MOSAIC DEMONSTRATION

M Seeds welcomes mosaic artist, Barbara, and her daughter

We thank Barbara and her daughter, Coco who visited Mustard Seeds Library a few Sundays back to give us a quick demonstration on how to make a mosaic with cracked tiles, broken cups and saucers, marbles mirrors and white cement.

All members helped to glue pieces into place and Barbara carefully applied the cement once the pieces were dry.  Cement can get into your eyes and be very dangerous so she used gloves and asked us to protect our eyes.

The result is a beautiful little wall hanging that we have on display in the library!

tiles after placement

covered in cement

finished product

One Million Giraffes

onemilliongiraffes.com

Last week at Mustard Seeds Library we spent our activity time making giraffes in all shapes, sizes, and media to send into the One Million Giraffes site. A zany kind of guy has created this site because he made a bet with his friend that he would try to collect 1,000,000 giraffes over the course of the year. It's a nice effort and so we thought we'd  enjoy giving him a helping hand. He's also asking that everyone who participates spread the word so that he reaches his target number. There is an underlying goal: to get people to be creative and use their hands to create things, so no computer generated giraffes allowed. I think all the kids came up with great giraffeworks and you can view our gallery online at:

http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/search?name=Member%20Of%20Mustard%20Seeds%20Library

I WOULD LIKE TO GO

Mustard Seeds Library will be closed from 16 May to 19 June. We will be on a trip.

In his excitement of the upcoming trip, R. Basu, age 9, penned a nice poem that takes the imagination to great heights!


I WOULD LIKE TO GO
- by Rahul Basu

I would like to go
Where ancient Egyptians grow
Their papyrus reed along the Nile
I would like to go there…
For a while.
I would like to see
Where the pyramids stand high
Against a pretty blue sky where the falcons fly

I would like to go
Where French people say hello
With a word that is “Bonjour!”
I would like to go there…
On a grand, grand tour
I would like to see
The magnificent Eiffel Tower
Staring back at me
And climb its mighty stair up into the air