For an easier challenge: - Draw a circle and have the children color it in
For most children: -Encourage children to include clothes and hair in their pictures
For a trickier challenge: - Have the children practice writing their names next to their outlines with the chalk -Encourage children to include facial features
Follow-up Ideas
-Draw your own monster with the chalk! Then discuss what makes each monster different and unique, and what the child loves about their creation
-Make your own masks! Print out a picture of a mask, and let your students cut out and decorate their own masks. They could use markers, glue, glitter, feathers, beads, and pom-poms.
Originating Idea
I like to draw the outline of my students' bodies with sidewalk chalk all the time. They, in turn, love drawing in their different features, such as their clothes and faces. Once we're all done, we usually talk about how unique and beautiful everyone is!
How to Make It
The teacher should get a box of sidewalk chalk, making sure there's enough chalk for all of her students to use.
How to Implement It
The teacher should take the children outside to the nearby sidewalk. She should then instruct the children to lie on the ground while she draws an outline of their bodies with the chalk. However, if the children are eager, let them draw each other's outlines.
Once the outlines are drawn, the children will take the chalk and fill in the outlines with their features. Most children will draw in their facial features, clothes, hair, and shoes. Earlier children will scribble freely over their outlines, or may make loose shapes. Later children will take their time adding detailed features, such as eyelashes, eyebrows, or fingernails. The students and teachers should talk about the similarities and differences between each outline.
After the children finish drawing in their outlines, the teacher should take pictures of their works of art with the Polaroid camera. She should then tell the children to go back to the classroom so they can hang the pictures up. Then, the teacher should let the children help her hang their pictures up in the classroom with the painter's tape before washing their hands for snack.