The bookmark project is a celebration of creativity and imagination!
I'll be giving these bookmarks out to people at workshops, classes and events, challenging them to help come up with 500 activities inspired by the bookmark.
- How many different ways can you look at something familiar?
You can even use the pictures of the bookmark on this page to complete the challenge with your children or email me and I'll send you one!
* Please email me your ideas and I'll add them to the list. Check back often to see our list grow!
carly@mandalalearning.com
- Start an herb garden by planting the seeded paper star
- Research the herbs you planted; their properties, health benefits, different kinds, anything you find interesting…
- Cook a meal for your family using the herbs you grow
- Write a story with your bookmark as the main character as it travels through all the books you read
- Learn about the geometry of a star
- Find out some interesting facts about stars; explore astronomy
- Estimate how many bookmarks it would take to cover your whole floor. Come up with some possible solutions for figuring out how many bookmarks it would actually take.
- Find out what language the word “mandala” is and what it means. Find out some words that you use in English that have roots in this language.
- Research the life and art of Pablo Picasso
- Visit a museum that has Picasso’s art
- Develop a method for how we could track who gets each one of the 500 bookmarks made for this project
- Write your own song using the quote as one of the lyrics or title
- Use the quote or any other part of the bookmark as inspiration for a creative writing story
- Explore some ways for how you can translate the back picture of the bookmark into a song or a dance
- Add to your herb garden by starting your own garden; digging, planting seeds, learning about how to care for the plants…
- Plan a garden party and invite your friends and family to help create your garden
- Find a way to gather all the supplies you need for any of your activities without using a car; walk, run, bike, skateboard
- Develop a service project inspired by this bookmark; start a campaign to teach people about the importance of creativity, art, planting their own food, recycling…
- Start a book club; choose a fun book to read at the same time as your friends and get together to discuss it
- Start a journal if you don’t have one already; reflect on the quote in your journal: Do you agree or disagree with it? Both? What do you think Picasso was trying to say?
- Explore the act of gardening as a way to relax, reduce stress and meditate. Reflect on the experience in your journal and/or with your family.
- Create an art piece inspired by Picasso’s art
- Start a quote journal; collect your favorite quotes and reflect on their meanings
- Start a discussion group with your friends to discuss philosophical topics using quotes as the inspiration for the theme
- After you’ve planted your seeded star and have a blank space in your bookmark, come up with a creative idea for something you can put in it’s place
"Everything you can imagine is real"- Pablo Picasso
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