1. We were given knives albeit plastic ones to cut our apples in rings.
2. There were a lot of parent volunteers who helped us do it. I heard from a friend at a moms group event last night that there is a shortage of parent volunteers at her school (for understandable reasons: parents need to work)
3. I feel bad for any kids who may have had fruit allergies because I can almost guarantee that nothing was done to alter the project to accomodate or protect them in any way.
4. Lots of sticky germy hands, both little and big, put their apples rings on large quantaties of string
5. I can pretty much guarantee that no attention was paid as to whether or not the string had any chemicals on it
6. We hung the strings from the ceiling of our classroom for a couple weeks to dry without regard to dust
7. When the apples were done, each kid grabbed a section and we walked around the school to show the 5th graders what we had done (The 5th graders were having a no talking day and one of the students wrote a "good job" message on the board with chalk)
8. We all went back to the classrooms where I highly doubt we washed our hands or the dried apple slices before feasting
9. The apple slices weren't labeled so most likely I didn't eat my own

Labels: Crafts, Flashback Fridays, Food (Solid)