When it comes to making something new, there is always more than one right answer.
That is the message Tim Kehoe offered to students in the Red-wood Area School District this past week when he came and spoke with them about what he does for a living and what they could be doing.
Kehoe, an author and inventor, has been inventing toys for 20 years, and his inventions have been successful enough that he now talks to students about how they, too, can be creative.
Kehoe has also written a book, “The Unu-sual Mind of Vincent Shadow,” that helps encourage that kind of creativity.
“Whether you are making toys or writing a story, the process is the same,” said Kehoe.
Kehoe spoke this past Wednesday morning ot a group of Kindergarten and first grade students asking them a simple question. How can one take an already good idea and make it better.
For example, how could a sucker be made better.
One student suggested adding more sugar, while another though putting lemonade in the middle might be good. Another suggested adding carrots.
Kehoe said it is in that process of brainstorming when some of his best ideas come.
“I like to go to my kids’ toy box and look at what is in there,” he said, adding then he tries to come up with some new twist on an old idea.
Always ask yourself what else could I do, encouraged Kehoe, adding that is when the fun really begins.
