The task was simple - to create for me a picture of Easter - their own interpretation, anything they wanted, religious, pagan or whatever - all done in Fuzzy Felt.
So, after explaining how fuzzy felt worked (yes, really!!) and once they'd got over the indignation of being presented with some weird frivolity aimed at 3 - 6 year olds, they all accepted the challenge and upon the deadline date, produced two very ingenious and thought provoking creations.
And here they are, with explanations!
Team Georgiastair
This is what the captions say, clockwise starting top left.
In 2007, an Easter egg covered in diamonds was made and sold for £9 million. People use Easter to gain money for their own benefit.
43% of children eat their Easter eggs before Easter Sunday, so the true meaning of Easter is lost.
80 million chocolate eggs are sold every year in the UK. Also, nearly 900,000,000 trees are cut down every year. Lots of this will go towards packaging for Easter eggs and other Easter products. Cutting down trees means habitats are destroyed and species become extinct. Easter egg packaging generates 4,000 tons of extra waste.
Almost 1 in 5 (19%) children have eaten so much chocolate they have made themselves ill.
Team Chiri
This comes with a story.
The Origin of the Easter Egg Hunt and other Traditions
Once upon a time, Mrs Hen laid some eggs. Farmer Jones wanted to take them to market but Mrs Hen didn't want this, so whilst she was trying to get the eggs back to the barn, she accidentally knocked them down the hill (pace egg rolling) where they gathered moss and flowers and other pretty foliage (egg decoration). Then she asked all the other farm animals to help her get the eggs back and so they all began looking for them. Hamilton the Pig found them in the back of Farmer Jones' truck, so he then took them to Mrs Hen's house. And all the eggs were saved! The animals enjoyed looking for the eggs so much that they decided to do it all again the year after and the year after and the year after.....and so, the Easter Egg Hunt was invented!! AKA Egster!
Fabulous effort by both teams. I was pleasantly surprised at the inventiveness and amount of thought that went into this. Well done, kids!!
I think the Fuzzy Felt Challenge may well become an annual event - in fact, will probably be got out at every available opportunity and quite possibly be used as an A level revision aid. Who needs revision guides when you've got fuzzy felt - the ultimate teaching resource!!
