Friday, June 24, 2011

Sneak Preview

On Sunday I am planning on telling the Godly Play story called "The Good Shepherd and the World Communion". I've been wanting to do this story for a long time, but couldn't figure out how to get affordable materials.  The set from the Diakonie Leipzig, the official supplier in Germany, costs 167 Euros, and our church plant doesn't have that much cash lying around for one GP story.  And the materials from the American supplier aren't much cheaper.  Lately though I've been inspired by on-line friends such as Storyteller, Leslie, and All Play on Sunday who make their own materials.  So I decided to give it a go at making my own materials for this story. Am Sontag möchte ich die Godly Play Geschichte "Der Gute Hirte und die weltweite Einheit der Christen"erzählen. Ich wollte schon länger diese Geschichte spielen, aber ich wusste nicht, woher ich das Material dafür bekommt.  Die Teile von der Diakonie Leipzig, die Godly Play Sachen in Deutschland herstellt, kosten 167 Euro, welches Geld wir als Gründungsprojekt nicht haben. Und aus Amerika zu bestellen ist nicht unbedingt billiger. In den letzen Monaten bin ich von Storyteller, Leslie, und All Play on Sunday inspiriert, die GP Material oft selber basteln. Und vor Kurzem dachte ich mir, ich versuch's mal . . .

Taking inspiration from the Waldorf world, I decided to use wooden peg dolls for the people of the world. And since I live in the land of Waldorf, the wooden pegs dolls are in every hobby shop and economical.  Here's a look at the results below:  Von der Waldorfwelt kam ich auf die Idee Holzpuppen anzumalen.  Sie kosten ungefahr ein Euro pro Stück und sind deshalb preiswert.  Hier sind meine Ergebnisse unten:


I have new respect for people who earn their living with decorative painting, because the flowers and stripes on these dolls were not entirely easy to paint.  They require a very steady hand, careful planning, and a dose of patience (something that I am not naturally gifted with!). I intentionally did not give them faces taking a cue from Waldorf education to allow the children to project their own interpretations onto the figures.  My daughter gave her approval by immediately playing with them and telling her own stories. Ich habe eine neue Respekt für Künstler, die solche Holzspielzeuge dekorieren, da es nicht wirklich einfach ist die Designs auf einer 3-D Fläche anzumalen. Ich habe die Gesichtsausdrücke mit Absicht nach einem Waldorfprinzip wegelassen, damit die Kinder phantasievoll die eigene Intepretationen bei der Geschichte machen können.  Als meine Tochter sofort anfing mit den Puppen zu spielen und Geschichten zu erzählen, wusste ich, das hat gut geklappt. 

For the sheep I used polymer clay that hardens in the oven.  Aren't they cute?  Für die Schafe habe ich Fimo benutzt und ich war zufrieden mit der Ergebnis. Süß oder?


And last but not least, here is the Good Shepherd with the sheep.  Und jetzt kommt Der gute Hirte.


Stay tuned to see how things go on Sunday in the park!  Bis Sonntag im Park!

10 comments:

  1. Love them! The sheep are darling!

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  2. These look fabulous! I'm excited for the presentation. The CGS one like this is my one of my all time favorite presentations. Blessings!

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  3. Thanks, ladies, for the encouragement!

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  4. These are very cute! I am glad you decided to make them yourself, there are so many things that you can pay tons of money for but are pretty easy to make.
    Thanks for visiting my blog!

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  5. What wonderful materials! You did such a professional job - and the sheep are so cute! I featured your post and photo at http://livingmontessorinow.com/2011/07/26/fitting-montessori-based-religious-education-into-your-home/

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  6. Deb, you have the gift of encouragement.: )

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  7. I just featured your beautiful materials and photo in my parable post at http://livingmontessorinow.com/2012/02/09/creative-godly-play-at-home-parables/

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    1. Thanks, Deb! I just looked at the post and I love it. So many beautiful blogs and ideas out there that you have brought together!

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  8. Great!! Where do you get the godly play stories? Do you buy just the story??

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    1. Hi there, The lessons are contained in books that you can buy. Here is a link to all the books:

      http://stores.godlyplayresources.com/-strse-Publications/Categories.bok

      I would suggest that you start with "Teaching Godly Play" to learn about the educational philosophy behind GP, and then with "Volume 3: Stories for Winter". The Winter volume contains the parables, which are the easiest stories to put together if you are new to GP.

      The story above is contained in "Volume 4: Stories for Spring" and is an extension of the Parable of the Good Shepherd, found in the Winter Volume.

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