Workshop #2
11.24.23
Thanksgiving Turkey
One of the warmest holidays of the year, Thanksgiving, is finally here!
In order to celebrate Thanksgiving with families at the Ronald McDonald House, Dreamers’ Palette presents a Thanksgiving turkey to make a day even better! Tracing our own hands to make turkey feathers and putting a popsicle stick as a handle bring the turkey craft to another level!
Step-by-step Instruction paper:
Overall Materials needed:
Popsicle stick
Construction paper (rainbow colors)
Scissors, glues, tape
Markers, Color pencils
Diverse materials from the craft room:
Googly eyes (big one)
Pompoms (liquid glue)
Foam sheets
Pipe cleaners, etc.
Production steps:
Cut out brown, red, and yellow paper along the line.
Glue down googly eyes and other parts to make a turkey.
Trace your hand to make a feather for turkey.
If you have 4-5 feather hands, glue those down on the back of the turkey.
Use other craft materials to decorate the rest, and tape a popsicle stick to make a handle!
My reflection after the workshop:
Even though this was the second workshop I held for my project, I still had a lot of nervousness and doubt closing in on me. I prepared for the materials on my own and practiced the workshop speech over and over to lessen the anxiety I was having. When I arrived at RMHD, I suddenly realized that there’s a lot less people than usual. Since it was a Thanksgiving week, I should have noticed that a lot of families would visit their home place to spend time with each other. Although I was extremely anxious about not having a single family attending my workshop, I felt happy just to have an opportunity to hold a workshop at the house. After a while, I noticed one little girl with a wheelchair was wandering in front of the craft room hesitating to come in. I was so glad to see a child that I sprinted toward her with ecstasy and asked her if she’s interested in doing the craft. Even though she and her mom were not English speakers, we were able to have a warmhearted conversation through the power of translator. I was still able to feel their kindhearted minds and convey them happiness through my heart too. It was such an enlightening experience that made me realize that art and emotions have a power to connect, meaning that language hardship is not a barrier between people. Her mom later at the end took her effort to tell me that “this craft made a happy day for my daughter.” This experience again gave me a huge emotional and motivational impact to keep moving forward for the project. After this impressive little girl, I had the courage to go into the play room filled with some kids to let them know about my craft workshop. Although some of the kids refused to join, 4 kids were excited about the fact there was a workshop being held in the craft room. Overall, the second workshop was another impactful experience for me to learn more about children and the power of art.
