Froglet Posted March 28, 2012 Posted March 28, 2012 I want to ask opinions please - especially anyone who's a parent. We made Easter cards today - we talked about what things reminded us of Easter then I gave them the backing paper cut to a size which will fit on a folded card and they put whatever they liked on the front in the media of their choice. There were lots of collage chocolate bunnies, drawn easter eggs with beautiful patterns on etc etc etc. Most are already stuck to cards and pegged up in the classroom looking lovely. I have 3 little ones though for whom 'picture making' isn't a strong point and what they have produced is a swirl of colours covering their backing paper completely. They are happy with their work and can tell me what they painted, I am happy to mount on the cards and send home but I'm worried that some other members of staff/some parents might be a little less than complimentary. What would you do? To ask them to do it again would (I feel) devalue what they have done and I'd love it because they made it but I'm not sure whether to bow to pressure or not. Any suggestions? Quote
finleysmaid Posted March 28, 2012 Posted March 28, 2012 leave well alone ...it's their own individual creation...i'm not fond of modern art but who am i to say that one day these children will be the new pollock or hurst...they could be worth a fortune Quote
klc106 Posted March 28, 2012 Posted March 28, 2012 I think you should send them as they are. Like you said its their own individual work Quote
Froglet Posted March 28, 2012 Author Posted March 28, 2012 Thank you for the reassurance - will go with my own gut instinct. If anyone queries I will just claim it's an artistic impression of melted chocolate! Quote
Gezabel Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 If some members of staff or parents are less than complimentary I think it is terribly terribly sad Isn't it about celebrating children's effort, participation and achievement. The swirls of colour sound wonderful I would without doubt send them as they are. Quote
HappyMaz Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Definitely leave them as they are. Sometimes when I've been doing projects like this I've written on the back of the card/canvas/picture what the child has said about their creation. Parents have valued the extra insight into what the picture was all about - especially when there very very few clues an adult could interpret correctly! Quote
sunnyday Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 This made me think of the papier mache 'turtle' that my youngest son (now 37) made at primary school........I have never seen anything less like a turtle!!! But I treasured it then and still do! :1b So, yes, leave them be! Quote
Froglet Posted March 29, 2012 Author Posted March 29, 2012 No uncomplimentary comments at all and only lots of 'ahs' as my class walked out to our whole school Easter celebrations wearing the Easter crowns we made this morning. In fact, passing Y6s were heard to say "They made Easter hats! Why can't we make easter hats?!" Quote
Cait Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 One of ours has been dropped in our paper bin I noticed this evening. Didn't even take it and put it in their own bin! Extremely disheartening. (I have to say, I 'rescued' it and it's in the child's learning folder, along with an annotation along the lines of " I had a lot of fun making my bunny card for Easter, I used a template to draw round and cut it out all by myself. I coloured it carefully with the black crayon and wrote my name and lots of kisses inside it. I was very excited to give it to Mummy at hometime" 1 Quote
sunnyday Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 One of ours has been dropped in our paper bin I noticed this evening. Didn't even take it and put it in their own bin! Extremely disheartening. (I have to say, I 'rescued' it and it's in the child's learning folder, along with an annotation along the lines of " I had a lot of fun making my bunny card for Easter, I used a template to draw round and cut it out all by myself. I coloured it carefully with the black crayon and wrote my name and lots of kisses inside it. I was very excited to give it to Mummy at hometime" Oh that's so sad...........but good for you for adding it to her folder and with such a great comment! :1b Quote
Froglet Posted March 29, 2012 Author Posted March 29, 2012 One of ours has been dropped in our paper bin I noticed this evening. Didn't even take it and put it in their own bin! Extremely disheartening. (I have to say, I 'rescued' it and it's in the child's learning folder, along with an annotation along the lines of " I had a lot of fun making my bunny card for Easter, I used a template to draw round and cut it out all by myself. I coloured it carefully with the black crayon and wrote my name and lots of kisses inside it. I was very excited to give it to Mummy at hometime" Love the comment! Quote
Cait Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 I don't suppose she'll read it, possibly won't bother with the file itself, but it made ME feel better!! 2 Quote
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