[Nfb-krafters-korner] Popcicle Stick Crafts

[Susan Roe]

You could probably google popsicle stick crafts and find even more ideas.

Susan R.
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!


> 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
> ~  @-> ~ <-@  ~
>
>
>
> -----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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