I do love a lightweight crowd sourced art project, and last night it hit me that we could do an easy one for Halloween. Here's how it would work:
- Pick up a whole bunch of tiny Playdoh containers (ideally from the dollar store, but Amazon would do too)
- Print out a series of small labels that say something like:
How about some candy for your brain? Make something great using this Playdoh and other supplies you can find around the house.
and have your parents send a picture of it to: braincandy2012@gmail.com. See what others have created and learn more at braincandy2012.tumblr.com.Share your creation, and view what others have made atbraincandy2012tasty-braincandy.tumblr.comsharemycreation.com.
-Ben (Contact.Ben.Simon@gmail.com) - Apply a label to each small container of Playdoh
- Come Halloween night, hand out candy and a Playdoh container to teach kid
- Sit back and watch the creativity burst forth!
Simple enough, right?
I probably won't go through with it, though. There's just something creepy about the whole thing - right?
Still, I do feel like I'm missing out on an opportunity to think outside the box here...
Update: Reworded the label text, taking out the e-mail request. That seems to tone down the creepiness a bit. I believe Tumblr allows for user submitted content easily enough, so the project would still be easy enough to put together.
Update: No need to include 2012 in the URL. And while I'm at it, why not reserve space in case I want to actually go through with this idea.
Update: OK, so here's a better domain name: sharemycreation.com.
Ha! I was just getting ready to comment that it was a great idea; you just needed to reword the label. You beat me to it. I repeat, great idea! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Luther!
ReplyDeleteYeah, the whole "c'mon kid, send me e-mail..." is just too, well, creepy.