Halloween Decorations

Hey everyone,

With Halloween around the corner, (can you believe it?) it’s time to start thinking about decorations! This week, we made Halloween characters and cobwebs! We decided to make monsters and witches, so we began by cutting out squares of cardboard, then gluing popsicle sticks over top. We then used felt, tissue paper, and markers to create their faces.

           

After finishing our Halloween characters, the kids chose to make some cobwebs and ghosts! Keira tied popsicle sticks together in an X, and then wrapped coloured string around them. She plans to hang them from the ceiling and maybe cause a few scares! Anette worked on “The Ghost of Sungod Pool”; a very timely creation as this was our most recent out trip!

Once the Halloween decorations were complete, the kids wanted to further their artistic ideas using felt. Sean and Anette began working on small, very cozy sleeping bags, while Livia, Emilia, and Keira made lovely purses with buttons on them!

While we were preparing for Halloween, Ryan and Monica were busy with origami and teaching the kids how to make flying cranes among many other designs!

We have such a wonderfully creative bunch and it is always exciting to see what they create!

Take care,

Tatiana

Lantern Festival 2015

Lantern Festival 2015!

On a beautiful evening in early October,

In and around the community centre,

Families gathered for an evening of fun,

Games and activities for everyone!

Donations were made

For the Richmond Food Bank

Some got Balloons,

and others, Face Paint!

Some people went Bowling,

and drums were played,

shadows,

wishes,

and lanterns were made!

Nigel rode in

And we all stopped to stare,

As he contact juggled

In the cool night air!

Then it was time,

The lanterns were lit,

we went on parade

The night was a hit!

To all those who took part and volunteers too,

For such a great evening, 

we'd like to THANK YOU!!!

See you again next year!

Colouring is Cool!

An old fad has returned to OSC...        

These days the tables are crowded by kids (and leaders) doing some good old fashioned colouring. Sharpies and paper are popping up everywhere, both while hanging out inside and heading outside to enjoy the last of the autumn sunshine. The preference has been for intricate drawings that take hours to complete; therefore we are seeing kids return to the same page, day after day, in order to complete these masterpieces.                   

Once it was clear the interest in colouring was not fading away, leader Carolyn had an awesome idea to bind the pages into individual colouring books. Overall, we have been impressed with how much focus has been put into this great stress-relieving activity.

Until next time, 

Brianna

Leaf Attack!

Do any of you remember the show “Art Attack”? That was one of my favourite shows as a kid. It was fun to see the artist use different components to

make one impressive piece of artwork.

The other day, our group had the opportunity to participate in a similar experience.

Tatiana, one of our leaders, has always wanted to do an “art attack” type of afternoon activity with the kids, where little pieces of art could come together to cohesively make a large picture. With the changing of seasons and leaves falling, she thought it would be fun to do a fall themed “Leaf Attack” with the kids, which entails collecting leaves and painting them onto a large blank canvas to make a giant mural. 

With a mission in mind, Tatiana, along with a small group of budding artists (which consists of Annette, Livia, and Keira). The girls took their time to gather different types and shapes of leaves. Then, as a group, they decided on a larger image they wanted to create.  They wanted to create an image of a sunset with the word “OSC” in it.  Afterwards, they painted and stamped the leaves on. The girls had a ton of fun seeing the intricate parts come together to form a large picture. Check out their awesome artwork!

Until next time!

Monica