Giving Back: Gingerbread Cookies

Since its already December, and almost Christmas Break, we're a little pressed for time this year to do all the ideas I had posted about in my previous blog post, but they are still ideas to keep in mind for next year.

However, me and my friends are going to do something that we hope will get our school a bit more excited for Christmas, and maybe lift some of there spirits.  We are going to make gingerbread cookies, like I suggested in my last blog post, but instead of just handing them out at peoples houses, we are going to decorate them, put them in little baggies, and hide them all over the school for the students to find.

This is something that I wish the older grades would have thought of when I was in gr.9 and 10, because it really is a great way to liven up the school a bit and get everyone excited about a common thing.  It shows that it is nice to be a part of a small school, where we can do personal, fun, co-operative things like this.

 I'm hoping that students will not be greedy and take all the gingerbread cookies they can find, but maybe just take one and leave the rest for other students to find, of tell a student who hasn't found one yet where to look, or even take 2 and give one to another student, after all, isn't giving to those who don't have what you have a part of the spirit of Christmas?

Me and my friends made the mix today, our art teacher gave us a recipe that she likes to use so we spent the class doing that.  I think that the mix looks good, and it smells even better!

We are planning on baking and decorating the cookies on Tuesday.  We were thinking of making them into traditional gingerbread cookie shapes, star shapes, and reindeer shapes.  And then make them look really good and appetizing by decorating them with icing and sprinkles.

I then want to hide them around the school during my art class on Wednesday, I think that this will work out well because most of the school is gone on a ski trip that day, so I wouldn't really have to worry about that many people finding the cookies before they are supposed to.  Also, art is my last period class, so I would literally be hiding them right before everyone goes home.

Thursday will be scavenger hunt day!  I want the office to announce it first thing in the morning so that people know right away why there are gingerbread cookies all around the school, and that they are safe to eat.  I really hope that we can follow this plan, and that everything works out  accordingly.

This will be a great way to kick off Christmas Break and get everyone in the giving spirit!

Here is a link to both of my friends blogs if anyone is interested in what they are saying about our little project.
http://kylieperala.blogspot.ca/
http://www.oliviazeleny.blogspot.ca/