Craft Workshop: Making a Mosaic Photo Frame With Seniors

Our February crafting workshops with our silver friends were literally picture perfect! WahSoSimple conducted several sessions making mosaic photo frames with seniors and their student volunteers. The volunteers took time after school to spend their afternoon crafting, having fun and most importantly, making our silver friends feel extra special.

Together, we sat down to personalise their photo frames. We assembled multi coloured mosaic tiles onto the frame and added a few embellishments to give it an extra pop of colour.

We also had tremendous fun with our mobile photo booth. We had fun props and our instant camera. The seniors had a whale of a time dressing up and strutting their poses. We captured so many megawatt smiles and heart melting shots. A senior couple, married for close to 60 years, chose to take their picture together, inspiring us with their devotion for each other.

We had a fabulous time crafting and went home feeling fantastic that we added colour to the lives of our senior friends.

Till out next blog post, craft something! =)

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Craft Workshop: Mosaic Art with Seniors

Mosaic is the art of creating images by assembling small coloured pieces of materials. It is an art which calls for immense patience as the creation is put together piece by piece, with precision to ensure that the tiles are properly place. Together with the help of the student volunteers, a group of seniors created their own mosaic art piece - The Gentle Owl, at a customised craft workshop which WahSoSimple had designed. 

The usual chatter in the room were replaced with an air of quiet focus and concentration. The seniors painstakingly combed through the coloured tiles, matching the colours with the template. There were occasional bursts of laughter as they exclaimed for help from the volunteers - with their mosaic pieces unintentionally placed too far apart, resulting in their owls looking like an aftermath from an earthquake. It was good fun piecing the owls together, tile by tile.

The Gentle Owl

Arranging the mosaic pieces a tile at a time

The owl taking its shape in the patient hands of the seniors

Till our next blog, make something with your hands. =)

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