Self portraits for kids

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Student self-portraits using watercolor are a great first week of school activity. It's also a fun project to repeat at the end of the school year. Read all about how to use this fun idea in the classroom.

Take a look at self portraits made by kids to get an idea of what they think of themselves, and their personality traits.

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Lindsay Smith on Instagram: "✨Silhouette Self Portraits✨ Every year on the first day of school we do school interviews and write down favorite things all about them. I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought it would be way more fun to turn our interviews into an art project! I love how they turned out! 😍 HOW TO: 🔦Tape a large piece of white paper to the wall and have your child sit next to it. Hold or set up a flash light (bigger one than mine will work better 😆) on the other side of…

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Since our likes and dislikes, personalities, hobbies, and skills all contribute to making us interesting and unique, why not include those in a self-portrait, too?