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Making Boots in 4-5

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Our teachers told us to make believe we were craftspeople and that we made the best boots. We got templates to make a pair of boots. We got a half an hour to color them in and make them unique. We played music and got popcorn and apple cider. Everyone was having a good time and we were enjoying ourselves.






The the next day our orders doubled but we had the same amount of time to make boots. We did not have popcorn, apple cider and there was no music. Everyone was rushed and felt that their boots were more sloppy.




On the third day we still got a half an hour without snacks or music. We needed to make as many boots as we could. We started out working alone and then we realized that we would not make many boots by ourselves. We worked together and each table group became a station. One cut the boots out, one table colored the top of the boots, another colored the bottom and the last coloring in the straps. This way we got work done much faster. We all felt very rushed but we got things done faster working together. The boots were not as unique and it was not much fun.

We did this because it was a little like the change people did when mills started. People made things slowly in their homes but then in the mills the made things fast to make more money.

 -Henry & Sasha

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