Tree Weaving

Weaving is believing.

If you can tape strips of paper to two sides of a sheet, you can weave.

And once you weave, if you can tape down the overlap, you can cut into another shape of your choice.

We choose to make green trees for the season.

The patients were quite impressed with themselves.

Arbor Day

 On a locked unit, we cannot go outside to plant a tree. However we did have many good chats about why Arbor Day is good for children, adults, and the planet. I read a-corny jokes about trees and we made tree art. I stenciled hearts on the canvases and let the patients paint the designs of their choice. Then we glued trees to the top. I love the way they turned out.

Simply Wonderful

My counterpart at another facility lent me a few ideas, one of which is the concept of a simple painting involving a background shape and one color for the patients to focus on. On top of this, they paint on printed pictures of their choice for something achievable but attractive. My favorite so far has been their green painted trees with birds of choice.