"Leather" Vases

"Leather" Vases Submitted by: Sheree White of Winwood Hospital

Size of Group: 1-6

Equipment:

• small to medium sized plastic cups or bowls
• masking tape
• paint brushes
• light or medium wood stain

Objective:

• Pt will demonstrate increased attention to task
• Pt will experience increased self-esteem due to assured success of project
• Pt will demonstrate ability to appropriately share space and materials
• Pt will learn new leisure skill

Description: Patients will tear off masking tape in small strips or pieces and use them to entirely cover the outside of their cup or bowl, overlapping and crinkling the tape as much as possible along the way (the more wrinkled the better). Then the patients will use the paintbrushes to spread the wood stain all over the tape using thin coats. Patients can use as many coats as they feel necessary. It really does look like "leather"!