Our office challenge this week was to create a cornucopia out of unconventional materials. Everyone took a stab at it! Timothy attempted to construct his cornucopia out of cooked and braided spaghetti. He failed. Connie tried create a festive paste from glitter and craft glue. She failed. Wendell gave Lincoln Logs a try. He failed. Michael, who always answers "paper" when asked "paper or plastic?" destroyed several brown paper bags in his attempts. While he came the closest of all the staff, he failed. Finally Kathleen while pondering all the previous failures had a light bulb (compact florescent not incandescent of course, we're green) moment and drew a boxer cutter from her boot and cut the screen from the office outside door. She then rolled it into a cone shape. She secured the seams with staples (be careful). Next, she trimmed the opening to make it even. Kathleen then rolled the opening of the cornucopia to create a "cuff" to hide the rough ends and add structure to the opening. Finally, she twisted the the narrow end into iconic upward horn shape of a cornucopia. To help distract form any seams or overlap, she used striped jute strapping to create a rustic ribbon effect. She finished her creation by rummaging through the office "Fall" Files for all sorts of appropriate fillings and fauna. Needless to say the rest of the office staff was green with envy over Kathleen's creation and decided that it should be featured on the blog this week! Below see pictures of her creation!
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