Programming Blues

  As an RA you're expected to make a zillion people show up to a program that cost a nickel. Most of us will find this premise an impossible feat, but thankfully the world has bestowed us with some witty and creative people.

  As you all know I am an early childhood education major. Well this week in my Public School Art class we were asked to create paper beads. At first look I thought I was never in a million years going to be able to complete this task. Luckily for me this project is as easy as winking.
  The materials needed for this project are a pencil, glue, toothpick, magazine paper, ruler, a pair of scissors, and some string.

1. The first step is to select the paper one wants to use. 
2. Take your pencil and ruler and make one inch marks on the left side of the paper. 
3. Take your pencil and mark every half inch on the right side of the paper. 
4. You will then move your ruler and align the first half inch mark with the first half inch mark, and draw a line. 
5. You will now align the next one inch mark with the third half inch mark, (you will skip every other half inch.) 
6. You will continue in that pattern until you have completed the entire page. Once this is done you will start cutting out each strip.
7. You will then take a strip of paper, (starting with the wide side) and start rolling it onto your toothpick. You want the paper to overlap itself. 
8. Once the paper is all rolled up it should look similar to the picture above. You will then take some glue and rub it onto the bead. 
9. Let it dry and slide it off of the toothpick. 
10. You have crafted a recycled bead as well as an affordable program.                

   I really like this program idea, because it is cheap, it promotes recycling, and it is a keepsake. Residents as well as bosses are sure to fall in love with this idea.