Cotton Ball Clay

Every week Dhwani has to work on a creative project, write a report and talk about what she did। The class is given an ingredient to work with. This week's ingredient: cotton balls.

We looked into doing the usual things with cotton ball rabbits, chicks, painting project etc. And then we came across this really cool project. Make clay with cotton balls. What I loved about this one - the kids could participate in this totally. And it was soooo much fun. Great way to spend a hot Saturday afternoon. I loved it.

The girls and I tore the cotton balls to pieces, stuck it in each others hair and generally made a mess before putting them into the bowl. We had a contest on who could punch the cotton balls the hardest while mixing it with water (of course I won hands down). We all wanted to roll the clay into the cloth so instead of using one piece of cloth, we used 3 (more laundry). Not to mention we used up 3 saucepans to make the clay. This project was supposed to take 15 minutes. It took us 1 1/2 hrs. 90 minutes of unadulterated 'mom and girls' FUN!


Somehow I don't remember my 2nd grade homework being so creative and so enjoyable.

Dhwani's musical - Lion and the Mouse

Yesterday was the 2nd grade musical at school. The theme was Aesop's fables. Dhwani was acting in Lion and the mouse as .....the LION. I was super excited that she got the part. Predictably, she was'nt quite as excited. She thought it was a BOY's part.

I remember back in my school days I took part in every annual day celebration. Some times I acted in multiple events - a dance, a drama, a chorus etc. 99% of the time I had a male part. And usually the villains role. I absolutely loved these parts. They were far more fun than the 'little miss goody 2 shoes' parts the heroines would get.

Dhwani felt a lot better about her role once I told her about the parts I took on. See how much fun she had!