Kindergarten students from St. Marguerite Bourgeoys School carved out a lesson on Halloween decorations this fall.
“We had a donation of gourds from a family in our classroom and we were trying to figure out what we wanted to do with the gourds, so we decided to send them home and let the kids be creative with a (family) project,” said Rhonda Hesterman, teacher. “We (will) choose a (project) winner soon.”
Instead of scooping out pumpkin guts and meticulously drawing a design on a pumpkin, the entire class spent two weeks decorating gourds with their families instead of carving pumpkins for a school project this Halloween.
The project nurtured individuality and creativity, allowing each student to come back with a unique gourd.
“The baby cat is my favourite because it's so blue,” Madison Watson said while spinning around in a sparkling blue Halloween costume. “It took so long, and it took me so long for the other one.”
The kindergarten student brought in a blue gourd that she had transformed into a cat, and was pleased about her additional red gourd with a spooky face. She held it up in the hallway and said it was a “fun” project.
But she was more excited about trick-or-treating this year.
“I'm going as Brave,” she said while gesturing to a cartoon on the neckline of her costume and smiling. “Do you like my dress?”
But the entire class was excited about the opportunity to collect candy and play dress-up now that the festive art project has been completed.
“We (will) choose a winner soon,” said Hesterman. “They had about two weeks to get it done. When they were done they could bring it in and we could put it in the display for the whole school to see.”
