Camp Granny: A "Grand" Parade of Mistakes

By Rebecca McKeever

Camp Granny takes place one week each summer. This year, it gets off to a bumpy start. Big storms delay five of the six cousins. Becca arrives first and discovers she has forgotten her favorite stuffed animal. She and Granny come up with a collage art project to recreate her toy friend. As the cousins eventually arrive at camp, Becca plays art teacher, and everyone makes their own art projects. Events beyond their control coupled with artistic errors allow the cousins to incorporate their own ideas along the way. Rainy days give the kids and Granny time to make several projects each. New ideas abound. Each cousins contribution to the process is shared with their parents in a parade at the end of the campa grand parade of mistakes.

Eighteen sample projects make up a parade showing the progression of mishaps and their various solutions. Granny and the older cousins add shading, background, and even realism. Every artist, regardless of age or skill, will find a sample that appeals to them. Instructions are included to create your own collage picture including an animal pattern. What will you discover by making mistakes?

Materials kit for making ten collage projects is available separately.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Oct 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781490714578

Rebecca McKeever

Having taught elementary art for twenty-five years, Rebecca McKeever is still fascinated with the process of teaching and creating art. She has witnessed the impact of making “mistakes,” which seem catastrophic to young artists, but through reevaluation and redirection, new ideas and great artwork usually result. After retiring, Rebecca seeks to reach a wider audience with a few of her favorite lessons. Rebecca’s youngest sister, Victoria Robinson Worst, lends her creative spirit to this venture. As a child, Victoria’s imagination was not always appreciated by her older sisters; today it is the source of many humorous family stories. In this book, Rebecca’s experience and Victoria’s vivid imagination create an endearing multigenerational story in which mistakes ironically build self-confidence and strengthen family bonds.

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© Copyright 2013 Rebecca McKeever.

© Illustrations by Rebecca McKeever.

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Created in the United States of America.

ISBN: 978-1-4907-1458-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4907-1457-8 (e)

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For Kyle and Brenda,

our special Grandpa and Granny—

thanks for teaching us the value of spending time together.

And to J. Michael Holcomb for artistic assistance

Hooray, we’re finally here, Becca said as her mom pulled into the long driveway up to the old white house. Hearing the car