Sometimes I like to bring to you more involved crafts, like when I turned
my children’s photos into interchangeable blocks. I also loved turning my kids into their own magnet dolls. Apparently I like to manipulate my children’s images. I’ve done the same things in this craft. From where did this vision come? The principal at my daughter’s school approached me and introduced me to another teacher. He said, “I thought of you because there is an Andy Warhol exhibit at our local museum and his students are going. I thought that since you were an artist and former teacher you might be able to come up with a lesson idea.” I almost laughed out loud, but I composed myself and explained that “artist” was a generous term. We will stick with “psuedo-artist” for now, thank you very much. I did decide to take his challenge to heart and come up with something that would bring the art of Andy Warhol alive to these kids, and out of that stemmed this easy craft you can do with your own kids. We loved it! So, what’s the process?
Take a picture of your child. Hey – take a picture of your dog or yourself. You can do this craft with or for anyone! With Kenzie, I added a hair ribbon, and she already had some fabulous beads on her neck. Abby’s outfit was a bit more simple, but it worked well. You want to make sure you have a pretty plain background and a clear picture.
I am in love with this!! I have to make it with my kids. I have a Saturday linky party & would love to have you stop by and participate if you have the chance.
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This is an awesome idea! I’m going to try to do it with my boys. I think they will love it!
So fun!! My kiddo would love this.
HOW FUN! 🙂 I am loving Kenzie’s blue lips in that one pic; hilarious! My word your kids are adorable!
Mackenzie 🙂
Did you print pics on regular paper and use regular markers? Or photo paper with sharpie markers? I want to do this with my 2nd graders!
You’ll love this project. I just printed it on regular paper and used regular markers. It’s so much fun, and I think the parents will love the results. Let me know how it goes.
Get project!!! How long did this project take? I am teaching a class of k-2 and we have 40 minutes to finish this. I know I’m going to have to streamline some steps. Any ideas to help would be appreciated!
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I think as long as you have the pictures printed out and ready to go, 40 minutes should be fine. I would just take the pictures, print them out and cut them to size. Then, the day of (the 40 minutes) can be used for coloring and gluing. I hope that helps, and I hope it goes really well!
This is awesome and exactly what I am looking for. I am teaching a 6 -7 year old Sunday School class this Sunday on Father’s Day. I have pics of each of the kiddos and thought this would be fun to make them smaller and make a magnet out of them. I was thinking I would print out wallets from Costco and try to figure out markers that would work on photos but reality is I will probably print them out and have them ready for the kids to color.
How did they turn out. I love your magnet adaptation idea. I’m so glad you found something that you are excited about. On a side note, thanks so much for investing in the lives of those kiddos and doing things to make Sunday School engaging. Keep up the good work! Blessings!
Lindo!!!
Gracias!
I am also interested if you printed these self portraits on photo paper or regular and what kind of markers did you use?
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Hi! We just used plain, heavier stock paper. Photo paper would not work well. I’m not quite sure of the brand of photos. I don’t think that is as important as the paper. I imagine you could just use Crayola. Hope that helps. Love this project.