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COMPANIONS ON THE ROAD Naniloa Smith and Mary Koehler April, May, June 2010 Vol. 20 www.inthedesertchildrensproject.org
‘Companions on the Road’ is an ongoing column created to help us ‘adults’ remember we are children, too, and want to play. In the
Desert Children’s
Project is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation organized for
educational purposes. It accepts monetary contributions, as well as gifts of
charitable gift annuities, real estate, stocks, bonds and other tangible assets. From Naniloa Smith I received a greeting card from a friend and decided to see what ideas I could be inspired with to incorporate the idea of sending a greeting hung on a clotheslines. I was able to use the adhesive type jewels and pearls in this message. I always enjoy using stickers and this was a welcome new way to use them.
Clothesline Greeting Card Supplies – Card Stock, various textures of paper, stickers, ribbon, string or cord, adhesive jewels, and letters to trace 1. Gather supplies. 2. Create your own textures of paper. You may want to use the technique of building layers of colored tissue paper. (Click - http://inthedesertchildrensproject.org/another_way_to_use_tissue_paper.htm ) 3. Glue down a piece of string to simulate a clothesline. 4. Determine the greeting to hang on the line. I love you. Thank You. Aloha. 5. Trace and cut out letters 6. Glue the greeting under the string. 7. Add ribbon and jewels to a few of the letters. 8. Check the interior of the card to see if any additional colored paper is to go inside. 9. Allow to dry and rest. 10. Prepare and mail card.
A recipe was in the paper for making rainbow cupcakes. The colors were such a delight. It was fun to share with friends and family and see their surprise as they bit into the cupcake and saw a rainbow.
Rainbow Cupcakes Supplies – White cake mix, food coloring, baking cups 1. Prepare white cake mix 2. Divide batter in 6 small bowls. 3. Dye each bowl a rainbow color. Purple – 9 red and 6 blue drops Blue – 12 drops Green – 12 drops Yellow – 12 drops Orange – 12 yellow and 4 red drops Red – 18 drops 4. Line muffin pan with baking cups 5. Gently spread each layer in cups. 6. Bake according to cake mix directions. 7. Cool. 8. Top each cupcake with a whipped cream cloud.
From Mary Koehler A friend gave me supplies to do “Quilling” as a Birthday present. I found the activity easy to do and enjoyable…..the Quilling seem to assist me in “unwinding” at the end of the day. I took the materials on a visit to see my nieces who are 8 and 10….they made wonderful caterpillar and octopus cards for their friends….the animals seem to come alive on the paper. Quilling 1. Purchase a Quilling slotted Tool and Quilling Paper. 2. Make sure you have a piece of wax paper to pour glue on, some glue, a few toothpicks and card stock or construction paper. 3. Hold the Quilling Tool in 1 hand and slide the end of the Quilling Paper into the slot. 4. Rotate the tool clockwise, rolling the paper strip against your finger. 5. Gently remove the coil from the tool, let it expand and use the toothpick to glue the end closed making a loose coil. 6. Paste the coil onto cardstock or construction paper to make your own cards. 7. You can make flowers, animals, food, and designs by pinching the coils in different places to make different shapes.
8. Enjoy sending the cards to a friend.
Naniloa Smith has a MS in education. She is President and Founder of In the Desert Children’s Project. She has spent over 30 years in the classroom. She believes that 'we're all children' and want to play. Naniloa lives in Moline, Illinois.
Mary Koehler has a BS in education. She has raised 7 children with her husband Kurt. She loves doing art projects and exploring new activities. Mary resides in Hillsboro, Oregon.
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