Funshops

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2012 Funshops

Traveling around the World without Leaving the House: Letter Writing for Children and Adults

This funshop will explore the fun of letter writing, including what goes into a great letter, how to decorate and create letters, places to find correspondents and organizations that need letter writers to help with those undergoing cancer treatment, fighting in the war, and other great causes. Hosted by Tamra Orr.

All Things Pokemon

We will play with Pokemon cards and DS Pokemon games, and  trade Pokemon cards at this funshop.  Bring your deck(s), your extras to trade, and/or your DS device and Pokemon game and join the fun. This funshop is for all ages, but if your child is fairly young and/or completely unfamiliar with the game, we’d appreciate it if a parent could join in to help them learn. Having your own deck of cards is not required, but would be helpful in order to fully participate. Hosted by Lyla and Oscar Wolfenstein.

ATCs-Artist Trading Cards

Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) are simply pieces of art that are made out of cards measuring 2.5” by 3.5”. You can buy special paper already cut to this size, or better yet, simply use sturdy paper you already have at home. Old file folders, card stock, greeting cards – any paper that is not flimsy – can be cut to the right dimensions and used as an ATC. Think about baseball trading cards and look for paper about that weight. Or, be creative and use materials other than paper. Just keep to the 2.5” x 3.5” size. Once you have your 2.5 x 3.5” card, what you do with it is up to you. Draw on it, paint, collage, sew, embellish, write words. In an ATCs funshop, all of the participants share materials, themes, techniques and ideas with others in the funshop to make unique ATCs. And we always schedule time for trading/swapping finished cards too. Hosted by Erika Davis-Pitre.

ATCs Supplies needed from Home for this Funshop:

  • Cardstock-Cut to the 2.5″x 3.5″ size and leftover scraps.
  • Colored paper of various weights and sizes.
  • Old gift wrap, Magazines and Catalogs for collage cards.
  • Fabric scraps, Buttons and other sewing notions for embellishment.
  • Watercolor paints, Crayons, Colored Markers, Gel Pens, Colored Pencils etc.
  • Scissors, Paper Punches, Glue, Tape, etc.
  • And any other Arts and Crafts supplies that you would like to share (Most Scrapbooking Supplies work well for making ATCs).

*Even if you don’t participate in the ATC funshop, we would really appreciate donations of art supplies from everyone!*

Playing with Stories

I love stories of all sorts. I’ll bring along some story cubes, some crazy ideas and a wild imagination. You show up with your own brilliance and we are sure to have blast spinning tales. Hosted by Shannon Loucks.

Magic: The Gathering

Bring your favorite deck and see how it fares against several opponents, or bring your skills and play with a house deck, or just come and check out the cards and learn how to play. All are welcome to experience this fantasy based collectible card game.Hosted by Jake and Scott Hessel.

Munchkin Rocks!

You don’t just walk in to this funshop, you KICK DOWN THE DOOR! This is Munchkin! We’re gonna stomp some monsters and stab our enemies (and some friends) on our journey to riches and glory. Come play some Munchkin Fu, Super Munchkin, Zombie Munchkin, or whatever combo we want. Bring your favorite! Hosted by Scott, Jake, and Noah Hessel.

Let’s play games!

Are you a gamer? Board gamer that is! Do you like to play challenging games, different games, unusual games? Come to our fun shop where we will play games like Dominion, Chrononauts, Aquarius, Zendo, Gloom, or whatever piques our interest. Bring your favorite or maybe we will just Fluxx around. Hosted by the Hessel Family.

Vocal Music of Eight Centuries

Group singing is a feeling like no other. Those who have done so know that. Those who have not should come and do it with us! Listening without singing is okay too. You can sit right in the middle of everybody and feel it from all sides. This funshop doesn’t require music reading but it wouldn’t hurt (those who can read could be helpful to others in their sections).  Rounds, part songs, medieval, Renaissance, 18th, 19th, and 20th century.  All historical music. :-) Hosted by Sandra Dodd, who learned to read music before she could read English, and has been singing with gusto since childhood, at church, school, All-State, folk clubs, camp fires, shape-note, madrigals, showers and car trips.

Find a Family Match-up

Have you heard of speed dating?  Well, we’re going to take that concept and apply it to families here at LiG.  Much like the dating service, we’ll rotate to quickly meet other families. During our funshop, we will have a series of short “dates,” lasting from 3 to 8 minutes. At the end of each interval, we will signal families to move on to the next “date.” Hosted by Carolyn Winkler.

 

 

More Funshops will be added soon!

 

 

nancylee bouscher
nancylee.b@gmail.com
magical mandalas!
mandalas can be found around the globe- in nature and in cultures.  why are humans drawn to these alluring designs?  learn about mandalas and their sacred geometry by looking at some examples and then make your own.  work individually or as a group.  supplies will be provided- consider bringing special paper, photos, stickers, fabric, shapes, and other mostly two-dimensional supplies (your own pair of scissors might be handy too!) that you can use to make your mandala even more meaningful and magical!
this is me: mama, writer, artist, teacher, woman.  some things i have more training and practice in than others.  for example, i taught in public schools for a few years- being an encouraging sort to the students who needed that most.  i have two awesome boys who inspire me everyday with their wild spirt and kind hearts.  i also feel a very strong urge to make and play with puppets to teach people about fabulous women in our world.