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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1116993, member: 5833"]I think on one hand she was excited to come up with something new for her classroom holiday decorations that would also be informative for her kids, but agonizingly daunting. She had good ideas & a good eye, but not the hands & skill (or confidence) to do art/craft projects easily. She nearly had a nervous breakdown the night before her very first day in her own classroom & was still working on what she wanted to have on the bulletin board. In a magazine with ideas for teachers she had found instructions for making Mary & her lamb, the lamb with cotton wool, Mary in a little pleated skirt. Think getting the lamb assembled was not too challenging, but she was nearly in tears over getting that paper skirt pleated so it looked right.</p><p><br /></p><p>At least, once they're made, you can keep using them year after year. Subsequent opening days were not quite so dramatic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1116993, member: 5833"]I think on one hand she was excited to come up with something new for her classroom holiday decorations that would also be informative for her kids, but agonizingly daunting. She had good ideas & a good eye, but not the hands & skill (or confidence) to do art/craft projects easily. She nearly had a nervous breakdown the night before her very first day in her own classroom & was still working on what she wanted to have on the bulletin board. In a magazine with ideas for teachers she had found instructions for making Mary & her lamb, the lamb with cotton wool, Mary in a little pleated skirt. Think getting the lamb assembled was not too challenging, but she was nearly in tears over getting that paper skirt pleated so it looked right. At least, once they're made, you can keep using them year after year. Subsequent opening days were not quite so dramatic.[/QUOTE]
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