Kraft Paper Kids

Materials Needed

Large rolled paper, the kind that you can trace a child's body on, double the length of one child's body

Crayons, Scissors, Markers

Small heart-shape stencils

Some kind of available stuffing, I used old rags, but you could use newspaper, shredded paper, pantyhose, material, etc.

Children's clothing

1. Have kids lay on the paper that is folded in half so that when you cut it out, you are cutting out the body two times. Trace around the child. Cut out the body. Staple or glue all around the edges until its almost closed and then stuff it and finish closing. The body will now have a 3-D effect.

2. Have students bring in their own clothing. They will need a top, a bottom, and foot apparel. Some kids like to add hats or jewelry.

3. Have the kids draw their own faces on the body. I've seen kids add their birthmarks, nail polish, unique hair coloring, etc. While they are doing this, you could be playing “I Think You're Wonderful.”

4. At another time, play “I Think You're Wonderful” for the students and have a discussion about what wonderful means.

5. Ask every student in class to list something wonderful about each and every student. For example, Johnny is in your class and you ask all the students to tell something wonderful about Johnny. Do that for every child in the class.

6. Have each student trace and cut enough hearts for every student in the class. So if you have 12 students, each student needs to cut out 12 hearts.

7. Either the teacher or the student writes something wonderful about every student in the class. Then you take all the wonderful things said about Johnny and pin them all over Johnny's cutout body and clothing. Then, fix the cutout bodies so they are in the chairs where the students normally sit. Now the students are ready for open house.8. When parents come to open house, they not only see the cut-out body of their child, but they also get to read all the wonderful things the class says about their child.