Long Group Activities

During class three groups presented their long activities. Our group did rhythm/music and the other two groups did arts/crafts and challenge-based activities. I really enjoyed the arts and crafts portion of the nights. For the activity we created altered books. We took old books and used different arts and crafts techniques to create our own unique book. There were many different stations set up that had innovative ways to decorate our books. There was a bubble blowing station with paint, a pop out window art station, and many more. Each station was very innovative and creative! I found that the class really got into this activity and the time really flew when we were making our books.

This is a fun activity that could be used with many different populations. It would be great to do this activity for kids, young women with eating disorders, youth-at-risk, geriatrics, along with many more. This is such a great activity to do because a lot people would enjoy doing this and it can easily be adapted to different populations. When working with children it would be beneficial to keep the arts/crafts at a simple level. Choosing options that don't involve a hot glue gun or x-acto knife would create a much safer environment. By doing this activity I learned all about how to create an altered book along with what populations it would be most beneficial for.