GISH Play-at-Home Round 1 – Item 17 – Hide from your Children

We LOVE our kids, but occasionally we all need a little break. Right now, however, that can be challenging. Let’s see your best quarantine technique for hiding from your children (camouflage, “mad-skills” hiding, appliance impersonation, invisibility… whatever it takes!)

GISH Play-at-Home Round 1 – Item 16 – Essential Worker Message of Hope

Each morning and evening there are thousands of essential workers driving down streets like yours going to and from jobs that keep us fed and healthy. Let’s give them a show of support: thank essential workers with a message of art and appreciation towards them on your windows. Post your image to social media tagged #ThankYouEssentialWorkers and #GISH.

GISH Play-at-Home Round 1 – Item 15 – Chin Balancing

While so many of us are stuck at home, we might as well use our newfound time at home to work on ourselves and develop new skills to keep us marketable in an uncertain economy. With this in mind, learn to balance something on your chin for 20 seconds — a yardstick, a broom, a piece of a towel rack… or even something longer. Impress us! (Hint: Longer things are usually easier to balance. Don’t break any windows.)

GISH Play-at-Home Round 1 – Item 14 – Frozen Meal Marketing

I’m sure the marketing photography for frozen meals is totally accurate, but just to make sure it’s all on the up-and-up, microwave a frozen meal from your freezer and take a photo of it next to the photo shown on the box. I’m sure they will look exactly the same, just like mine did but this is just to double-check.

GISH Play-at-Home Round 1 – Item 13 – Quarantine Friend

Remember Tom Hanks in “Castaway”? Remember Wilson the volleyball? Well, we’re all going through something similar now. We’re alone and WE ARE LOSING OUR MINDS. We’ve started talking to household objects. We’ve started dressing them up and giving them names. Show us your new quarantine friend.

GISH Play-at-Home Round 1 – Item 12 – Crocheted Replica Household Item

It’s so frustrating when you misplace things around the house. There’s only one solution: Make a backup! Crochet or knit an EXACT replica of a treasured household item (such as the TV remote, your car keys, a favorite photograph, etc) that you’d rather not lose track of. It may NOT be a fabric item (such as a sock) and you must show us the yarn replica and the original together in a single image.

GISH Play-at-Home Round 1 – Item 11 – Don’t Stand So Close to Me Videoconference

People say it’s impossible to sing well in groups on videoconference calls because of delays. Prove people wrong. Let’s see at least 4 people singing 30 seconds of “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” by The Police on a videoconference call. It must be perfectly harmonized and synchronized!

GISH Play-at-Home Round 1 – Item 9 – Construct a Child’s Fantasy Castle

Children have massive imaginations, so let’s give them the real estate to build a magical realm. Construct a castle out of popsicle sticks, cardboard, cards, or other (preferably recycled) materials and have them pose, dressed as their fantasy character, next to their new land acquisition.

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