YAP XI Rubbings and Cakes

YAP programs usually run for about 2 months but for December and early January Liz planned two different ones. First texture rubbings – such a simple idea but so much fun. We collected many items including plastic doilies and placemats (especially good were the pieces of honeycomb plastic that come under the pizza in our Friday night pizza box), fabric with texture (the museum has lots of donated upholstery swatches), and pieces of a clear pliable plastic cut into shapes. Then we supplied paper and “muffin crayons”. Muffin crayons are made by melting crayon ends in muffin tins. We supplied a recipe for these as we get lots of questions about how to make them.

One week guest artist Ione who creates prints with found texture pieces talked about her art and set up a texture area for large rubbings.

In mid December we introduced cake decorating which we had done last year and it was just as popular.

Cake Decorating will probably return next December and texture rubbing may return again this year.