everybody loves dragons

i'm in my 3rd week of a weekly arts program working with 6-8 year olds. last night we built Chinese dragons out of egg cartons and fur and materials. the project was a hit with the kids. at the end each child got a chance to present their dragon to the group and ask questions to each other. it was at this point that some of them got a bit competitive in boasting their individual dragon's attributes.

i've culled some of the more informative dragon facts from the group here:

1) Most dragons eat people. (other diets includes bears and dogs.)
2.) Dragons vary in age range from 4 to 2000 years old to infinity (that's pretty much an ace in the age boasting).
3.) All dragons will bite you unless you know them.
4.) Use caution when touching dragons as the following circumstances may occur:
- if you touch a dragon 3 times it will shoot acid at you
- if you touch a dragon 4 times lava will fly out of its mouth
- if you touch a dragon 5 times you will die

after the presentation we put the dragons on our heads and ran about the room. naturally.