With my Church Youth Group I have been provided with the opportunity to teach a Christmas arts and crafts workshops. Most of the youth that go to my church live in and around the Kangemi slum. We do youth activities fortnightly, that consist of a variety of activities but I thought it would be a good idea to do some hands on activities that provided the girls the opportunity to make decorations that were cheap and simple to make that they could use to decorate their own home with during Christmas time. The idea seemed to be a good one and my Young Women’s President gave me the go ahead to plan, organize and run this workshop. Since it was Christmas I planned and organized an activity oriented around Christmas decorations. I researched easy-to-make decorations and the internet spurted out a whole variety of things. The decorations we ended up making consisted of these handmade paper baubles and cheap plastic baubles from Nakumatt that we painted with glitter in various different patterns. Fortunately the workshop went really well and all the girls enjoyed themselves and went home with lots of handmade decorations to use in their own homes. This activity was a challenge for me as I have never actually taught an art class before, that and I had to completely organise the entire project by myself. All in all, I really enjoyed doing this project and even though earlier in my blog I mentioned that I didn’t like teaching much, I actually really enjoyed teaching this particular workshop. It made me realize that I do have the ability to organise and run a successful activity.
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