Location: Douglass-Truth Library
Time: 5-7pm
Date: 4/8/2015
Today I worked
with the kids. We brought an assembled puppet show stage and we showed the kids
how to make puppets by decorating brown paper lunch bags. There were many art
materials to choose from including crayons, markers, colored pencils,
construction paper and even googley eyes. At first they seemed unsure of what
to do but after we had a few lead examples going, they soon were excited about
what they wanted to create.
During the process
of creating there were conversations among the children about what kinds of
stories they could come up with. Everyone involved at the table made a puppet.
It was a nice day outside, and as a group we decided to conduct the puppet show
outdoors. Us older students became the audience, and the children quietly
discussed behind the curtain what the show was going to be. One of the kids was
pretty bossy about the whole process and what she wanted to do, and wanted
others to do. The other children had less vocal personalities and avoiding
conflict, they went along with the plans.
Overall everyone
seemed to enjoy making their own puppets and using their imagination. The kids
even thought it would be amusing to see us older students star in a show as well.
Art was the first theme, but equally important was creative thinking with the stories,
and collaboration. I enjoyed this workshop. Being a part of crafty activities
with children was a nice outlet from my own work. They were so energetic and
enthusiastic about their creations. I think it is important to have a creative
mindset, not just for artist purposes, but also for thinking in life in
general.
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