[Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!

[Dixie]

How about popsicle stick crafts?  You can get a big bag of  wooden popsicle
sticks  at the crafts store for only a couple dollars. Any number of things
can be created from popsicle sticks and glue.     He can create for example:
a simple house could be a good starting place, or a barn he can use for toy
animals.  
 In fact I had made snow sled Christmas ornaments out of popsicle sticks at
one time.




 Dixie
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-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dick Carlson
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 9:29 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists; List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!

Hello everyone!  Great to write you all again.
I wanted to let you guys know, since you've been quite supportive that
today, Will finished the collage!  As I told you, it had been several
weekends that we hadn't seen one another, or if we did, we didn't do it for
much time.  Due to colds and going out of town and such, today was the first
day we were able to spend some hours together.

Believe it or not, it's pretty sunny here, so we were able to go outside for
a while and go to the near by park so that he could play on the swings and
whatever else he wanted.  He's definitely more of a swinger.  Not many kids
were at the park today, so he had a swing to himself for a while.  He did
take his cane.  A couple of times, when we'd begin getting ready to walk, he
still kept it folded and in his pocket.  I told him it would be a lot better
for him to have it out.  I guess that when he went with my folks for
Thanksgiving, neither they nor my sister really did anything to get him to
incorporate the cane whenever they went out because he said that he was told
it got in the way.  Oh well, I'll help change that.

However, when we got home and ate some lunch, I asked if he wanted to finish
the collage, and he said he did.  He asked if I would help him, and I told
him I would.  Between the two of us, we got the rest of the little scraps
and materials and put them on the paper that got put on to cardboard.  There
wasn't too much left for him to do, as it wasn't too big, but it was enough
to keep us entertained for a little while, anyway!  He did get a little
better at finding places to put the materials and finding spaces where they
could be pasted.  Good for him.  Sometimes, watching him, I wanted to (and
sometimes did) help him and show him where would be good.  But, he was able
to do more on his own and get them pasted.

Oh, he was happy when we were done!  He said he'd never really done anything
like that before, because all they really did in school was to draw.  That's
why when you recommended doing some kind of idea like this, it really fit
the bill!  He could finally say he had a project for himself.  And, with
some of the items we used, I did talk to him about colors, just so he knew a
bit of what they were.

I think he's believing me a bit more about how fun this stuff can be and
that not everything has to be completely perfect and neat and stuff like
that.  In fact, he asked if we were going to do more things like these, and
I asked if he wanted to do more.  He said he would.  This was a great step
for him!

The pasting part was a little better.  He still had initial leeriness, but
that wasn't too big of a deal.

So...one project done, and many more to come!!  Any advice or opinions on
what could be next would be fantastic for us.  I kind of think it might be a
good thing to build on the things we've done so far.  I also want him to be
able to use his hands again.  

Dick

What a great time!  We're thrilled to have finished and I'm happy that it
went well.  

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