~ mister maker workshop ~
did you know that Mister Maker guy on TV? he came to visit Singapore and conducted a small workshop arts & craft in Paragon last Saturday. aina, who loves Mister Maker, really wanted to meet her “hero”. so that weekend, the whole family — including aina’s grandma — came along to see him.
the saturday workshop was on every hour from 12pm to 5pm. we were supposed to register online to reserve a seat, but we didn’t. thank goodness, they also allow people to sign up for on-the-spot waiting list.
we got there around 4 o’clock and watched the workshop being conducted. aina, who’s always hesitant when in comes to dealing with strangers and loud noises, looked rather excited. she immediately recognized the craft activity, as she has seen it on TV. although she said that she’s a bit scared of the loud noises and screams from other kids, aina said she wanted to join the workshop and work on the craft. so, we put her name and our phone number down on the waiting list for the 5 o’clock workshop. if the space available, they would give us a call to let us know.
as the time getting closer to 5 o’clock, aina started to hesitate… she started to chickened out! for 10 minutes, all of us trying to convince her to change her mind. then the phone rang, telling us that there is a space available for aina… and aina was still shaking her head and saying no.
finally, it seemed that convincing method won’t work, so we just took her to get the name tag, and put her on the workshop table. we told her to choose the seat with pink hairband with pink stringy thing. i held her hand and kept telling her she’ll love it and i’ll be right behind her if she wants to quit.
surprisingly, she stayed. in fact, she had a great time! once she sat on that chair, she didn’t even mind me moving further away in front of her to take pictures and videos. here is the video of the whole workshop.
she was happy and enjoyed the whole process. and she came out having her picture taken with Mister Maker and a pink bag full of goodies… and of course, wearing a pair of hand-made Googly Eyes :)
more photos of the workshop in the mister maker workshop 09.2010 flickr album.
~ comment (8) ~
yes, considering her age, she paid good enough attention. Go Aina go….
yea, she watched the previous session, so she ended up doing things before the instruction given, hehe. kurang sabar :P
Mbak Thalia, I found your website after some random googling and suddenly I become a huge fan of Aina! She is so adorable and super cute :-)
Oh, and I’m a pink lover too, guess you could see from my email address :-)
Salam kenal ya…
cindy, duh, maap… telat banget balesnya. baru pulang liburan… salam pink juga dari aina, katanya, hehehe.
Mbak Thal, iseng ke website ini dari theurbanmama.com:)
Penasaran abisnya ibu-bapak kok kreatif banget, jd wajar menurun ke Aina ya.
Btw, Aina mirip banget bapaknya ya:)
hehe iya, aina emang mirip ama bapaknya :D welcome di TUM yaaa!
omg, i think she did sowell amongst all the big people. i love how gentle she is w proceeding w everything. hehehe, good job aina!!
aw, thank you, anna! she had watched the previous workshop, so she sorta knew what to do… but, true, she kept cleaning things up and arranging things during the craft session :P