Monday February 21, 2011 - Family Day

Today I went to the Bell Lightbox to see the Tim Burton exhibit.

We waited half an hour in the freezing cold till we gave up and went to a less busy section of the event, the kids workshops. First we made buttons. I made a button with Omnom from Cut the Rope on it.
After we went to a workshop that showed how sound effects are made for movies.
They use cornstarch for making sounds of walking on snow, bundled up cassette tape for walking through leaves, coconut shells for horses walking a feather duster for birds flapping, a hot water bottle for cars screeching, and a glove with paperclips on it for dogs walking.There was a man there who did the sound effects for Alice In Wonderland. Then we learned how greenscreen video works.
Later we went to our Nana's house and learned how to play poker with real clay chips. My sister won but it was still fun.