Preparing to Attend the Festival
Whether planning a school trip or taking your family, try this activity before you visit Baboró!
Making your own sketchbook is a great way to record your ideas and experience of Baboró.
Start by sharing an image or trailer of the Baboró event you’re coming to see.
Ask your child the following questions:
- What do you see or hear or notice?
- What do you feel?
- What do you think?
Making Your Own Book
Follow the steps below to create your very own sketchbook.
Record your ideas, thoughts, feelings and how they change in your own hand-made book!
What you will need:
All you need is 1 piece of A4 paper, a flat surface (like a table) to fold your book and a paper of scissors.
Optional materials for filling your book include: something to write or draw with, collage materials, glue and markers.Instructions
Learn how to make your own book in 4 simple steps!
Step 1
Open your paper landscape flat on the table. Fold your sheet of paper in half.
Fold it in half again.
Then turn your page and fold it in half one more time. When you open your paper it should be folded into eighths like this.
Step 2
Open your paper so that it is folded only once.
Cut halfway across the middle from the fold.
When you open your paper it should have a slit in the middle.
Step 3
Open your paper and fold it lengthwise (along the crease that has the slit).
Hold the paper at either end and stand it up. You should see it looks like a diamond shape in the middle.
Push the ends in toward each other and fold into a book shape.
Step 4
Now it’s time for you to fill in your 8-page book!
How you fill it in is completely up to you.
Invite your child to fill their book with drawings and stories of what they imagine the show will be like. Encourage them to discuss what they see, hear, feel and think and celebrate their creative responses.
After you attend your Baboró event, ask your child the following questions:
- What do you see or hear or notice?
- What do you feel?
- What do you think?
- Did anything surprise you?