This year I am not volunteering with Art Vistas, and I guess I do miss it.  When I heard that this 4th grade lesson needed more parent help, I was more than happy to be there.  The lesson was Friday morning after drop off, so I could sleep in and take the boys to school too.  After saying bye to Connor, I came to the cafeteria to help set up, then the class arrived.  This lesson was a messy project but fun; the kids were to make a plaster mask.  The parent docent went over the steps, and the project began.  Logan paired up with his classroom buddy Kayvon and Logan was up first.  Knowing Logan’s personalities, I know he would not like having the mask made on his face.  Honestly it was a bit daunting to have Vaseline first and then wet plasters all over the face, and at the end being blindfold as well.  Logan was not thrilled and hesitant to let Kayvon put things on him, so I had to go over to them periodically to help speed things up.  Ultimately he reluctantly sat through and let Kayvon finish his mask.  I was amazed at how other kids were being great sports having their face covered, and they also made the masks carefully for their partners.  Some little hair might got pulled off with the masks at the end, but the kids were still all happy.  Next the kids swapped their roles after the masks were off and they briefly cleaned up.  There was a mom standing and helping Kayvon and Logan so I did not really come to them to check on them.  It did look like Logan was assisting even though not taking the active role making the mask for Kayvon.  This was a cool project.  The kids would be able to paint the masks at a later time.