On April 10th and April 16th, Beye Discovery offered 2 free workshops to Beye School students and their parents/caregivers to create soft toy "Dolls and Beasties". We re-purposed materials such as socks, tights and knit gloves/mittens to demonstrate the importance of reusing, resourcefulness and conservation.
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| Heidi, Workshop 1 participant |
One of our goals in Beye Discovery is to give students the opportunity to be teachers and to share what they have learned with the Beye Community. These two earth month workshops gave BD students the opportunity to do just that. They discussed why re-use and re-purposing materials is important and shared some of the techniques that they used to make their own Dolls & Beasties. A few of our upper level students worked with participants one-on-one to aid in the construction process. Students used tapestry needles with dull points that stitched perfectly through the knit fabrics. Old buttons, barrettes and fabric scraps were employed to create eyes, noses, etc.
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| Daysha assisting Ethan |
In the first workshop, students were also given the opportunity to create a birth certificate for their Doll or Beastie. In the 2nd workshop, students created a info sheet about their Doll or Beastie, sharing what they like to eat, what they like to do most and if they could go anywhere in the world with their new pal, where would it be?
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| Isabelle and Scott (dad) |
Students LOVED their Dolls & Beasties so much, that many took them home immediately. Other students graciously parted with their Dolls & Beasties to have them featured in our 2nd floor display case. It was such a pleasure to see the joy generated by the student's creativity and it has been great to hear parents tell us that their child has slept with their new pal every night.
Please scroll down to see Workshop 1 & 2 participants at work, as well as Nina's pre-workshop lesson that helped to prepare Beye Discovery students for the workshops!
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| Isabelle, Workshop 1 participant |
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| Katie, Workshop 1 participant |
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| Katie |
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| Daysha |
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| Brody's Beastie with barrette eyes! |
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| Hugo and Sydney |
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| Heidi and Mary (mom) |
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| Isabelle with completed Beastie! |
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| Ted, workshop participant with completed Beastie! |
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| Heidi with completed Beastie! |
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| Daysha with completed Beasties!
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| Hugo with Sydney |
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| The puma logo becomes mouth! |
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| Daysha's thoughtful thank you to workshop participants |
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| Anna, Workshop 2 participant |
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| Susan (Hugo's Mom), Workshop 2 participant |
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| Ava, Chris (dad) and Aidan: Workshop 2 participants |
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| Ethan, brother to Aidan and Ava, Workshop 2 participant |
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| Talia with mom, Karen |
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| Talia |
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| Talia with assistance from Nina |
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| Ava with dad, Chris |
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| Anna's completed Beasties |
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| Anna with mom, Amanda |
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| Talia
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| Talia with completed Beasties! (mom's on left, Talia's on right) |
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| Susan (mom) and Hugo with completed Beastie! |
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| Workshop 2 participants completing the "Tell us about your Beastie" handout |
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| Aidan, Ethan and Ava with Renee (mom) |
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| Nina presenting her Beastie exemplar |
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| Discussion about possible techniques |
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| Lily |
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| Leila and Cyrus |
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| Daysha |
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| Lily's completed Beastie |
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| Jessica |
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| Leila's completed Beastie |
These workshops were lots of fun to prepare for and give. Thank you to all those who participated: You have added to our experience and we love your imaginative and playful Dolls & Beasties with all our hearts!
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