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Anand Vidyalaya – Week 2

Shruti Acharya | August 7, 2012 | 18 Comments

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When you look at these 2 things – A foam sheet used for painting & an empty carton, what comes to your mind? Junk? garbage?

 
Well I think of infinite possibilities.. and thank you all for trusting my instincts and wholeheartedly donating all the junk from your homes & offices. There were a few of you who donated sequins, satin ribbons, glue, box cartons – NAN boxes, Cerelac, Kellogs ..Thank you! we used it all.

The foam sheets turned into teddy bears for the younger kids [ 1st standard to 5th ]

The bigger kids used the cereal cartons and some newspapers to make carry bags. We used cello tapes to secure the newspaper , the golden ribbons donated to form the handles &  some crepe ribbons were used to make flowers. All stuff was donated.

Since we had only 25 cartons, we had the other half bunch do some free hand drawing.. I demonstrated some madhubani style drawing to them and then left them to create their own masterpieces.

A closeup of their art work

Next time I’m planning to have them color plastic & glass bottles and make vases / pen stands, A few can decorate OLD cds and the younger kids can make something from Ice cream sticks. The main thing is that we need stuff donated in bulk.  The complete list is here

We need more OLD CDs, bottles 1 ltr or smaller ( transparent), cello tapes & crepe papers.

Ps: We have more than enough pencils, rubbers & sharpeners thanks to all the donations so far! 🙂

Filed Under: Kindergarten Crafts & Activities, Preschooler Crafts & Activities, Primary school Kid Crafts & Activities Tagged With: Anand Vidyalaya, Folk Art & Craft Projects from around the world, Kids Crafts to make with foam, Recycled Crafts

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About Shruti Acharya

Shruti is a writer, photographer, DIY lover, passionate homemaker, and the chief dreamer at ArtsyCraftsyMom.com . Shruti lives in Bangalore, India with her husband and daughter. She loves showcasing fun art activities, crafts for kids, celebrations, childrens books & all the craziness that is India.

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  1. ArtsyCraftsyMom says

    August 7, 2012 at 6:05 am

    @swati – we need them 🙂 Will need them continuously end of aug / sept.

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  2. Blog-e-Zine says

    August 7, 2012 at 3:22 am

    wonderful!

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  3. Anjana says

    August 7, 2012 at 4:25 am

    Shruthi- You are super talented!!Awesome work..

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  4. Swati says

    August 7, 2012 at 6:01 am

    Hi Shruti ..is the drive still on ..even I collected a 6-8 ceralac/lactogen boxes , few cds etc for you ..not yet been able to get them to you. May be coming weekend. Not sure if you still need them.

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  5. Swati says

    August 7, 2012 at 6:07 am

    cool ..could you please email/sms me your address ..I will make sure to drop them to your place asap.

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  6. Swaram says

    August 7, 2012 at 12:13 pm

    Loved them all Shruti. Great thing u r dng 🙂
    Giving them time is the best of things and when u spend such quality time with them, it is like the icing on the cake. Gud luck 🙂

    Reply
  7. lavina agarwal says

    August 7, 2012 at 7:32 am

    Thats some amazing work dear..you are doing a very good contribution towards society, we all need to take inspiration from you..

    Reply
  8. Obsessivemom says

    August 7, 2012 at 7:50 am

    Love it all. The carry bags are super as are the fish. Wish I could courier stuff from here.

    Reply
  9. Arushi says

    August 7, 2012 at 8:14 am

    Wow…Really amazing work from waste material!!!

    Birthday Party ToothPicks

    Reply
  10. Zelya says

    August 7, 2012 at 8:43 am

    Great ideas!

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  11. Shama Nagarajan says

    August 7, 2012 at 12:38 pm

    too good…teddy remind me of my schooldays art class ….making sponge dolls !!!!

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  12. prishathemiracle says

    August 7, 2012 at 1:01 pm

    Awesome. What a brilliant work you are doing Shruti. All the best for coming classes.
    These Kids have really done some amazing work there.

    Reply
  13. Sands says

    August 7, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    Shruti, totally awesome 🙂

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  14. ArtsyCraftsyMom says

    August 8, 2012 at 8:13 am

    @sands – Thank you. 🙂 these kids really inspire me.
    @prisha – thanks for the kind words. They sure are talented.
    @Shama – Yes exactly! I did it in school too 🙂
    @swaram – You are my first inspiration. Hugs.
    @zelya – Thank you. 🙂
    @arushi – yes. I’m trying to restrict materials to as low cost as possible.
    @Om- Your love and support is what I need most! 🙂 so thank you for the encouragement.
    @Lavina – No big deal ya! I feel useful that’s all. the other volunteers and the kids are the real heroes.
    @swati. waiting to see the princess in person.

    Reply
  15. Sriya says

    August 8, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    first time here lovely blog …glad to follow you…you are very innovative …. lovely and colorful visit my blog
    http://www.sriyafood.blogspot.com

    Reply
  16. Sunehra Koshy says

    August 9, 2012 at 3:39 am

    Wow that’s really nice – quite fabulous in fact! Great way to use your talent to inspire and support these young ones. Kudos to you.

    ItsyBitsy – The Blog Place

    Reply
  17. Priya says

    August 15, 2012 at 7:42 am

    Awesome work.. yet again!! Best wishes Shruti 🙂

    Reply
  18. notyet100 says

    August 16, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    Wow,..I am amazed,,,

    Reply

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