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I haven't seen this posted here yet, but thought it was a pretty cool story. It's about a kid who built an elaborate arcade (instead of a lemonade stand, I suppose) in his father's used auto parts store. His first customer, surprised that the creative effort didn't draw more customers, set up a flashmob and made a short film about it, which you can watch below or at the website. Pretty creative and enterprising young fellow!
Nirvan says: "I just finished this short film about a 9-year-old boy's elaborate DIY cardboard arcade. Caine made his arcade using boxes from his dad's used auto parts store. He hadn't had many customers, so we set up a fun flashmob to make his day, and filmed his response. I hope it brings a smile to your day. P.S. Caine's Arcade is in East LA. You should visit it sometime - Caine is still building new additions!"
http://vimeo.com/40000072
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)K/R
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Neat way to make Caine's dream come true.
K&R!
riverbendviewgal
(4,253 posts)what a smart boy and great dad and Nirvan is really cool to do that....Nice to have a feel good feeling before going to bed.. Thanks for putting this up.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)Love this!
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)iemitsu
(3,888 posts)i might show it to my students tomorrow.
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)tblue37
(65,488 posts)"cities" out of cardboard boxes, as well as our own small rag dolls, plus clothes and furniture for them out of shoe boxes, beads, matchboxes with drawers, wooden thread spools, string with beads, etc. We also made our own paper dolls and paper doll clothes.
Seeing his creativity, the way he used "found" materials to create his own play space, toys, and games, brough back a lot of precious childhood memories for me!
I am glad these folks made the day so special for Cain. That unexpected reinforcement will help his creativity to blossom even more, I think.
pansypoo53219
(20,995 posts)nt
JBoy
(8,021 posts)Thanks for sharing that.
Tess49
(1,580 posts)for this child. It is up to around 50 thousand dollars and rising.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)allan01
(1,950 posts)i couldnt get any of the links provided to play the video i found the direct blog and what a smart young man. i have hope for our future generation. i hope he goes far .
http://vimeo.com/40000072
i used my fav search engine to find the video . search terms 9-year-old's DIY cardboard arcade gets flashmobbed
FedUpWithIt All
(4,442 posts)OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,453 posts)Brought some tears to my eyes. The entrepreneurial spirit starts young!
IGoToDU
(177 posts)That moved me to tears. Wow. Every human being needs a flashmob. Oh if we could only do that for everyone....Imagine all the people...
fishwax
(29,149 posts)with a kick for the workday crowd
otohara
(24,135 posts)thanks for sharing