Not a Stick

I read my third graders Not A Stick by Antoinette Portis.  The main character finds many uses for an ordinary stick. ( Brings back fond memories of when my boys were small.)  I then supplied them with a tooth pick, a small paper, pencil with eraser and black marker.  I showed them how easy it is to draw a person in marker, if you draw a stick figure in pencil first.  Some kids had so many ideas they did two.  We mounted them on a piece of black poster paper to hang in the hall.  They were the topic of many water fountain conversations.