Art Form: Visual Arts

Supplies Needed

-All Are Welcome book
-Paper (any kind)
-Scissors
-Glue or Tape
-Old magazines, newspapers, or colored paper (optional)
-Crayons, colored pencils, or markers

Vocabulary

Collage - a composition developed by gluing colored paper, photographs, magazine pictures, fabric, and other two-dimensional materials onto a flat surface

Community - a group of people who live, work, or play together

Welcome - to show kindness and openness to
others

Symbol - a picture or object that stands for
something else (like a heart for love)

Character - a person in a story or play, or an animal or object that has human qualities

Central Message - the big idea or lesson of the story

Instructions

1. Read All Are Welcome. Discuss the central message of the story. Who are the characters in the story? Are they similar to the people in your community? How?

2. Think about how you or your community shows welcome and kindness. Cut-out pictures from magazines to make a collage showing people being kind and welcoming to others. Glue them down to make the collage. Add other paper or fabrics to your artwork. Think about how you can be kind and welcoming to others in your community.

3. Add symbols like hearts, open doors, or smiling faces to your collage. Add colors with markers, crayons, or colored pencils. Fill the entire space on your paper.

4. Write an artist statement describing your collage. Why did you select the pictures in your collage? How does it demonstrate being kind and welcoming?

Extensions

Write a short poem about feeling welcome.

Interview a family member about what makes them feel part of a group.