This was a spur of the moment task that we did. We made a map of an imaginary land existing only in the fourth dimension, called the Rachlyn-Claker Islands. The name of the Islands consists of Rachel Clark's and Kaitlyn Baker's names put together. It is a group of fantastical islands that are invisible to the weak human eye - the islands are shaped like a question mark.

We began by assembling paper into a question - mark shape. Then we used mixed media to create a map of our magical islands - including colored pencils, glitter (LOTS of glitter), paint, sharpies, paint pens, gel pens, etc.

The creatures that live upon the islands include Faeries, Gnomes, and Giants, and Cubans. In the north section of the island is the Faery territory - there you will find landmarks such as Candy Castle and Hard Candy Cafe. On the east (and largest) portion of the mainland is the land of the Gnomes. Do not let these innocent-looking creatures fool you - they are by far the most dangerous creatures on the islands. They are known for being cannibalistic and for having a strong craving for human fingers. In their territory, you will find several locations best avoided - the Evil Water Vortex of Doom (located in a dark cove) sucks in anything and everything within a 10 mile radius. Another place best avoided is the Gnome Fortress. Rumored to contain vast treasures, this fortress is truly formidable to those who wish to enter it. Another hard-to-get-to hotspot is the Magic Meadow. Those who reach the meadow and eat of its magic mushrooms will reach great wisdom and physical beauty. Good luck trying to reach these mushrooms, for they are guarded by Glitter Monsters.

The third and smallest portion of the island, located on the southern tip of the mainland, is inhabited by Giants. These giants range in size from 20 ft. to 80 ft. tall. Do not fear these creatures, for they are mentally inept and are, quite frankly, too stupid to tell a human from a toadstool.

Off the southern portion of the mainland are a group of smaller islands, which are inhabited by Cuban refugees who couldn't swim far enough to reach Florida (this is not a racist statement - my mother is a Cuban refugee). It is quite difficult to reach these islands, because the surrounding waters are full of Giant Man-Eating Sea Monsters.

This project took us 4 hours to complete (we began at midnight and finished at 4:15 in the morning).