Button Art

We continued the partnership with Mt. Nittany Elementary School by working on button art. Third grade teachers Linda Margusity and Tia Burget collected buttons and also worked on "button people." So we worked on two projects with Theogene's and Louisa's afternoon preschool class.

Carol and I each had a teacher to help with two groups of 5 children. One project was a picture frame that will hold a photo of the class in Rwanda. The other were handprints with button bracelets and rings. Each group kept their project a secret until the final reveal. What a surprise to see how different all three projects were!

We chuckled as the kids were not thrilled to dip buttons in glue and end up with sticky fingers. Thank goodness for wet wipes!

Then the teachers read the book, "Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons." We had a bit of explaining to do when describing groovy and belly button. You see Pete kept loosing buttons until all he had left was his belly button. A great story to go along with the art.

Theogene and Louisa will teach the other teachers what they learned and share the book and "Button People." They will also keep the 3 pounds of buttons for teaching math, sorting, sequencing and art.

I have more buttons at home, donated by women at St. Paul's, that will go to Rwanda to continue these fun activities.