The students would find, upon arrival in the classroom today, that they each had their own easel set up and waiting for them. "I'd like to begin today by congratulating two of the members of our class on their election to the Student Council," Steve announced once it was time for the class to start. "Annie, Quinn," he continued, smiling at them ( Read more... )

"I hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day last week," Steve said at the beginning of today's class, "and that the weekend wasn't too...much." Steve had had a cameo as a lawyer, so he was pretty much fine. "So we're not going to do anything too complicated this week. I understand that your brains may need a recovery period. We have colored ( Read more... )

Steve was standing at the front of the classroom today as the students arrived. He was dressed somewhat more casually than he usually was for teaching, in a blue t-shirt that already had paint smudged on it and an old pair of equally paint-smudged jeans. ( Class under here )

The class had been asked to meet outside today and to wear clothes they wouldn't mind destroying. When they arrived, they would find a giant tarp and a lot of paint. Paint in pans, paint in balloons, paint in water guns. Paint, paint paint ( Read more... )

"Good morning, everyone," Steve said. "Sorry I had to cancel last week, something came up at the last minute." He was retired, but when the president called, he still had to answer. "I hope you enjoyed your time off. But we're all here now, and we'll be making dreamcatchers." Steve held up a completed dreamcatcher. You could tell he hadn't ( Read more... )

"Good morning, everyone," Steve said to the assembled students. "Today, we'll have a theme, and that theme will be...bugs. You can make sneak attack bugs--I claim no responsibility for anything you do with them--or cute for a bug bugs, or bug marks. All the instruction sheets and materials you'll need are available, so get to work." A brief ( Read more... )

There were bins of felt, yarn, googly eyes, and other accoutrements set out on the tables today, along with a couple of hot glue guns and, most worrying, a sewing machine. "Good morning, everyone," Steve said. "I hope you're enjoying life in the cabins. Today we're going to make finger puppets, because, well, because they're fun. I've supplied ( Read more... )

"Good morning, everyone," Steve said once the class was assembled. "I trust everyone's doing well this morning? Good. We're going to be making lanyards. There's also a beaded keychain variation if you'd rather do that." Kind of tedious? Yes. As far as Steve could tell, most 'traditional' crafts were. But hey, at the end they'd have a nifty ( Read more... )

"Good morning!" Steve said to his assembled students. "Welcome to Arts & Crafts! I'm Steve Rogers, and I'll be your instuctor. If you're not supposed to be here, you can leave now, or," he shrugged, "not, it's summer camp, no one's getting graded here, and I have plenty of materials. We're going to start with a gremlin in a jar," he said, ( Read more... )

There was a plate of sugar cookies and a carafe of hot chocolate on the teacher's desk today. Steve greeted his class with a smile and, "Good afternoon. This period has been set aside for your final. However, I couldn't think of a way to test your artistic merit, and far be it from me to expect to hold your attention with winter break so very ( Read more... )