TTC Day 4

 Max didn't have the tie I wanted.  He used to have this ugly red tie, we couldn't find it, I must have finally made him get rid of it.  I was going to try and find one at the school and find some shorts too, we got told off for using things from the school prop closet.  I didn't realize we weren't supposed to, I saw other girls rifling through the stuff, I only borrowed that pair of shorts and I told Isabella because I had already done it and didn't have anything else to replace it.  We got in trouble because most of us were unprepared that we would have projects as homework and most of the girls that came from far away didn't have supplies at all. Nor were we told we couldn't touch the props, I wasn't doing out of respect for other peoples stuff, but when I saw others doing it, I figured it was okay.   To make matters worse I couldn't find my pen and I needed some paper because, when  I ran into Francesca at the Cadorna station and the lightening bolt struck.  I realized on the train that I had forgotten about doing the the stacking cups.  Anyways, I decided to make origami balls in 4 different sizes and draw the bears on the outside.  That's always a hit with kids and then even if they crush them, I don't care its just paper.  The stupid balls were a hit!  Thank god, because the rest of my idea was rather weak.  I also forgot to paint the hands/faces before the 'kids' went to go look for the clothes.  Oh well.  Lucky me my the first part of next project for EFI is Teddy Bears.

even later than much much later: it's so late now, I can't even think.   Luckily Max is home and he's going to take care of the kids and I can get an 'earlier' start.  Just documenting my thought process so I can be clear on stuff.  My project is a little poem about Teddy Bears and how they crawl about and you have to be quiet.  I know I need to do something about noise and then go shhh, but I've worked so hard on my other ideas I haven't got the will or organization to find something.  I went downstairs and opened up one of the unpacked boxes, I knew there was some flannel.  I was hoping to find the stuff I used for Max's hat and scarf a few years back, but there was only a small piece of white and random stuff left over from when Simo never finished her blankets.  Well now I have a use for it.  I'm in the process of making hats with teddy ears (modeled after a hat Karol had given Vivienne), the idea to make a cute little tail popped in my head, so I can just cut out a circle, sew around the edge, pull the ends of the string, stuff it and wah lahhh a cute little tail and then  black on the nose and we  have our cute little teddy bears and then we can just act out the poem.  Note to self: remember to be dramatic, so the kids get it.  Okay for project two, it's a  poem about kids on a boat.   We have to have a game in at least one of these projects, I can't think of anything, I've surfed the net on a thousand places and can't find something that I can make relate to the theme - I'm going with the memory game, but I need to present it in a way that is hopefully totally different from anything Isabella has seen, or it won't work.  I've found this site where they made pockets out of wrapping paper on poster board and the pictures were hidden inside.  My version I will sew some pockets out of felt (from the crayon bags) and attach it to the bright yellow fabric left over from those crowns from Sophia's 4th birthday party. Sophia and Viv often use the laundry baskets as boats, so I'm going to shove a dowel underneath to make it rock and then use the spoons as paddles (again stuff that they do) and  while acting out the poem with them.   I know that my weakness is the dialogue part-how do I get the kids to talk?