[Nfb-arkansas] Braille Carnival Needs Volunteers

[tosheeler at cox.net]

Andrea, 
Hi my name is Terry sheeler and I am a parent of 3 visually impaired children and the Vice President of the NFB of NWA. The Braille Carnival you are planning sounds like it will be a great event. One day our local group would like to do the same thing, maybe at that time we could get game ideas from you. One of my children is a middle schooler and we had a few ideas to send you way, They could use a slates, stylus to write out their names. This can be used for several things, you can do this on light card stock and cut into the shape of a bookmark( whatever shape they would like), Hole punch a hole at the end of your book mark and tie a cord tassel through the hole), Another  way to use this is to make a name plate, Once the name is brailled take puff paint or tactile paint and make a boarder around their brailled name, then once paint has dried(it will take time to dry) cut around the paint boarder. This can be hang up with a tack or put a magnetic strip on the back. Another idea is they could use a Braille writer to make various pictures or designs (sail boat, snow flakes, crosses etc), these also could be made to hang or add a magnetic strip too. We hope these ideas help with your middle schooler and the Braille Carnival to be a great success! 

Best wishes with your event

Terry Sheeler

NFB of NWA
---- David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote: 
> I am Andrea Beasley Wisconsin Parents of Blind Children president. I 
> was put in charge of the Braille Carnival and have been working very 
> hard to put together
> a great carnival that all will enjoy. I have come up with several 
> activities that are all adapted carnival games. I am looking for 
> volunteers for this
> event. I will need a lot of help with this activity, please let me 
> know if you can help out and where you like to help.
> 
> The list of games are as follows:
> 
> balloon pop with Braille notes hidden underneath
> 
> fishing for Braille letters
> 
> bean bag toss to make Braille letters and signs
> 
> face painting Braille letters and signs
> 
> no bake play dough using a Braille recipe
> 
> treasure hunt simplified
> 
> sand buckets with Braille to find within
> 
> Braille math games
> 
> quiet table with books, cards, etc...
> 
> ticket prize booth
> 
> This is where I am running into trouble, I was asked this weekend to 
> have a separate activity for the middle school age kids because the 
> thought is they
> will not like these activities so I am now searching for ideas.
> 
> I hope all of this sounds fun and exciting to you. I know we have a 
> volunteer with a latex allergy and I would love to know who this is 
> and be able to talk
> with them so if it is you please email me about this. I also have a 
> need for someone who has had experience in face painting. I think I 
> could do this activity
> if no one feels they could do it.
> 
> I have a list of needed items so please write me and let me know if 
> you have any of these items and would be willing to bring them with you.
> 
> tickets- each booth will be passing out tickets to the kids, like at 
> a Chuck E. Cheese where they will spend it at the ticket booth
> 
> prizes for behind the ticket booth
> 
> small balloons- I am checking into nonlatex balloons
> 
> cork board to tac balloons and messages onto
> 
> darts to pop balloons
> 
> magnetic fishing poles
> 
> magnetic Braille print letters
> 
> small/baby inflatable swimming pool
> 
> small bean bags
> 
> muffin tins
> 
> buckets
> 
> dry oatmeal- because I think sand would just be too messy
> 
> slates, stylus, Braille writer, paper, Braille books of various 
> levels, Brailled playing cards, Braille Uno, Brailled board games, 
> etc... for quiet table
> 
> Brailled notes to place behind the balloons and for the clues for the 
> treasure hunt- might need to be written that morning
> 
> face paint- preferably one that can be felt not just seen
> 
> I think that about covers what I had. Again I want to thank everyone 
> for their help and effort that will be put into this fun event, I 
> know my son is very
> much looking forward to going to convention this year. We did not go 
> last year because I could not travel but this year I will be glad to be back.
> 
> I will accept any ideas that you all have for the middle schoolers, I 
> hated those years so I have blocked them out and don't remember what 
> I liked to do
> during that time. :)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrea
> 
> Contact Info: 608-563-4708 home, 608-314-6384 cell,
> abeasley at jb11.net 
> 
> 
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