Sunday, June 17, 2012

Rainbow poem

While my efforts to start a movement to have a Disney park fully accessible to all with even severe disabilities is starting slow, I am hopeful I can do the research and provide the analysis to make a stronger case.  In the meantime, I have been creating crafts for a bible camp for adults with moderate intellectual disabilities, and here is one of the crafts...





Because the group I am working with might have short attention spans, I did  most of the preparations beforehand, however it would be fun for kids to do the painting and other preparations...

Step 1: Cut a sheet of plastic canvas into a rainbow shape
Step 2:  Paint stripes of rainbow colors on both sides of canvas
Step 3: Cut strips of ribbon in rainbow colors long enough to lace through the plastic and hang down on each side several inches.  I bought thin ribbon at Walmart for 49 cents per roll, very inexpensive...
Step 4:  Print or have the maker write out a poem on a small square of cardstock.  Here is a poem I made up to go with the theme of the bible camp:

Just like a RAINBOW after a storm,
We follow the commandments
so that we can transform,
Into a person that is beautiful and bright,
Both loving and faithful in God's sight.

Step 5:  Have maker string ribbon through the corresponding color on the plastic canvas.  For this you need a plastic canvas needle - they are big and blunt so they are safe to use....
Step 6:  String pony beads or other beads on each end of the ribbon, tie a knot around the last bead on each side.  I am finding the knots come undone pretty easily though, so put a drop of glue on the knot.
Step 7: String the poem in the middle of the rainbow.
Step 8:  I provided a suction cup hanger to stick to the window.  It can also hang from the ceiling as a mobile...



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