🎨"2021 Family Art Therapy Week 21"COMMUNITY/COMMUNIDAD, with Ms. Mandi, BSW🎨

“2021- FAMILY ART-THERAPY WEEK 21”

This week’s projects are going to be related to the Positive Action Word of the Week-

A group of people living in the same place or

having a particular characteristic in common.

Your projects can be uploaded and emailed to me at: amanda.knepper@k12.wv.us OR amanda@morganpartnership.org

Please check the links on PositiveValuesNetwork.com for other art therapy projects and Positive Action videos.

Monday- Project: What Type of Community Do You Live In?

Materials: Your family will sit together and think about what your community looks like. You will need a large piece of white paper, markers, crayons, colored pencils, a pencil with an eraser and a ruler.

What are the buildings in your community that mean the most to you? What kind of a community do you live in: rural, urban, suburban? What do you like about your community? What would you change if you could?

Communities are unique in their own way, just like people. No two communities are the same: the people, stores, schools, churches, parks, courthouses and landscape is all different. Some are more diverse than others. Some are in rural areas, whereas others are in suburban and urban areas.

You and your family will draw and color the community where you live. Make sure to add the buildings that are most important to your family. There are a few pictures attached to explain the different types of communities.

Tuesday- Project: Building Your Community One Box At A Time

Materials: boxes of different sizes, construction paper, paper towel holders, toilet paper tubes, scissors, glue, markers, crayons (you can add whatever you would like to build your community). You need your family to brainstorm which buildings you want to include in your display. You can include landscaping, monuments, animals, flags, trucks and cars etc.

(This lesson builds from Monday you can use your drawing as your template for building your community).

Think about the type of community you live in and what is important to mention or add to your model. Does your community have a local park with a pool? Does your community have a shopping center? Barber shop? Store with window front shopping? Garages or car dealers? Schools and how many? Courthouses? Talk with your family about the importance of these stores and buildings. What would you like to add to your community if you could? How far does your family have to travel to shop at your favorite stores?

Once you have brainstormed, you can start to create your project with your family. Start with your base or large piece of construction paper. You can also use a cardboard box and flatten it out to make a sturdy platform. Then cover it with roads, grass, or the choice of your foundation, then start adding your buildings and landscaping. Make sure to label your buildings.

When you are finished creating your community you can display it in your home to remind your family where you live and what is important to you. Your schools will enjoy seeing your displays and the local library may be willing to put your model on display there as well.

Wednesday- Project: Who Are The Heroes In Your Community?

Materials: White paper, crayons, colored pencils, a pencil with an eraser, and your family to brainstorm the people of your community that you consider to be heroes. You can make a list of these people and then work together with your family to create your picture.

You will each take part in creating the list and drawing/coloring the community members you named. Think of the people you encounter daily: teachers, store workers, doctors, military, dentists, bus drivers, police, mail carriers, firemen, bank tellers, pharmacists, gas attendants, trashmen, restaurant workers etc. You can add as many heroes as you would like to your creation.

Every person in your community plays a vital role in making your community run smoothly. Each worker does something different to provide a support or service to others in the community. Think about what would happen if certain people did not perform the job duties that they do. How would this change your community?

Once you have completed your picture, you can ask your local businesses if they would like to display your artwork. For example: The Ice-House in Berkeley Springs or the Library.

Thursday- Project: What Part Of The Beehive Community Are You Most Like?

Materials: You will need the information below, the attached Beehive template and your family to discuss your positive traits, a pencil, eraser, crayons, colored pencils or something to color with. (You can choose whatever you prefer).

Once you have read over the below information, each family member should choose which Beehive member you are most like. (Given gender is not a factor because as mentioned most bees are females). What makes you most like the bee you chose? What jobs or tasks do you perform within your family or community that represent the bee you chose? Once you choose the type of bee you are most like, you will decorate your beehive (template) or you can draw one on your own. Using the Beehive Template, you will choose to either write a poem, story or list the jobs that you perform within your home/community that make you most like the bee of you choose.

There are 3 different types of Beehive Community workers: The Queen, the Drones and the Workers.

The Queen

Worker Bees

is the only fertile female in the colony. It is the only member that can lay

fertilized eggs. She signals to the rest of the bee colony that all is well in the hive with the

other bees.

The Drone or Male Honeybee have only one task: fertilization. Drones have neither

stingers to help defend the hive nor the necessary body structure for collecting pollen or

nectar to contribute and feed the community.

females.

Worker bees constitute the largest population in the colony and are all

Worker bees have many different jobs: Cleaners- clean and polish the empty cells,

Undertakers- remove dead bees from the hive, Nurses- care for the developing bees,

Builders- produce wax to build hives, Temperature Controllers- control the humidity and

temperature of the hive, Guards- guards the hive and watches for cracks in the hive, and

Foragers- search of nectar, water, pollen and propolis. They can make about ten trips a

day, each one lasting about an hour and return to their hive at sunset. At this final phase of

life, at the age of 6 – 8 weeks, most worker bees will die in the field.

Friday- Project: Community Rock Art

Materials: Small- smooth, clean rocks, Paintbrushes, paints of different colors, paper towels and water to wash your brushes. You will need to work with your family to come up with positive words to paint onto your rocks. There are several examples listed below but please feel free to come up with something else. Once you and your family have painted your rocks, place them around your community for others to find. This will brighten their day and put a smile on their face to see your beautiful artwork and display in the community.

Think about how you feel when you read positive words or when you come across something beautiful that is unexpected.

