Student Contributor -E. Mathieson
The Painted Wood Project was inspired by the Kindness Rocks Project having the same idea in mind, to spread kindness through the community. It evolved into painting wood pieces for the children to give to someone who they appreciate and has impacted their life in a positive way. The idea for the Painted Wood Project was to show love and kindness to someone who has shown it to you.
The Painted Wood Project was a way for students to create something for someone who has a made a difference in their lives, no matter how big or small. This project was created not only to spread kindness through the community but to spread kindness through the kids creating the Painted Wood. The kids laughed, smiled and were beyond happy to be given the opportunity to make something for someone else. Children are not often given the chance to be the ones to make a difference. Through this project you are able to show them that no matter their age they can be the ones to make a difference and create kindness and happiness in other lives. That is why this is a powerful project. And the people receiving the Painted Wood will also be able to feel the love put into it.
The project went very smoothly. All of the children enjoyed the project and they were all able to do it no matter what the age they were. Having a large group of kids that ranged in age I had to adapt how I presented the project. I had to simply the instructions to the basics and after still having lots of questions from the kids I simply told them, create whatever you want that you think will make your person happy. My advice for someone trying to do the project is let the students be in charge of their projects. They will create beautiful products because of it.
