Art Therapy for Broads Abroad : Love Wands for Thrid Culture Kids : Exercise #11

::The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.:: ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

With the advent of another school year, I am filled with thoughts of the Little Level 5 Tornadoes I counseled in an alternative school in Austin. Life was not filled with magic or love for these wee ones. Children require mastery, and magic, or make-believe if you prefer, is one of the developmental practices that leads to a sense competence, as it supports hope. Love Wands were used by the Superheroes Power Club students to promote their ability to self-sooth and reinforce a loving self-image. A little extra something never hurts!

Today's Secret Message of Love:

I LOVE MYSELF! (SHOUT!) I love myself. (whisper)

Love Wand © News From A Broad, 2012

Materials:

• One super cool gnarly stick, 1' in length, as straight as possible, but not too straight! 

• A handful of shiny things,like bells and big sequence 

• A handful of natural things, like shells and acorns 

• A handful of soft things, like pompoms and feathers 

• A bundle of colorful fat and fuzzy pipe cleaners; at least 12 

• Three, two foot sections of 1/4"-1/2" ribbon in various colors 

• Scissor 

• Glue gun & glue sticks. 

NOTE: Remember, the hottest part of the glue gun is the metal tip! If the hot glue gets on your skin, immediate go to the sink, and allow cold water to run over the glue.

Process:

• Set the pompoms aside. You will use them last. 

• Determine which end of your gnarly stick will be the handle. 

• At the bottom of the handle, add a small dot of glue, place the end of your ribbon on that dot, allow to dry, and twirl the gnarly stick until the ribbon reaches the half-way mark. 

• Glue in place. Leaving a 5-6" tail, cut the ribbon. 

• Add as many ribbons as you wish, crisscrossing each new ribbon. 

• Bend a dozen or so pipe cleaners in half. 

• Tie and/or glue any of your collected objects along the pipe cleaners. Leave the ends of each pipe cleaner free of objects. 

• To the tip of each end of the pipe cleaner, add one to several pompoms. 

• From the top of the Love Wand, twist, one at a time, a series of fuzzy pipe cleaners, until it looks as though you have a flowering sparkler. 

Conclusions:

Love Wands are for love! The magic is in the tip, a soft cushion of pompoms, The Little Level 5 Tornadoes would repeat this phrase: "I love myself" while brushing their Love Wand along the length of their arm, brow, cheek, or legs. The more you use your Love Wand, you will notice that a sequence or two, a feather or bell, will fall off. It's Working! You are sharing your magic with the rest of us! Use the Broad Dream Notes as a guide for processing this exercise.

Create the life you want!

The Broad

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