ART TABLE

Bringing people together through the simple creative invitation to draw on a table!

This week I’m sharing a simple art invitation that can bring people together PLUS new climate action colouring sheets!

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ART TABLE

A few weeks ago I painted an old wooden coffee table white, placed a basket of acrylic paint pens on top, wrote the invitation ‘Hi I’m Table, please draw on me!’ and left the table in our home education community space.

Initially the children were hesitant, some even double checked before drawing with comments like ‘You mean I can actually draw on the table?!’

‘Yes, you can draw on the table.’ I replied.

It has been wonderful watching the table evolve with everyone adding their own little pictures and messages. What is most exciting though is how, in some small way, it has brought uus together. The children, and adults are drawn (sorry for the bad pun!) together by the simple act of sitting across a table, doodling and chatting.

The ART TABLE has even provided opportunity to practice conflict resolution skills. One child was upset when others had scribbled over a drawing she had created. She raised this issue in our weekly home education co-op meeting. We chatted as a group about how this made her feel, shared ideas about how we could resolve the issue and came up with shared agreements about what we could do in the future to prevent a similar situation happening.

I love how simple creative practices can bring people together and strengthen our communities!

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CLIMATE ACTION POSTERS

This week I created 10 new colouring pages, depicting different environmental causes, for you to colour and create your own climate action posters. You can download the posters from MINIMADTHINGS.COM or paid subscribers can download them for free from the link at the end of this article.

I would love to see the posters out and about in the world in your communities. Send me a message with a photo and I’ll share them in my next Substack article.