Super-Snooper Blogfest

Here is my entry.  The goal is to convey a character by just describing their possessions or setting.  Since I write picture books, I'm trying to write up something that would help me in developing a child main character.  It is not in a format that I would actual put in a picture book, it is more a character study for myself to frame my writing.  Be sure to check out the other entries today too!

At first glance, the room seemed to be littered with garbage: empty tissue boxes, cardboard paper towel rolls, balled up paper, packing materials, electronic components that had been torn from their casings, torn wrapping paper, hardened Play-Doh, boxes of crackers and cereals whose contents had been eaten long ago.  But if you looked closer, the trash had been modified - cut, colored, attached and propped up into structures.  There was thought and purpose present here.  The tools for these creations were simple - children's safety scissors, rolls and rolls of tape, crayons, a small screwdriver, and "blueprints" drawn crudely on blue construction paper.  Traditional toys like action figures, cars and board games took up a small space in the corner.  The majority of the space was devoted to construction.