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Me Collage

This activity will help your child build her self-confidence, while having fun making a collage about herself and her life.
By: Trish Kuffner, author of The Children's Busy Book

Me Collage


Materials

  • Photos
  • Heavy matte board
  • Old magazines
  • Markers, stickers, rubber
  • Scissors stamps, and so on
  • Glue
  • Clear acrylic spray (optional)

Directions

  1. Help your child make a collage about herself and her life.
  2. Choose photos to include and look through old magazines for pictures and words that help portray who she is.
  3. Glue the photos and cutouts onto a sheet of heavy matte board. Your child can add drawings, stickers, rubber stamps, and so on to the collage.
  4. When the collage is complete, preserve it with clear acrylic spray if you like.
  5. Ask your child about the pictures and words she's used.

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