Fun With Faces (and more ideas)

I typically try to set up invitations and do activities based on the interests of my son, but I have to admit that was not my motivation here.  I made these for my students when I taught pre-k and the 4 year old children LOVED them, so I wanted to share them with YOU.  What's the point behind these?  They are great for learning about ones self, facial features, fine motor skills, pre-writing skills, imagination, etc etc.  Most of all, they are just FUN and my tables were full of giggles when the students would bring these out. 

SUPPLIES

• photos
• card stock
• laminate
• laminator
• window crayons (or dry erase markers, window markers, whatever you like)

1. print faces on 8x10 card stock and cut them out
2. laminate them and cut them out

(My son printed the pictures and laminated them for me.)

 To my surprise, my son really enjoyed these.  Here he is coloring RLs youngest.

 Drawing glasses on himself

 Drawing a mustache on himself (He told me RLs oldest needed a beard and asked me to draw it....by beard he means a goatee like Daddy)

 I was quite impressed with his mustache   :)

 

 "Mommy, I need a beard like Daddy."
(Yes, this led to painting his own face.)

Yes, we ran errands like this.  :)

(And yes, he chose to wear a short sleeve sun shirt on this cold day in January.  LOL)

 

 He revisited the faces and painting his own face AFTER errands....and look....HE HAS CLOTHES ON!  LOL

"Im a cat, Mommy"

Here is another fun option - puppets.  I also made these for my students when I was teaching.   You take a full body pic, print it on card stock, cut it out, laminate it, cut it out, and use a hot glue gun to mount it on a toilet paper roll. 

 

 Playing with his puppets....still clothed.  

LOL

- AK (MESE, MECD)