We created this exercise at the beginning of the year as a creative brainstorm for the WISH Learning Centre. It was very effective. The symbol of the kite was freeing for us all. The mixture of personal and group hit a safe note and brought lots of ideas for activities and participation into the learning group. Many women enjoyed doing it and our ideas decorated the walls for the entire year.
Be sure to make a sample so that everyone knows where they are headed. You can make one with your ideas. Some women like to write on the worksheet first, then transfer to the image. Others just made it in to a collage.
It worked for us to take the time to examine each woman’s finished kite and acknowledge what she wanted and what she was offering the learning centre. A few women really wanted to take their image home, but most participants wanted to tape them to our wall.