More Info From GAS – Resources from their Newsletter

Oben Albright

The most recent newsletter is full of information that needs to be passed on to my raders. There’s a bit of show info…video info…and a hot shop in France. Let’s go!! Let’s start with the 8th Annual Ugly Necklace Contest put on by Land of Odds in Nashville, TN. Check out their web site for more info @ www.landofodds.com. You’ll need to come up with something really “special”. The deadline is March 15, 2010. First prize is a $992.93 shopping spree on their website. Not bad…

Past entry to Ugly Necklace contest

Now let’s go to France to cleanse ourselves a bit…there’s a hot shop for rent in France. Hot damn!! It’s at Luniverre Gallery in Cordes Sur Ciel. For info…www.luniverre.com. So if you’re going to France and need to make some glass…

And the last thing for this post…The Zen of Flameworking, You Tube video’s by Debbie Tarsitano. She’s created a series of videos that give how to’s on flameworking and its meditative qualities. Check it out. And if you haven’t become a member of the Glass Art Society you should…

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My daughter is 16 and one of her favorite things to do on school breaks is watch The Great British Bake Off. It’s such a soothing show, as well as being creative and fun, and it’s low stakes enough that it isn’t stressful, which is just the thing you need when you’re on a break from school.

If you don’t have an oven or want to do your own real Bake Off challenges, this baking show inspired drawing challenge from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls is a great alternative. This works best if you have a group of kids to play, but you could also do it along with a child at home.

The post includes a bunch of different “baking” challenges for kids to draw. As an example: “Draw a dozen delicious doughnuts! Be sure to include at least two different flavors of icing. Challenge yourself to think of as many creative toppings as you can.”

Give them a set amount of time (maybe 10-15 minutes) to draw their creations based on the prompt. Then have each child present their creation, explaining what they chose to draw and why (and what the different flavors are if it’s not obvious).

There doesn’t have to be a winner, but kids can vote on their favorites or you can “award” things like most colorful, tallest creation, etc. Sarah suggests if doing this with little kids you can come up with an award for everyone, but there need not be prizes involved.

With older kids you might do a couple of rounds and pick winners so that you can have a “star baker” just like in the show.

This is a game that would be a lot of fun for kids of different ages, and you can do it multiple times with the different prompts.

Get all the details and the challenge cards from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.

[Photo: Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls]

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