Avynlea had to do a paper mache project for music class. She had to make a shaker by putting some unpopped popcorn in the paper mache ball she made. She worked really hard on it and had it ready to turn in on Monday.
I carpool with a neighbor friend who lives right around the corner. She drives the kids to school and I pick them up after school. The girls walk to her house in the morning for their ride to school. This monday morning that the project was due had been pretty rainy. Even though it was not raining at the time they were to walk out the door, Avy asked if I would drop them off. I said sure and we all got into the car. Avynlea had her project in a grocery bag to protect it from the elements and after she climbed in the car she reached around all her stuff to shut the door. That was when we all heard a crunch and realized she shut the door on her project. It was flattened and popcorn was falling out. Avynlea was devastated and did not know what to do. I told her to just take it in and her teacher would understand, she at least needed to see that it got done. Avynlea grabbed some white duct tape we had to take with her so that she could try to repair it. I felt terrible for her and hoped for the best.
After school I asked Avy how it went and she said they did not have any time in class to do anything with the music makers. I asked when her next music class was and she said Wednesday. I told her we could make a new one but we had to do it quick seeing as how we had less time. We did not have any more balloons or newspaper at home and so after asking neighbors we managed to get a happy birthday balloon and some newspaper. I love helpful neighbors! One other girl was assigned the shaker like Avynlea and after seeing hers Avy wanted to make her second one a little different. She wanted it a little smaller and with more color. After doing one layer that night, we hung it up to dry over night. It was not quite dry the next morning and so we brought down Kenedys fan from her room to help it dry faster. After a couple of hours it was dry and since Avy was in school I helped her out by adding more layers so that by the time she came home it was ready to paint.
I think this one turned out even better then the first one, it definitely helped that we were able to learn from our mistakes with the first one. Avynlea loved it and everyone was happy!