This week was exciting as we watched the mural start to come together. We pasted down the sky and background. Then the campers and participants started piecing together the cut-outs from the previous weeks to make beautiful flowers for the garden.
We are making great progress on the mural. This week the participants finished drawing shapes on the back of the paste paper paintings to be cut out. (Next session the participants get to arrange the cut outs together to make the flowers and plants!) We also did something fun and different this week. We got to play "Warm and Cool Color BINGO". Mary, our lead teacher, designed BINGO cards with various shapes with warm (red, yellow, orange) and cool (blue, green, purple) colors that the participants got to cover up as they were called out. This was a great way to introduce the participants to the various hues that they will used to make the flowers and plants.
This week the sun was shining outside and the group seemed to be in a very good mood! This was our last week to make paste paper so we spent the first half working on our final masterpieces and spend the second part of the session having participants draw more designs on the back to be cut out. Next week we will have the participants piece together the cut outs to make the flowers, plants, etc for the garden! I can't wait to see what wonderful creations they come up with!
Today we added wall paper paste to the paint to make it thicker to give a variety of texture for the mural. As usual, some participants were very prolific while others liked to watch more than create. We also had a very talkative group this week which shows that the participants are getting more comfortable with the project. Towards the end of the day the participants drew shapes on the back of the paper to cut out for various parts of the mural. While the participants drew, the campers diligently cut out the shapes. By the end of the session we had a nice stack of beautiful colors and shapes to add to the garden! I can't wait to see the finished product!
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