Collaborative Portraits
Start the year with some fantastic friends!
Instructions
Fold an A4 piece of paper in half
Draw round a pre-prepared template so you have a person´s head and shoulders on both sides
Make photocopies and cut the A4 papers in half
Give each student half a piece of A4 with the template drawn on.
Students draw their self portrait
Students draw their self portrait
Each self portrait is cut in half down the dotted line
Half of the portrait is exchanged with another student
The two halves are stuck together on a brightly coloured piece of card.
A name is invented for the new person combining the names of the two students
Alaitz and Nahia becomes Alana
Rowan and Emily becomes Romily etc
Students do creative writing about their fantastic friend. They invent the friend´s hobbies, personality and more!
All the portraits are hung up on a washing line using coloured pegs.
All ages enjoy this activity - from 5 to 70!
You can use this as a fun reading activity
Just write comprehension questions about the portraits of your choice and give them out to teachers who want to do the activity. eg: Where is Alana from? Where did
she go in summer?
Remember little ones can´t read the info if it is too high up!
Have fun!
