Children’s day Celebrations

Article by Jc Sakunthala

Program:   Children’s day Celebration

Venue:       People’s Trust Campus, SriRamanahalli, Bangalore

Date :          25 Nov 2012

When we thought of doing this program we wanted it to be more than just an entertainment. We wanted the TREP children to engage themselves in creative time.

People’s Trust campus is away from the hustle and bustle of the city and some of the village atmosphere is still retained.  

Few weeks earlier, we requested the students to prepare exhibits during their spare time using any material from plants and trees and avoid using any color pencils and we have given a code name “Art with nature” for this project.

Jc Harsha is the Program Director and we met few times for planning and preparation.   Finally, we consolidated few requirements

Ø  Maximum participation is more important

Ø  Children be engaged both physically and mentally

Ø  Team sprit should be encouraged

Ø  Material needed for the events should be minimal

We finalized the  events and  collected all that is needed for events.  

When we reached the People’s trust campus, we were greeted warmly by  Mr.Manjunath, Mr.Harsh, Ms.Varini and Ms.Ramya and the children.

We had planned the celebrations where students will have  a physical warm up game and  proceed to more intellectual games.

Nine groups were formed  and each group nominated 2 pairs for a relay three leg race.









Each team came with their own strategies and did their best.

 

 

The teams Badrinath, Bhoomi, Kedarnath, Pruthvi and Vasudha reached the finals round.  
 
Teams Kedarnath and Pruthvi came out as winners.

 

The second event was designed to help students have fun as  group, improve their  focus, spelling, accuracy and speed of communication.

Students formed five team and selected attractive names for their teams.  All the teams  performed well. After 4 rounds, the teams scores were between 21 to 27 points.   Team JCI Friends came out as winner.

 

The indoor activity involved the innovative Pictionary game where the  teams used indegenous schemes to get the answers. Few challenging ones  Bhagat Singh, Solar systems, Idly were cracked in no time.  After three rounds, Team TREP Tigers came out as the winner with an amazing timing of 58 seconds.   

 

 When Mr.Manjunath took us to the room with exhibits of “Art with Nature”, we became speechless. Children had let their imagination run wild and created wonderful art using all natural materials.

I am sharing all those with you.

The above art is created by children of room Amarnath .  There is Ganesh, the God of knowledge inside a temple. The fern leaves form a nice arch work below.  Can you spot the papaya leaves and the letter ‘Ohm’?  How about the green beads?

 

Here is the  symbol of  Love, the Tajmahal created  by children of room Badrinath to depict the message of love and peace. The minarets are represented by the sticks and leaves are arranged to  get the Tajmahal here.

The above piece of art is by the children of room Bhoomi.  The roof material here is the real dried sticks.  Can you spot the rock and waste segregation bins?  They have even used natural material to color their drawings. Innovative. Isn’t it?

This peacock was created by children of the room Dharani.   The trunk of the tree is a real tree bark. The canopy of the tree is formed using fern leaves. The grass is formed by cutting and arranging the banana leaves. 

The body of the peacock is again from banana tree. The feathers of the peacock created by arranging the leaves.  The red color dots are indeed the dried red seeds from a plant. The peacock is surrounded by butterfly and everything is bathed in bright sun light!

The above piece of wonder is put together by children of room Kedarnath.  can you spot the animals,  lady pumping water, carrying a jug,  a man is trying to break a wooden log,  wooden cart, houses,  birds,  food getting ready with fire using TeePee,  lady with a load on her head?   How about Little bushes?   Canopy of the tree is formed using the Moss. 

The crown on this art is the bouquet on the top right corner with flowers and dried seeds and its cover.  Wonderful Art.  isn’t it?

The above  art work is from the children of room Kashinath.  They have used the dried mesh like material which  holds the coconut leaves to the tree. This dried mesh stuff is rolled to form the base for the bouquets.  can you spot  temple, mosque and church here?

Their room name is engraved using millets (Ragi) and decorated with bunch of Ragi harvest. Various colorful petals decorate the border   If  you are wondering what is millet, google is always there to get you answers :-) 

The above piece of art is by the children of room Pruthvi. It is a beautiful house built using the leaves of coonut tree and is placed adjacent to a lovely garden.  Can you sport the "welcome" and "Thank you" archs?

The above piece of art is by the children of room Vasudha.  The floor is created using raw earth, with five houses surrounded by trees, birds and a bright sun overhead.

 The above piece of art put together with plant material  by the children of room Vasundhara.   If you are a careful observer you might wonder if it is a fish or a green chilly!.

Can you spot the  group of houses, the forest , hills in the background, birds, animals, people,  small little  pond with various fishes, swan?  Are  you not  afraid of the snakes?

We  have selected 4 of the 9 exhibits for special awards. We  will not reveal the names. Let us see if your selection match with  ours!  You are welcome to share  your selections in the comments section !

 
The volunteers from JCI Bangalore Horizon and People's Trust and the entire  team which had the nonstop fun !