Pegkin Project 2016

In 2013 we did our first Pegkin Project as a countdown to Christmas holidays.

I decided to try it again this year emphasizing the focus on creating stories.

Here are the results from the first week.

Pegkin #1 Barnamy

by Aubrey, Austin and Amma

Barnamy likes to eat and play.  He eats cucumber and milk, chocolate milk

and hot chocolate.  He likes to swing and slide and climb on the ladder too.

When they were making Barnamy they noticed that the glue wouldn't hold the felt

so Amma taught Aubrey how to stitch

and they sewed his clothes.

 Pegkin #2 Whistle, Whistle

by Brinlee and Mom

In a far away land Whistle Whistle saves the princess from the pirate.

She lives in a castle and the pirate is keeping her in a cave.

The princess was rescued and brought back to her castle.

The End

Pegkin #3 Alyssa

by Adella and Mom

Alyssa lives at StrongStart and likes to eat coconuts.

She likes to play at the park and go down the slide.

Pegkin #4 Simon

by Eddie and Mom

Simon loves music and is often tapping his feet from here to there.

If you listen closely you will hear the beat.

Pegkin #5 Dinosaur

by Elyianna and Mom

 Dinosaur is a girl and she likes to watch movies.  Her favourite movie is Dora.

Dinosaur eats cereal and when she does she goes

'glump, glump".

 Pegkin #6 Airplane Shirt

by Matthias and Dad

Airplane shirt is a shirt that transforms any little boy or girl into an airplane that can fly everywhere really fast like a WestJet.

Pegkin #7 Rainbow Brite

by Aria and Mom

Rainbow Brite is part of the Leprechaun family.  She creates rainbows by shooting them out of her hands.  She's always looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!

Pegkin #8 Wade

by Elle, Wade and Mom

A Fairy named Wade and he is 5 years old.

He lives at StrongStart and likes to eat raspberries and drink water.

He likes to throw a ball with friends and go swimming at the pool or beach.

Pegkin #9 Marshall the Fire Dog

by David, Michael and Dad

Marshall works hard to keep the town safe.  He puts out fires.

He plays ball with his friends.

Marshall races to the rescue in his big red fire truck.

He loves dog fishies to eat.

He loves to curl up by the cozy fire to sleep.

Marshall works hard to keep the town safe.

He also saves chickens from the top of the barn.

Pegkins at play.

A Roaring Fire and Toasting Marshmallows

My latest find at the thrift store is this fake fire.

 I set it on stones with several tubes for logs

and turned it on.

A mantel was made by covering a few boxes with paper

and voila we have a cozy, inviting spot.

The little ones were intrigued.

It's like watching the fire on tv.

Some of the older children asked if it was real.

We held our hands in front of it - does it feel hot or cold?

What does a real fire feel like?

Several times in a morning I'll see a parent and child 

sitting together on our 'couch'

in front of the fire.

I think I'll add a basket of story books.

I imagine it may feel like being home for some families that have an open fire.

By the end of the first morning a few children made marshmallows

and were roasting them.

Pretending they were hot and blowing on them to cool

them off.

This morning I put out strips of paper and a stapler and

encouraged families to make paper chains to decorate.

It reminded me of a childhood memory of making lots and lots

of paper chains to decorate the house.

The children worked hard to make the loops and staple them

together.

When one chain was long enough we hung it on the mantel.

What other decorations could we add?

Sponge Painting Trees

We did a simple but pretty art piece this week.

Cut a sponge into a triangle then into three pieces;

small, medium and large.

 Dip the sponges into green paint and press onto the paper,

 creating your tree.

 We used q-tips dipped in yellow, white or red paint to decorate the tree and background.

 I like using q-tips because the size is right for the children to grasp

and to limit how much paint will go on at one time.

This child added a few more large sponge prints to make her tree taller.

Gingerbread Creation Donation

Each year our StrongStart program creates a gingerbread creation with 

our big buddies.

Then we donate it to a community fundraiser that raises money

for our local Boys & Girls Club.

The little buddies started in our classroom decorating the house

and the train.

Then we got together with our big buddies to make lots of trees

to fill out the board.

They worked together to coat an ice cream cone with green frosting

then decorated it with candy.

I wonder how many candy didn't make it on the tree?

Time to prep the board with lots of frosting

to secure the house, train, tracks 

and all the trees.

Once it was altogether the buddies looked to find their tree.

I delivered it last weekend and then on Monday we went and toured 

all the displays.

And look what we found on our creation...

a post card from our gingerbead cookies.