Craniacs
and their Paper Cranes on Parade
The town
of Nekoosa's Christmas holiday fun included a parade. The Craniacs wanted
to take part so they created a float. Their
float was "The Christmas Crane Clan Celebrates
in Florida." On the parade day, a major
winter storm headed in to Nekoosa. The parade was cancelled. But
the students did their own mini parade through
the school parking lot. THey think it set a record in Nekoosa, Wisconsin
for the shortest parade: only one float. But they REALLY had fun.
Here's a
look!
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| It took only one day to complete the float for the parade. WOW! |
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Hmmm.
Will
the cranes stand for the whole parade or not? They might need
some reinforcement. . . |
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| Some clever students came up with a plan to put boxes under the cranes' wings for support. |
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| The float included a palm tree with lights and lots of presents too. It was awesome! |
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| When parade day finally came, it was 12 degrees below zero! BRRR! It warmed up to nearly 15 degrees above zero by parade time, but it was so windy that a few float riders had to hold up the heads and tails of the cranes. |
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| Nearly 100 4th Grade Craniacs participated in the one-float parade. All were extremely excited. |
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About 1/2 of the Craniacs were able to wear the Nekoosa Craniac logo that Mrs. Hartman created for them. It was a short parade, only 10 minutes. The 4th grade Craniacs were grateful to the 5th-8th graders and their teachers for coming out in the bitter cold and watching. Well done, terrific 4th grade Craniacs! |
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