[Nfb-krafters-korner] Half way done!

[Gary Brewer]

Wow, Dick, you are wonderful. Just keep up what you are doing. You 
know just what isi right.

Have you ever made a paper spring? Take two pieces of paper. Thin 
strips.  Tape or glue the ends together at a right angle. Then fold 
one piece over the glued section and then fold the other piece over 
that. Glue the final folds and you have a spring you can glue under 
another piece of paper and make it pop up as in a card or just spring 
back to your fingers when you push on it. Hope this makes sence. It 
will add some more feelability to the work.

But don't you worry;. Willy is very lucky. Noticing that he needed 
help clapping? You are a genious.
Henrietta
At 01:33 AM 11/7/2010, you wrote:
>Oh boy!  What a day.
>I had my nephew here for a good bit of the day and we had us a time.
>Trust me...there were times when I'm sure he thought his uncle Dick 
>was nuts and at one point probably even mean.  That's OK though.  He 
>knows I care about him and want the best.
>
>First of all, I know what Willy's getting as one of his Christmas 
>presents. He's going to get a straight cane that doesn't 
>fold...maybe even two, one for my house.
>He conveniently forgot to bring his cane today.  He has one of those 
>little folding canes and I thought it was in his backpack.
>He learned that sometimes, there are few obstacles that get in the 
>way of him walking freely.  He wanted to go to the park today and 
>swing.  However, when I found out he didn't have his cane, we talked 
>about how he was ALWAYS going to use it when he was with me and anywhere else.
>So, we actually drove back to his house and got his cane.
>We came back and then went for our walk.
>
>I'm very tempted to try making him use it on his own now when we 
>walk together.
>
>Then came the arts and crafts.  You guys are going to need to keep 
>on inspiring me to keep these ideas happening!
>
>Willy wanted to work on the picture.  He knew where the materials 
>were and went straight for the table3 and began handing me different 
>things.  I stopped him and asked where and how he was going to put 
>them on.  He had a puzzled look on his face because he's generally 
>been handing them to me and telling me where they can go and then I 
>end up using that glue stick and putting them on for him because he 
>found it hard to use it.  He asked for the stick that pastes and I 
>told him we didn't have it any more.  I then said that he was going 
>to begin putting the stuff on himself and that we'd do some together.
>He wanted to know how, and I showed him the bottle of Elmer's 
>glue.  He wasn't sure what he was going to do with the bottle, wso 
>we discussed how we were going to try something new2.  I then said 
>the feared word..."Messy!"  He's been taught not to be at all messy at home.
>
>I began trying what you guys suggested and squirted some glue on a 
>piece of paper so that he can use his fingers.  I decided not to 
>just put a little bit that would dry quickly.  I put a good mound 
>there.  I then told him to just put his finger in it and put it on 
>the first scrap of paper we'd paste on the collage.
>He wasn't sure about it but did it though.  You should have seen him 
>simply barely use his finger tip...almost his nail.  He found it 
>wasn't working so well and asked why not.
>I then suggested he use more of his finger and more glue.  In a 
>gentle but nudging way, I took his finger and dragged it and pushed 
>it around in it.  He wasn't sure if he liked it or not but then I 
>showed him what to do.
>
>I think when we work on it tomorrow some more, he'll get more of the 
>hang of it, don't you?  We did get some stuff put on the collage and 
>talked about the various things we were putting on.  We also just 
>cut some strips of paper out because he wanted to put them around 
>the collage as well.  OK.  Sure.
>
>
>
>So, now that I've begun getting him exposed to this stuff, am I 
>doing OK so far?  What do I do to proceed with this and do more of 
>it tomorrow?  He was not reluctant to doing it but was uncertain 
>about getting that one finger dirty.  In fact, he made3 sure it was 
>that one finger, for the most part.  In fact, I'm kind of tempted 
>that when we work on it tomorrow to also join him and show him that 
>I can do it too and get my "hands dirty" so to speak.  Hmmm, getting 
>his hand dirty or at least involved more than just one finger might 
>not be such a bad idea.  I don't know.
>
>We finished art time for a while and actually did some singing.  He 
>loves music!  Neither of us play instruments and we found it was a 
>bit hard to sometimes sing songs without an instrument or something 
>with which to keep time.  Hey, music is also art, right?  We had a 
>little lesson in rhythm.  Willy had a bit of a clapping lesson!  I 
>didn't really know he hadn't been taught to clap right, so we worked 
>on singing and clapping for a little bit.
>
>We then went for a hamburger before taking him home.
>
>Dick
>PS. More collage work tomorrow!
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