"Imperfect Gingerbread" Guild - A Christmas Club Of Empathy

"KIND CLASSES" Website now has a new web page
for our
"Imperfect Gingerbread" Guild!
Individuals can commit to this campaign
and upload stories and photos at this site.

At Christmas time last year "KIND CLASSES" started the
"Imperfect Gingerbread Project"

We have now renamed that project
- The "Imperfect Gingerbread" Guild

This is a campaign to teach children about accepting differences.

For members who are not familiar with this campaign,
I will include my original description written in 2007 about the project.

"At this time of year year our thoughts turn to the Christmas season.
My thoughts tend to focus on the sweet subject of Christmas
as well as the "far from sweet "subject of school bullying.
Today my thoughts turned to gingerbread men.(or ladies)
I remembered how it is easy to break one while frosting it
or to make a frosting "oops!"
Then I thought that maybe the bakers of "gingerbread people"
for young children should maybe intentionally make a few mistakes.
Maybe strive for a gingerbread person with a bad haircut, a crooked smile, or that missing shirt button! Make some gingerbread people who are really like all your other gingerbread people - not really perfect - but just with more pronounced imperfections! In other words, much like real people, don't you think! So all your gingerbread people won't be perfect
but you can use that opportunity to teach a young child
that differences are good!
And imperfections in gingerbread men taste just as good!"

If You Participate In This Project With Your Family,
"MESSAGES OF PEACE" Would Appreciate It
If You Uploaded Your Photos Or Stories(at this group or the website)
Of Your Imperfect(But Just As Special!) Gingerbread People
And Their Creators!

We Have A Graphic Here At Our Group Of
An Imperfect Gingerbread Person!
Post It To Your Profile, Website, Or Blog And Include A Commentary To Explain The
"Imperfect Gingerbread" Guild!

Or You Can Consider Making Gingerbread People
And Passing Them Out Wrapped And Containing
A Bullying Awareness Message!
An Excellent And Tasty Class Or Group Project!

Or Any Of You Crafty Individuals Can Create
A Model Gingerbread School(wooden,etc.) - Filled With Happiness -
There Are Many Great Names To Call
A School Of Happiness!

And Don'T Forget That In The UK There Is An Actual
"GINGERBREAD" Organization
which works with lone parent families
and does workshops on bullying throughout London!

"KIND CLASSES" has also created an
"IMPERFECT GINGERBREAD GUILD" Button at the Zazzle store.
The button is an excellent way to spread awareness of the initiative.
The buttons would be a great option to use at a
group "imperfect gingerbread" Christmas activity.

The button is gingerbread color
with three red dots to represent shirt buttons.
It also contains the text - ACCEPTING THE DIFFERENCES -
and IMPERFECT GINGERBREAD CAMPAIGN

You can view the button here!

Would You Participate In
The"Imperfect Gingerbread" Guild
With Children In Your Life?
(Or Encourage Other Parents Or Others To Become
Members Of This Christmas Club Of Empathy!)

Do You See Any Value In This Project?

I believe those "imperfect gingerbread" can be true messages of peace!