I took the easy route!
There are more interesting themes to share with The Quilt Group, but when you've got lots of Eastery things sitting around your house, it's just easy to throw some stuff in a bag and head off with the quilt!
And the perfect spring weather!
We couldn't sit inside when things were blooming out on the patio. The fresh air seemed to make everyone smile. Especially Vivian!
I warned Libby
I told her the Mystery Bag contained something kind of creepy. But mostly she and the others laughed to discover a well loved bunny.
Similar to The Velveteen Rabbit
I shared the story of my daughter, Heidi's stuffed bunny. It was once plump and even had a little color. For a good 5 years "Bobby" napped with Heidi and joined her in every activity she did. Every task was a bit trickier when clutching a bunny. Even hunting for Easter eggs was done one handed because Bobby couldn't be put down. I hoped the Bobby story would open up to more story sharing.
Talking and Decorating
I had a few pastels and some construction paper, So we did a little "egg designing" with the promise that I would take their art to the kids at the Women's Shelter the next day. (The "Quilt Kids" love knowing the "Quilt Ladies" make things for them.) But the best part of our "craft", was just sitting in the warm breeze, with the smell of roses wafting over now and then and a cat rubbing up against a leg here and there. The conversation flowed from memories of Easter baskets to egg traditions to family pets and stories of Passover. Our best story may have been from Rita about her pet chickens. But we don't have a photo of Rita, because she had just returned from a hospital stay and poor Rita had some bruising, the color of Easter eggs.
What I learned about art, conversation, and fresh air!
Converstaions seem so much more relaxed when you have some simple art task AND some fresh air! I even think fresh air helps with humor! I loved it that Dear Rita could laugh at her own "unslightly condition." And her friends went along with her humor and admitted, "You must feel a little bit like that old stuffed bunny feels!" Rita snickered pretty good at that remark!
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