Instructions

1. Put out material stations so that each student can pick up their desired materials.
2. Introduce the activity using the book and show the examples. Have a brief conversation about self-confidence and loving yourself. Students should be making a portrait of themselves and celebrating how they look.
3. Students find the color paper that best matches their skin tone and cuts a circle for their head
4. Students glue the circle to a piece of construction paper (any color) for the background.
5. Students use scraps of construction paper to make their eyes/nose/mouth, etc.
6. Students use the yarn of their choosing to create their hair and glue their hair to their head/the background
7. Ribbons and beads can be tied or glued to yarn as students choose
8. Glue the index card to the bottom front of their self-portrait.
9. Writers: write something that you love
   about yourself and how you look.
10. Non-writers: staff can help non-writers write one word describing what they like best about themselves.
11. Clean up the materials.
12. Reflect.