Boys and girls club

            Pool cues were flying, kids were screaming, and parents were yelling as we entered the boys and girls club this past Thursday night.  Then I woke up, just a dream.

            Thursday was quite the opposite.  We got there early to set up; ready to go… and we had a grand total of 8 kids show up.  Not quite the 30 kids that we were expecting, but there were certainly some benefits to a smaller crowd. 

            One of the main benefits was the connection we had with the kids that were there.  It was a really cool experience to get to be able to connect with these kids, and put smiles on their faces. 

            The way that we were able to do this was through making art from random materials.  Our original idea was to make it a recycled project, however we ended up having it be more of a project of randomness.  Combining cardboard, buttons, puffballs, googely eyes, and beads we created masterpieces of art.  Pieces like presents, Christmas trees, and pets were the most popular.

            We definitely felt a little defeated when we found out there were only going to be a few kids , however in the end we were able to make better connections with them than we ever would have if there were a bunch of kids.