Building a Brighter Future Gala
Saturday, February 21, 2009
SMU Collins Executive Education Center
Class Projects
Ms. Andrea's Canvas Painting
A beautiful piece of canvas art depicting the individuality and uniqueness of each child in Ms. Andrea's class.

Ms. Angela's Hand-Painted Cookie Jar
Decorated cookie jar with handprints made into butterflies, ladybugs and catepillars made with fingerprints from Ms. Angela's class. The addition of grass and flowers will make this darling cookie jar a bright spot in your kitchen!
Ms. Becky's Medieval Castle
This enchanted medieval castle has princess and knight statuettes of each child in Ms. Becky’s class. A classic set that will provide hours of imaginative play for the children with a wooden castle that opens up to a spacious courtyard, dungeon, and staircases. The princesses and knights are actual figures of the children in the class enhancing the overall creativity and fun.

Ms. Caroline's Mosaic Mirror
Ms. Caroline's class will be offering a mosaic mirror that the children have created. The children each drew a self portrait and are helping to tile this mirror. This mirror would be a great piece for a playroom or a child's bedroom.
Ms. Judi's Animal Cookie Jar
Ceramic cookie jar decorated in bright colors with the thumbprints of Ms. Judi and the children in her 2008-09 class. The thumbprints have been transformed into darling animals playing among vines and a field of green grass.
Ms. Lindsay's Canvas Play Tent
Play tent decorated in an outdoor motif by Ms. Lindsay's class.  Children will love the lined doors and paned windows in this lucy & michael play tent.  Both parents and children will love the design - solid, painted wood with great, hand and finger-painted prints.  Ms. Lindsay's class used hand and fingerprints to create grass, trees, bugs and butterflies on this adorable tent.  You will love the hours of fun you and your kids will spend in the play tent.  We promise this is a toy you won't want to hide!





Ms. Liz's T TH My First Year Album
Treasure your child’s first year of school forever with this endearing photobook of Ms. Liz’s Tuesday/Thursday class. Pictures of all the year’s highlights of each of the 5 children will be displayed along with their masterpiece artwork. Book will be completed in May to allow for capturing the entire year.  If multiple buyers are interested, copies of the book can be made for matched winning bid.
Ms. Sanja's Wooden Spoon Puppets
Wooden Puppet Theatre with personalized puppets of each child in Ms. Sanja's class.  Your children will have so much fun performing in this theatre!  It is a perfect way to stimulate your growing child's imagination.  A way to always remember your child's first class at da Vinci!
Ms. Stacey's Potting Bench
Cedar Potting Bench decorated in a garden motif by Ms. Stacey’s class. This wonderful potting bench will be a special addition to the new school for children to learn to plant pots and work with flowers. Ms. Stacey’s class used fingerprints to create grass, caterpillars, & bugs on this amazing work of art that will live in honor of your child at the new school for years! Plaque will be added with commemoration to be determined by buyer.  
Ms. Tracey's Puzzle
Handmade Wooden Photo Puzzle of Ms. Tracey’s Class. This one-of-a-kind puzzle is 11” x 14” and contains 35 large pieces of hardwood, made especially for little hands. The custom puzzle comes in a wooden keepsake box painted by the children of Ms. Tracey’s class, using their fingerprints to create bugs. The inside of the box will display the class picture (which includes Baby!) to aid the child in completing the puzzle. In addition to being cherished by your child for years to come, this puzzle is excellent for early spatial skills development and dexterity.