There was not a dull moment while working with the children. Their bubbly personalities and open minds made the event very exciting and inspired me to volunteer in similar projects in the future.

Enjoying their den after a hard day's work.

A finished den.

Hard at work.

Once the dens were built, they decorated them. It was interesting to watch how the decorations of each den brought out the personalities of the student that were involved.

They experimented with different materials and built a sturdy structure for each den.

We let them take a go at documenting the process.

Posing with her self portrait.

One of the traps designed by a student.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5KacMAexYA&feature=youtu.be

We asked the students to draw out their ideas for dens and animated them using photoshop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dee1DhRt0VY&feature=youtu.be

We explained that they would be on a mission to build a hidden city to protect them from aliens.

They knelt down to feel the warm air coming from the vents in the ground, which they initially thought were drainage systems to be used if the building floods.

One of the children mentioned that the tour helped her to understand that while the appearance of a building is important, it is vital that it should respond well to the needs of its users.

We took the students on a tour of the benzie building. Their imaginative answers and perceptiveness to tiny details inspired me to take a step back and look at my surroundings in a different perspective.