Funshops

Funshops will be added as we receive them. If you would like to host a funshop please submit one at

http://www.liveandlearnshop.com/2007LnLconference/funshops/funshopSubmit.htm

If you have an idea, please submit it early. Last year we closed funshops because of the number submitted!

We will have funshops that would appeal to younger kids, to tweens, to teens, to adults and grandparents! We have funshops that challenge you mentally, physically. Large motor, small motor. Quiet funshops. Loud, wild, & crazy funshops!

The Live and Learn Conference is non-age-discrinimatory. All funshops are open to all attendees! Smaller hands may require assistance, but all are welcome!

Amazing Mandalas - Barbara Splett
Have you heard about Mandalas? Wondered what their all about? Mandalas are found among the most ancient art forms and are used all over the world in spiritual, mathmatical, psychological, and artistic endeavors. Copies of many different mandalas will be provided for you to color or you may start from scratch and create your own with the tools provided. Mandalas for coloring are a very pleasurable form of meditation, which will relax you, and afterwards you will have a beautiful piece of artwork you created. Wonderful for all ages!

Cootie Catchers are SO Cool! - Anne Ohman
Need I say more? Join me for some really cool cootie catcher creating. No cooties necessary...in fact, please leave your cooties at home. (If you don't know what a *cootie catcher* is, here's a bit of info for you from Wikipedia...check them out for more information: A cootie catcher or fortune teller [sometimes called a scrunchie and a chatterbox in Australia] is an origami device used in fortune-telling games by children. A player asks a question, and the holder of the device answers using a regular algorithm. The fortunes written inside can be anything, but what they are determines what questions a player can ask.)

Mask Decorating - Robyn & Jayn Coburn
I swear I thought of this before hearing about the Masquerade ball! We did this for Jayn's birthday party and the results were wonderful. Decorate a half face mask to wear or carry. I will supply blank paper mache masks, paints, colored papers (for decoupage), beads, sequins and assorted doodads. Match your masquerade costume or hang it in your house. I will also bring some dowels to turn the mask into a lorgnette if desired.

Nitrogen Ice Cream - James Coburn
Let's get together and make the fixin's we need for the Picnic's annual Nitrogen Ice Cream. Please bring the fixin's for your favorite Ice Cream recipe, and we will prepare them in advance for Sunday's Picnic get-together. The idea is that we will be preparing the mixtures that we will use *in advance* of the actual ice cream making event at Sunday's picnic.

Pop Rockets Rock! - Amy Bowers
We will make pop rockets from film canisters and special rocket fuel. This is an exciting and safe fun shop for young (and old) rocket enthusiasts. It will be a blast!

Scrumptious Word Soup - Jennifer Johnson
Writing and Poem Making for everyone. We will play with some group poems, picture poems, haiku, experimental poetry, short short stories written in group format, freestyle writing, or folks can just come and do their own thing. We may listen to some well-known poets read their own work and we may share our own. We will invite people to contribute to a "thema"-style series- where each writer uses the same premise and creates a unique piece of writing. At the end of the conference all Word Soup participants (and other conference attendees?) will receive a booklet of our collected works.
Materials will be provided.