Potions | Halloween Kanban
Jack-o-lanterns are a great way to decorate all year. Some people think they are just for Halloween, but their homes are obviously not fabulous like mine.
I like jack-o-lanterns so much, I make lollies into scary little pumpkins. I think kids could make these if they wanted. It’s too bad though. With REAL jack-o-lanterns, kids usually cut themselves. With these lollies, there is almost never any blood so it is not as colorful.
I decided to test my child labor theory on Presley and Lilly as they are too young to understand collective bargaining.
First I had to hypnotize Granny to teach them how to set up an assembly line using kanban squares.
Here is what the production line looked like (right to left for those of you who want to convert everyone to a socialist).
STATION 4 - JACK-O-LANTERN FACE DRAWING AND FINAL INSPECTION
STATION 3 - YARN CUTTING AND TYING
STATION 2 - TISSUE PAPER WRAPPING AND SCRUNCHING
STATION 1 - SUCKER INSPECTION AND STAGING
You can see from the photo that you just smoosh some tissue around a sucker, then tie it. Then draw a scary face on it. Duh.
HELPFUL TIP: I like to set the lollie on a piece of chewed gum before I wrap the paper on it. This way there is a disappointing surprise inside for kids. It’s really funny if they are too little to realize the abject grossness and actually chew the gum. Their parents go nuts.
ASSEMBLER 1 - Employee 001
ASSEMBLER 2 - Employee 002
Final Assembly is such a fun work station. Look at the “Pride of Workmanship” - that gratifying sense of having done good work. It is an essential element of job satisfaction for all children. Dr. Deming would be so proud. Luckily their line was well-balanced and the Tootsie Roll Pop supplier was ISO certified.
BUT THEN…
As long as my experiment was going so well, I decided to gather data on a recurring problem. Somewhere around Lolly Pop #16, the workforce becomes irritable, bored, and uncooperative. I decided to test whether powerful anti-depressants would be helpful. Can you guess which is the control subject and which is the experimental subject? Problem solved.
(Just kidding, no drugs involved).
You stink, my pretties