Thanks to Samantha at LEPMPL for this guest post!
I did a teen program called Animal Mug Mugs a couple weeks
ago. It was the first time in the two years I have worked at LEPMPL that my
registration for a teen craft was full, and it was a lot of fun! I bought 12
white ceramic mugs and a box of Uni oil paint markers and had the kids draw
animal noses on the bottom of their mugs so that when they drink from them . .
. well, just take a look at the cute pictures!
I put examples of animal noses
on the table and sent them home with curing instructions—the mugs need to be
baked to set the paint. Because the markers/colors needed to be shared, kids
had to talk to each other, and we had some fun conversation and a good time
getting to know new people. Several of the teens—and parents who picked them
up—said they thought the mugs would make nice Christmas gifts. I agree!
Labels: art projects, teen programs