November 12, 2008

Theme:  Decorate Holiday Tree for DAR Festival of Lights

Goal:  Decorate Tree in the Pre decided Topic of Comic Book Heros.  Deliver Tree to DAR on Schedule.  Each student will make at least one ornament for the tree and one to take home.

Materials:  Fabric in Comic Book Hero theme, used for tree skirt and to cover wooden ornament shapes.  Matching ribbon for bows, empty glass ornaments to fill.  Comic Hero stickers, mini figures, tree topper to be colored, glitter, glue, sequins, and various notions to embellish and create ornaments.  Scissors, markers, paint and yarn/strings.  Camera for photos.  Snacks for participants.

Attendance:  Eleven Students and 1 instructor.

November 5,2008

Writing sets and series.  Pictureka game.

October 15, 2008

• Theme:  Holiday Lanterns
• Goal:  Each Student will create a unique paper lantern for the Autumn Holidays
• Materials and/or books:  Various paper lanterns, foam stickers, variety of 3D embelishments, glitter, paint, yarn, fabric, and glow sticks.
• Number in Attendance: 15 students and 1 adult instructor.

October 8, 2008

Writing-Colonial War Story

October 1, 2008

Theme: Make No-bake cookies while planning and brain storming themes for this years DAR Christmas Tree.

Goal of Session or Activity:  Every student will dabble in No bake confections, take some edibles home, learn some basic kitchen skills, we have a theme for our tree(s).

Books and/or Materials featured  Receipe for No bake cookies, (see below)  Receipe for Rice Crispy treats found on the slide of the box.  All listed ingrediants.  Large tablet and markers to record suggestions and voting.

Number Attending:  Ten students and one instructor.

Two themes chosen:  Edible Ornament tree and Comic Book Heros.

No-Bake Chocolate Cookies by Sarah Sprock

• 4 cups sugar
• 6 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 lb oleo (margerine or butter)
• 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 7 cups quick oats

Bring to a good boil sugar, cocoa, milk and oleo. remove from heat. Add peanut butter, vanilla and quick oats. Drop by teaspoons onto waxed paper.

September 24, 2008

Writing- Medieval Fantasy

September 17, 2008

 

• Theme:  Fabric Paint
• Goal of Session or Activity  Each Student will create their own unique t-shirt design using fabric paints, stencils and brushes.
• Books and/or Materials featured:  Stencils, brushes, various colors of fabric paint, instructions, images to trace, and plain cotton t-shirts.
• Number Attending 9 students and one instructor.

September 10, 2008

Writing-Egyptian Time Travel

September 3, 2008

• Theme: Art Crosshatching
• Goal of Session or Activity:  Students will learn basics of cross hatching and apply these principles to a line drawing of their own creation, or from a  approved source.  For example a coloring page.
• Books and/or Materials featured:  Coloring pages, Crosshatching handouts and examples, drawing papers and various pencils and pens.
• Number Attending:  Ten students and one instructor.

August 27, 2008

Writing-Transformation Via Body Art