Saturday was this month's Creative Fun Day. The weather was lovely and inspiring. The afternoon began slowly and I used the time to work on sprucing up this blog and making a project for my friend Christy. She is a renowned pediatric occupational therapist and she gave me something that inspired me to make something for her - but more about that later.
Around 2:30 / 2:45 creatives started to arrive. It was a small, but crafty group and we spread our stuff out in one room and laughed, talked and created (and snacked) for several hours.
Here are some of the creations of the day.
Sarah made festive fabric flowers.
And beautiful button flowers.
Meredith came in with an idea to make a monogram plaque
with found materials and this is what she came up with.
Laura started a handmade gratitude book.
And I worked on my project for my friend Christy.
Here is what she gave me.
A little plastic candy holder with two types of lids.
It told me that it wanted to be a fine motor game.
One of Christy's books is called
Mighty Fine Motor Fun
So I remembered that I had some old bingo chips that I bought at a yard sale.
I used a label maker and put letters on one side and colors on the other side.
I put a label on the top and called it "Fine Fun".
I can't wait to see all the different ways we can come up with to use this in OT. Or better yet, maybe Christy will give her pediatric students extra credit for coming up with different ways to use this to address as many performance factors as they can. They can post their ideas here.
What do you think Christy?
Scout says that she has an idea for a game. If I pour the little chips on the floor she promises to show me. However, I think I already know this game and it doesn't end well for me.
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