We would like to have the cut-owls along the children's playground gate painted by children who come to the park. Children will be given perimeters to paint inside the shapes of the owls.
Leader
Susan Frances
Location
67th Street and Colonial Road Brooklyn, NY 11220
Join volunteers from the Owl's Head Park Horticulture Group in two children's workshops at Owl's Head Park to be held in May 2017. The workshops will focus on painting the cut-out owls along the gate of the children's playground. The horticulture group conducted a workshop in June 2015, inviting kids from the playground to paint a pair of cut-out owls along the gate. We will do this again with the remaining three sets of cut-out owls. We are raising funds for materials to conduct the workshops such as scrappers to peel away old paint, primer for the owls, acrylic paints and paintbrushes, construction paper to draft pictures, and smocks for kids. Additional funds will go to paying for advertising space in the local papers, and a consultation fee to the workshops instructor Deidre Laughton.
The first step is to compose a list of materials for the workshops whether these items can be donated by private individuals or corporate sponors or they need to be purchased. Once we know we will have the materials for the workshops, the second step is to choose the dates for the workshops and to secure a special events permit with the NYC Parks Department to hold the workshops at the children's playground. The third step is to prepare press releases to be posted in the calendar of events in locals newspapers and with local community organizations and schools. The fourth and final step is to execute the workshops -- delegate responsibilities to the volunteers who will be participating and guiding the children in tapping into their creative energy.
The workshops enable kids and their families feel like they are contributing to their local park, imprinting their mark on it. Some kids like to carve their initials in a tree trunk. These workshops do this without damaging trees in the process. Not only are families saying "they were here" but they are beautifying the park by decorating bland silhouettes along the gate of the children's playground. The colors and geometrical shapes personalize the area and enhance the playful whimsical atmosphere.