you said. I just can't remember because I haven't made any of it in years. Anyway, she washed them off and got a pack of little magnets (you could probably get a long roll and cut them or something if it's cheaper) and she melted crayons then stuck our pictures in the melted wax. You could probably just skip the crayons and have the kids like colour a picture to fit on the lids and glue it down with craft glue or something.
Lord knows how we survived all these "insane" projects. Melted wax and toliet paper tubes! I mean I'm only 23, but sheesh. They're taking all the fun away these days!
I could probably help you out more; my dad was an art teacher in public schools for 30 years up here. I couldn't access all his stuff but I might be able to remember a few more things. The tile idea is so cool because it's cheap and a lasting object! Mom's kept mine above the kitchen sink ever since I brought it home.
You're very welcome! :)
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Date: 2004-12-05 03:24 am (UTC)I understand now what you mean about the metal lid thing now! *slaps forehead*
With the tile thing, I've also seen an art teacher do mosaics with kids - they look great as well. See, this is the kind of stuff that I love hearing about, cos as a teacher, I can go around and get leftovers and stuff (like from tile companies) and put it to good use!
I know! We used to have so much fun when we were younger! Do you remember the thing where you would suck paint up a straw and then blow it out onto a sheet of paper (and then fold it in half and it would make a butterfly or something?) That was fun!!! Well, except for that time when I sucked the paint up the straw and automatically swallowed!!! Hehehe!
*grins*
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Date: 2004-12-05 03:41 am (UTC)Yeah! Those!
Yes! Mosaics are always great too!
Ewww! But yes I remember doing that LOL It's amazing we survived childhood!
There's also go to be teacher resources on the internet that would have great craft/art projects for kids. Or ones you can simplify or change enough for the age level.
Maybe I should add your journal to my list, in case I see something you might find useful...
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Date: 2004-12-05 05:00 am (UTC)Yes! Let's add!
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Date: 2004-12-05 05:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-05 05:56 am (UTC)*grins*
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Date: 2004-12-05 08:17 am (UTC)Let's see... I don't know how old your charges are, but I used to volunteer with a bunch of four-year-olds. :)
Wreath ornaments:
Supplies-- Pipe cleaners (green or red, or other colors), ribbon, those funny three-lobed plastic beads (the pink thing in the corner of this image (http://www.talontoys.com/bargain_mix.jpg))--they come in packs of all colors.
Thread the beads onto the pipe cleaners till they have about four(?) inches (you might want to experiment) of beaded pipe cleaner. Other types of beads will work, but the tri-beads work best because they're designed to fit together. Pull the beaded section into a ring and tie it off; cut off any remaining pipe cleaner. Tie ribbon into a loop, then loop over the "knot" and pull through. (Hard to explain, but you get it, right?) That's to hand it by. If desired, tie a bow around the hanging loop and add a dab of glue to hold it in place.
Depending on the effort expended, these can look really nice, so having them make, say, a set of three or something (since depending on age/skill level, these are pretty simple) would at least be a "useful" craft! If you had examples of really nice ones, it might encourage them to work hard. Unlike most crafts, they're actually pretty when done right! :)
Handprint Wreaths: Warning, this is messy!
Supplies--lots of green paint; shallow trays or paper plates; red paint; white cloth or paper; red or green yarn, thin dowel rods (or similar)
Have the paper/cloth in almost-squares (perhaps a square with one side an inch longer--it will be folded down to make it square). Pour the green paint into the trays/plates. You might want to lightly draw a circle on each canvas in pencil--tracing a plate makes this easy. Have each child press their palms into the green paint, then make overlapping handprints in all directions in a circle on the canvas. This provides a green "wreath" shape. Wash all hands. :) Put some red paint on a tray, and have them press just their thumbs into it. Show them how to make clusters of three thumbprints at random spots on the "wreath"--holly berries! Let them dry; then fold over one edge and glue it down to make a channel. Run the dowel rod (a stiff wire would probably work, too) through the channel, tie yarn to each end of it, and voila: a neat "handmade" wreath hanging. It should look like this, vaguely:
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With a wreath on it, of course, but that's beyond my limited sketching skills.
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Date: 2004-12-05 08:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-05 10:00 am (UTC)The inch extra is folded over and glued down - and where the dotted line is, is where underneath the folded down part there is yarn. Right?
*claps hands*
That is so cool!!!
And I don't mind doing messy stuff with kids - that's the most fun stuff to do as a child!!!
You rule! Thanks!!!
If you know of anymore, just let me know!!!
Much appreciated!!! Merry Christmas!!!
Love Deb.
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:05 am (UTC)ann.furnell@gmail.com
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Date: 2004-12-08 08:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-07 04:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-08 08:46 pm (UTC)Any chance you could email them to me?
psychodorkgirl@hotmail.com
Thanks!!!
Merry Christmas!
Love Deb.
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Date: 2004-12-08 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-08 08:48 pm (UTC)As for recommending "Captain Correli's Mandolin" - I actually recently watched the movie (I had avoided it for a while) and I REALLY enjoyed it - much more than I thought I would have! So I'll have to grab the book! ;)
Christmas Decoration idea
Date: 2004-12-09 02:23 am (UTC)All this talk of kids craft ideas reminded me of something we used to do as kids: Christmas bells from egg cartons. I assume that they don't think that egg cartons are unhygenic?
What you do, is you take a cardboard egg carton, and cut out the "cups" that the eggs rest in. Then you turn them upside down and it's like a bell, see? You paint them and decorate them with glitter. Then you poke a hole in the top and use a bit of wire (an un-bent paper clip would probably do) to make a hook, and hang it on the Christmas tree. With the wire, you would have to bend it at right angles at the bottom, to hold it, and then bend it into a hook at the top, so it can hook.
Or maybe one could do it with string and a large bead. That is, you poke a hole at the top of the "bell", take a piece of string, fold it into a loop, poke the two ends through the hole, poke the two ends through a large bead, and make a very large knot, so the bead won't slip off. Then you have the bead inside the bell, and a loop at the top.
I haven't tried this, but I think it would work.
Re: Christmas Decoration idea
Date: 2004-12-30 10:31 am (UTC)Thankyou for that idea!!! (heh - no, as yet egg cartons aren't viewed as being unhygenic!!! lol!)
These are the kinds of ideas I need to put in my memory bank!
Thankyou!
Hope you had a great Christmas!
Love Deb.
Re: Christmas Decoration idea
Date: 2004-12-30 08:43 pm (UTC)And apart from a strained shoulder, I had a lovely Christmas, thank you. 8-)
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Date: 2004-12-16 08:24 pm (UTC)One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:
Again I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
Vain man, said she, that dost in vain assay
A mortal thing so to immortalize!
For I myself shall like to this decay,
And eek my name be wiped out likewise.
Not so (quoth I), let baser things devise
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:
My verse your virtues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens write your glorious name;
Where, whenas death shall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew.
--Edmund Spenser
The reasons why I love this so much: 1. I always believed in eternal love, and this poem states it beautifully. 2. My guy found out that it was my favorite, and one day he sent me a letter that was all in Egyptian heiroglyphs (he also knows that I'm into Egyptology). I looked online for an Egyptian alphabet, translated the letter...and it turned out to be this poem. Since then, I've loved it even more.
Happy Holidays!
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Date: 2004-12-30 10:33 am (UTC)I'm all for everything being love and roses at the moment, so I love hearing romantic things like that!!!
You know what, hearing a little story like that being associated to the poem makes it so much more beautiful!!!
Thankyou for this!!!
I hope you had a great Christmas!
Love
Deb.