Traffic light colours for timing speeches

Have you ever arrived at a Toastmasters speakers meeting and found the lights were missing and didn't work? Or have you arrived early and wanted to rehearse your speech? Here's a solution.Make your own traffic lights. Keep them in your 'emergency box' which you take to every meeting - even if you leave it in the boot of your car permanently and never bring it out except at the contest at the new venue, when you must start on time but the Sergeant at Arms is stuck in traffic.

To make traffic lights for timing speeches, use coloured pieces of paper or cardboard. For example: from the inside of Cafepod boxes. You could even use red yellow and green peppers or tomatoes at home in  your kitchen with a friend to hold them up as signals.

Coloured card or paper saved from envelopes and junk mail.


The green felt back of a table mat.

Here's the green felt back of a table mat.

A yellow table napkin.

A Caffepod box.

The espresso Cafepod coffee boxes come in a range of colours. You can even use three sections with the readymade folds to make a standing triangle on a table.

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(Pictures to be added later. I have loaded them up to my computer but it takes a while for the blog and the pictures to be able to connect.)
Angela Lansbury, CL, ACG

Recycling old jumpers

I saw a great video (which popped up as an ad on my Facebook page), about cutting up an old sweater to make a beanie hat.

Recycle your old, unworn too big, too small, sweater(s) or skirt(s) or dress(es). A beanie hat and matching leg warmers from a sweater. The trick is the triple dome. Sew it up or stick with fabric glue.

I would add the leftover bits to make a patchwork long scarf from large squares or oblongs. How about drawing around old gloves or mittens to make over gloves. Waste not, want not. For people with more time than money. Creatives.

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Angela Lansbury, author and speaker