Art Wednesday

 Yesterday at the senior center we made Origami Christmas Trees that they could keep in their rooms. This is a photo of the sample one I made.

 I try to select projects that I think are simple to make yet sophisticated enough for grown-ups to do. Mostly they follow my instructions very well but this may have been a little over the top for them. Sometimes Origami instructions are confusing no matter how you explain them. I did a lot of circling the table, mostly folding all eight trees myself, but they do try. After we finished folding came the fun part. Using tubes of glitter glue we all decorated our trees with "holiday lights". This is where the imagination sparks and some went so far as to add streamers and garlands! I love it! Everyone was pleased to have a little tree of their own making to put in their rooms.



And here is the finished nativity that we started painting last month. It sits on the counter in the kitchen between their dining room and resting area. I think it turned out really well and the nurses tell me that they are all so proud of it and stop by to admire it all the time. The table here in the kitchen is where we do our projects. It's cozy to work in the kitchen, don't you think? We can make a mess and then it's easy to clean up. Often we have the comforting humm of the diswasher running. This table only seats six comfortably and we are growing in numbers each week. We may need to add another soon.