Presidential Wax Museum

The kids take their positions in the wax museum

Derek as Richard Nixon

Derek comes to life whenever someone touches his Watergate tape

William Taft and Abraham Lincoln

Photo Op for the parents

On Wednesday Helen and I went to see Derek and his class put on their Presidential Wax Museum. They've been researching their assigned president for weeks and Ms Crumley, their teacher, decided that a wax museum would be more fun than a written report.

Some kids chose to act like their president while others acted like the wife or the child of their president. The kids had to come up with a prop that their wax person held, so that when someone touched the prop the wax person would come to life and give their spiel. Derek was President Nixon and his prop was a cassette with a "Watergate tape" label.

The kids did a great job and they all seemed to have fun with the project. There were lots of parents and kids from other classes that came to see the wax museum. We were so proud of Derek. He worked hard on gathering his information and did a great job memorizing it and repeating it with some flair. We especially loved his "You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore" and "I am not a crook" lines.