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After seeing this amazing view outside the school, I walked in the front door and found this amazing mural on the wall. I knew I was in for a good day -- one filled with imaginative kids.
I was right!
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| Let me show you some of the creative fun we had... |
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| Half way through this drawing from our first assembly, I decided to try a "looking down" perspective. I wish I had thought of that when I was drawing the giraffe. But still, I do think it's funny to see a sea-turtle up in a palm tree. Hang tough, dude! |
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| And this combination of elements was as close as I've ever been to being stumped by an "Imagination Team". I was given a detective under the sea looking for a used tissue, up against a cow. Okay, I changed the tissue into a cold remedy -- which is the Healthy Cow who gives amazingly healthy milk -- but I thought I'd throw in a "sea cow", too! |
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I had helpers throughout the day -- kids who could squiggle, others who could turn squiggles into drawings, and plenty of kids with ideas just bursting out of them.
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| And here's one of the strangest characters ever to be seen in a squiggle. It just so happens that it's from the one showed above.
Can you tell which story has this character?
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I hope you guys learned that interesting stories can come from almost anywhere. Keep noticing things and use your imagination, and you'll be finding ideas all around you! |
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| And don't forget to try some of the fun on my site! Check out fun stuff. It's a great place to keep your creativity growing! |
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| New workshops, new ideas! |
Check out these stories:
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| Brains Vs. Brawn. A muscular girl wants to be liked by a brainy nerd. She's on a quest to get to his house before he moves away, but he's left a number of puzzles for her to solve to find her way there. Here, she can't decide if she should listen to her best friend, or her annoying brother. |
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| In Getting the Magic Trumpet, a horn player wants a magic horn, but has to get it from a trumpet playing alligator! Interesting. |
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| This goofy guy has ears that get big whenever he hears a certain sound. After much discussion, we thought he might have to make a magic woman laugh to take off the spell on his ears, in The Big Ear Laugh Fest. |
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Here's a great story: a mermaid sets out to rescue her mom from the ship of fishermen pirates. But being transformed into a human doesn't make her a great sailor. So when she falls off the rigging, she's saved by her dolphin friend who has been trailing the ship!
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During the day, two teachers stuck forks onto my drawing area. (Don't ask... it's too long a story.) So, I had my revenge. I drew forks in every drawing in this column!
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with Bruce Van Patter
