Mitten Tree

December 1 - 12, 2008
Sponsored by Mrs. Motzer's Fourth Grade Class

We collected new hats, mittens, gloves and scarves for people in need.
The donated items were hung on the tree in the Main Office!

	Track the Mitten Tree's progress
	Examples of Posters made by students
	Kids Care donated handmade scarves

Track the Mitten Tree's progress:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Dec. 1 Ready... set...	Dec. 2 go!	Dec. 3 Off to a good start!	Dec. 4 Added a box for overflow.	Dec. 5 Items (out of view) being added to the back of the tree, too.
Dec. 8 Overflow box is overflowing.	Dec. 9 Added a second overflow box.	Dec. 10 Kids Care students donated handmade scarves.	Dec. 11 There are several full boxes and bags beneath the tree!	Dec. 12 Snow Day!
Dec. 15	Seven large boxes of hats, mittens, gloves and scarves were collected! Thank you, everyone, for your donations to the Hat & Mitten Tree.

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Examples of posters made by students:

The students made posters to announce the project, using KidPix Deluxe 4. The goal was to create a poster that would attract attention and be easy to read. A template was provided with the message that was written in class.

Students used the text options to center, resize, recolor and change the font style of the message. They used the rectangle or oval tool to create a border which they then filled with designs found in the paint bucket tool. The final pieces of decoration were added using the rubber stamp tool, the sticker tool, the text tool and/or free-hand drawing.

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Kids Care donated handmade scarves:

Kids Care students donate scarves and hats Members of Kids Care, a service club in our secondary school, donated beautiful, warm hats and scarves.

They donated 32 scarves and 14 hats that they knitted and crocheted themselves.

Visit the Kids Care service learning web page to learn more about their program and their projects.

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