Bright Bodies

Posted 2013-02-25 by Jane Street ⇒ follow

Fun activity to do in a group

This is a fun activity for kids of any age. We tried it with four children aged between two and four years old. It was great to do as a group as they built upon each others ideas and techniques to decorate their bodies. Older children could do more complex decoration and cut clothes out of fabric scraps

Time: 30 minutes
Age: Under 5's, 5-10's, Over 10's, Any Age
Level: Easy

Materials

Long roll of paper (I used a roll of craft paper from IKEA but you could also use wallpaper liner paper or the reverse side of spare wallpaper)

Thick black pen

Various colours of paint and crayons

Other decoration items e.g. scraps of coloured tissue paper, feathers, material scraps, googly eyes, feathers etc

Glue

Cheap materials

Method

Cut a length of paper that is longer than your child and lay the paper on the ground, weighing down the ends with stones or tape.

Ready to draw

Ask the child to lie down on the paper and make a pose. Draw around the child's outline with a thick black pen or crayon being careful not to mark clothes.