Craft Presentation?

Question

Hey all,

I have to give a presentation tomorrow in front of my class, and it has to be 5 minutes long. I have to demonstrate something, and i was thinking i would do a craft. the thing is, a lot of the things i know how to make can be made very quickly, or take too long. does anyone have any suggestions on simple crafts that i can demonstrate to the class that will fit within my 5 min time limit/

Answer 1

Making a simple beaded bracelet on stretchy cord with large beads should fit the bill. Practice and time yourself. Plan to go through a few pieces of cord, as you'll need to practice demonstrating your knots, too. Use bigger beads so you don't need as many, and so you can find the hole with no problem.

You might also consider cutting paper snowflakes. Cover how to fold the paper, then make some cuts, and desribe how to unfold it carefully. Use a slightly lighter-weight paper, fold crisply, and when you cut, leave more holes than paper. This makes for the grown-up version of the kids' favorite winter project. If you're careful, you can even use gift-wrap tissue paper.

Demonstrating how to change a diaper could be fun. In university, I had to do a demonstration speech for a class, and wanted to do 'changing a diaper,' but didn't have any and didn't want to buy a pack of 35 of them to just use one or two. I was chatting with some of the others in class about what to do instead. One of the other women had recently become a grandma for the first time. Her daughter was to be bringing the baby soon, and this new grandma was embarrassed that she didn't know how to use the new diapers. (She'd used cloth ones on her kids.) She offered to buy a box of diapers and give me two of them, if I'd go ahead and do the diaper-changing demo so she wouldn't look stupid when her new grandchild came to visit. I took a big baby doll, and the new grandma made sure she was right in the front when I did my speech.

Other good demonstration speeches I have seen are getting dressed for winter weather, putting ski boots and skis on, lacing shoes, making a sandwich, and string figures with one's hands (like cat's cradle and things like that.) Remember that when you're doing your demo, your audience needs to see what's happening under your hands and you need to make eye contact with the audience, not just with your project. That's what practice is for: getting good at both of those.

Answer 2

The most memorable presentation I saw done in my sophomore speech class was how to make a Caesar Salad and after he was finished making it,the boy who did the presentation gave each class member a bowl of salad and it was the best! I know this isn't a craft but it loosely fits your requirements and would be enjoyed by most of the class.....actually,any salad would do.

Answer 3

This is not a craft but my daughter demonstrated how to do a place setting with the correct locations of each silverware piece etc. Everyone liked it.

Answer 4

My niece had this same problem. She ended up taking a iron and ironing board with her and demonstrated how to properly press a blouse and pair of slacks (putting a crease down the front of the slacks) The teacher thought it was great since it was a "life skill" also.

Answer 5

Desk organizers from recycled food materials:
use empty cans as pencil holders
cut cereal boxes diagonally for paper and magazine holders
cut baby cereal box diagonally and use as a CD/DVD holders
cover with construction paper using a glue gun, or Elmer's cement or ceramic glue(can't remember which one it is), decorate with glitter glue and pre-cut decorations and letters from construction paper, curly ribbons, etc.

Presentation:
1- have your materials laid out, empty cereal box, empty baby cereal box, empty coffee can, glue, scissors, construction paper, glitter glue, and pre-cut paper appliques.
2- show how to cut the boxes/ have one already pre-cut
3- show how to cover/ have an example of the covered items
4- show how to decorate/ have example of the items decorated
5- present a completed set you already decorated nicely on small decorated cardboard- pencil holders full, magazine holder with magazines, and the CD/DVD full as well.

Good Luck :-)