This week, we’ve began working on our Blue Sky Projects during maker block on Monday. I actually didn’t do any work on my project until Friday because I wasn’t at school the other two days. On Friday, it took me most of the block to figure out an idea, but I finally have one.

My project is based around the fact that I like to write, but I am also seen as a very negative person (I’m actually not mostly I swear). I thought of the most negative stories I could come up with and it led me to thinking of the German children’s book Struwwelpeter, by Heinrich Hoffmann.

It’s pretty much a collection of things children shouldn’t do written in cute little rhyming stories. The thing is, they are not cute. A lot of the children end up murdered or horribly disfigured after they disobey their parents. The most popular story is about a boy who sucks his thumb and then gets it cut off because why not? Below is a video I found of the story on YouTube.

My project is write a collection of small stories like these ones, rhyming and unhappy. The catch is mine will warn children about the dangers of the internet, because what is more 21st century than the internet?

I’m concerned about how I’m going to illustrate these, because I was told by my teachers I have to add some illustrations, and spoiler alert, I’m not the best artist.

Let’s hope that sorts itself it out.