and a real nice person too.

Please welcome Shahadi Wright Joseph!

(cheering)

- Hi Elmo. Hi Cookie. Hi Mari.

- Hi Shahadi. Oh! Elmo has a very

important question for you.

- Okay. Go ahead.

- Does Shahadi have a favorite craft?

- Yes, I do.

- Oh! We can guess what it is!

Maybe Shahadi can sing a song about it!

- Oh yeah of course!

You take a little paper bag and draw on a face.

You put your hand in the bag and talk all over the place.

- Oh oh oh a telephone!

- Oh, so close, but it is a craft.

- Is it a paper bag puppet?

- Yes it is!

- Elmo likes puppets! Go figure.

Okay you two, today's topic is arts and crafts!

So today, you get to make art!

You'll create a painting of that bowl of fruit.

- Actually it's a bowl of fruit and a cookie.

Yeah. We thought that added a nice artistic touch.

Okay artists, take your places at your easels!

- There's just one more thing!

Your paint brushes are really long.

- Uh-oh.

- You have until the buzzer to complete your paintings.

Ready, set, paint!

Here we go! We're getting a really good start here.

Got a lovely little orange circle.

Shahadi's starting with the basket.

That's a nice basket.

Different techniques, different styles.

Very interesting.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6

5, 4, 3, 2, 1!

(buzzer)

- Time's up!

- Alright! Let's look at your paintings!

Oh very nice colors and shapes.

And Elmo loves the basket on yours.

Let's see the winner is--

Both of you! It's a tie!

Because there's no wrong way to do art.

- Yeah, Elmo's right and cookie look delicious.

- Cookie Monster! Please don't eat the art.

(sighs)

Shahadi, thank you for stopping by and painting with us!

- It was so fun! Bye Elmo, bye Mari!

- Shahadi Wright Joseph everybody!