Re: Really Cool Idea Exchange II

[many waters cannot quench love <lisa@technomancer.com>]

Poster: many waters cannot quench love <lisa@technomancer.com>


hi ursula!

i have two Really Cool Kids Ideas picked up from a recent sojourn in
calontir (at the gathering of the chieftains in three rivers):

little kids' activity:

take several gallon milk jugs.  cut off about the top third.  turn them
over (open side down) and cut two partial ovals out of them.

                 -------------
                /             \
               /               \
               |    /\   /\    |
               |   /  \ /  \   |
               |   |  | |  |   |
               |   |  |_|  |   |
               |   |       |   |
               \___|       |___/

the bad ascii art is supposed to look like a helm with a nasal.
spray-paint them black / silver / grey, and make little beanbags out of
scrap fabric stuffed with newspaper.  kids can then either try to knock
the helms off a table, or if they get tired of that you can upend the
helms and they can try to throw the beanbags in.

slightly bigger kids' game:

go on a peer scavenger hunt.  have them find generic peers (a knight, a
laurel, a pelican) or particular peers (a triple threat, a knight from
lochmere, a garb laurel).  when they find them, instead of just marking
off a piece of paper, have them ASK the peers about their peerages.
(note: the peers obviously have to be willing to sit down and talk with
the kids - when it was done in calontir the kids had adults travelling
with them to steer them away from peers who were visibly otherwise
occupied.)

						in service,

							melys

lisa lorenzin                  every normal man must be tempted, at times,
lisa@technomancer.com          to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag,
http://www.1000plus.com/lisa/  and begin slitting throats.  - h.l. mencken

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