Last week the Art teacher shoulder-tapped 3 mothers, including myself, to help with a sewing class. All the boys had been given a square of hesian which they had to stitch around the edge so as to stop it fraying and then crayon a picture in the centre which they then sewed using a large needle and wool. Phew, 3 mothers plus the art teacher plus 14 boys all with LARGE needles and wool was an 'interesting' exercise! Mummy happened to tell the Art Teacher that Joshua's grandmother used to teach sewing at school, albeit a long time ago, and, in fact, she still has men today in their 40's and 50's coming up and thanking her for teaching them how to take up a hem and how to sew on a button as it is surprising how many times they have had to exercise that talent! Based on that story, the art teacher phoned and asked me if I could put together 14 "boy-friendly" button-sewing kits !
Well, we all know how 'seriously' Mummy takes on tasks so she set to and found some felt fabric in the 4 House colours and then proceeded to cut out 15 individual rockets. We then put together 14 individual packs each with a felt rocket, a needle and cotton and an assortment of about 10 buttons each (a 'pirate' button; a 'friend' button and assorted others).
The boys loved creating their own 'pattern' on the felt rockets with all sorts of buttons. I also had cut out 15 cardboard rocket so the boys then glued their completed felt rockets onto the card rockets and then 'flew' them around the classroom !!
It was a lot of fun - and again, a precious opportunity to participate in the classroom and see the boys work and of course see the wonderful patience of the teachers.
Joshua's hesian picture - a rocket flying up to the moon and a star, with his initials 'JT'
And of course the boy-friendly rocket packs ... some of the finished work
No comments:
Post a Comment