Have you ever found one of these painted rocks? How did it make you feel? Did you decide to keep it or re-hide it for someone else to find? Why is spreading joy and positivity within your community important? Please discuss these questions with your family and hold a conversation about the importance of kindness and positivity. Think about the reverse. What would your community look like if people were negative all the time? How would this change the atmosphere of your community?

SEND PROJECT PICTURES TO: amanda@morganpartnership.org 😊 OR Amanda.knepper@k12.wv.us

Please Access PositiveValuesNetwork.com for more links, videos, and art projects.

I hope you have a great weekend!! If you have a fun idea, please let me know so that I can incorporate them into another fun activity for your family!

Thank you for your participation, Ms. Mandi, MSW- Intern

🎨"2021 Family Art Therapy Week 18" COURTESY/CORTESÍA with Ms. Mandi, BSW🎨

“2021- FAMILY ART-THERAPY WEEK 20” This week’s projects are going to be related to the Positive

Action Word of the Week-

An intense feeling of deep affection for something or

someone.

Your projects can be uploaded and emailed to me at: amanda.knepper@k12.wv.us OR amanda@morganpartnership.org

Please check the links on PositiveValuesNetwork.com for other art therapy projects and Positive Action videos.

There are many ways to show love. You can show love by doing nice things for a person, you can give them a hug, draw a picture for them, say kind and caring words. You can show love to your pet by giving them treats, taking them for a walk or giving them a bath. When you show acts of kindness, this is also a way of expressing love.

There are 5 Love Languages which consist of: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Quality Time, Gift Giving and Physical Touch. We are going to incorporate these into this week’s lessons.

Monday- Project: Love Through Words of Affirmation

Materials: You will need your family, paper and pencil to take notes, a small wooden board, small nails, hammer, thread or yarn of different colors. You will need to choose someone special to your family that will be receiving this project.

Showing love in this manner can look like simple compliments to someone else. “Thank you for your help this evening.” “You look very nice today with your new haircut.” “Thank you for being a wonderful friend.” These are just a few examples of showing love through words of affirmation.

Self-Love Through Words of Affirmation: can also be expressed in forms of positive self- talk, journaling and daily affirmations. “I did a really good job today on my spelling test.” “I really like the way I look today.” These are a few examples of positive self-talk.

Today, you and your family will be creating a project to give to someone else. You will see their expression and their sense of appreciation towards you and your family for your gifts. How did they respond? Were they appreciative? Did they compliment your gift? Overall, how did this make you feel? Talk openly with your family about the project, and the result.

There are a few pictures attached below to show the project we will be creating. You will each take a part of this project.

1. 1)  You will need to trace, in pencil, the heart on your board.

2. 2)  Someone else will use a hammer and place the small nails along the traced heart

   line.

3. 3)  Someone else will start stringing the yarn from one nail to another and this step will

   be repeated many times until the shape of a heart appears. Everyone can take turns

   with this step until it is complete.

4. 4)  Once complete, your family will take this project to your special person! 😉 Tell

   them why you chose them to receive your artwork.

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Tuesday- Love Through Acts of Service
Materials: Jar, popsicle sticks (10 for each jar), markers, and decorations for your jars

This is a love language that takes the burden away from someone else. This can be expressed in ways such as doing chores around the house, making dinner for your family, taking the dog for a walk or holding the door for someone. This can also be expressed by going out as a family.

Each member of the family will create a jar with 10 popsicle sticks. First, you will decorate your jar with your name and stickers. Then, you will list a chore on each popsicle stick and decorate your sticks. Place them into your jar. Once daily, choose one stick, and do that chore to help your family out. Each member of the family should do this daily to emphasize teamwork and encourage working as a family to get things accomplished.

You can do an extra jar for when you are bored. You can make these sticks something fun for the family to do together such as: shopping, movie night, baking, gardening, game night etc.

Self-Love Language Through Acts of Service: can also be expressed as therapy for yourself, acts of kindness, making a schedule to keep tasks organized, and cleaning your room.

Wednesday- Love Expressed Through Quality Time

Materials: You will need paper, the template (or create a template) for your comic strip,

pencils, colored pencils and you will need to talk with your family to complete this project.

Spending time together is not always quality time. Sometimes we are preoccupied with game systems, cell phones, social media and other forms of distractions that tend to occur in our lives. Quality time is when you are engaging with your family and holding conversations or doing things together that you all enjoy (without the distractions).

Today, we will be making comics of things you enjoy doing with your family. This can be anything from cooking, shopping, reading, family game night etc. Use your imagination to create this comic strip. Each member of the family should participate in completing this project. Take turns with ideas, drawing, and writing. There are 2 blank templates attached for your use, or you can create your own template.

Self-Love Language: This love language can be expressed as spending time alone to do your favorite hobbies, shopping, meditation, yoga, going out to eat alone, or just relaxing.

Thursday- Love Through Gift Giving

Materials: Large sheet of white paper, colored sheets of paper cut into thin strips to roll, glue, and sequins or decorations of your choice. You will need to choose someone in your family that will receive this project when it is complete.

Love through gift giving are things that reflect your thoughtfulness and effort. If your family member and you have had an argument, you can write an apology note. You can make birthdays, anniversaries and special days even more special with favorite surprises and treats.

Self-Love Through Gift Giving: This can be expressed through treating yourself by purchasing things that make you happy: craft supplies, trips, new outfit, haircut, investing in yourself.

For this activity you will be making rolled paper hearts to give to someone in your family. You can use any colors you would like and create your heart however you would like. Use your imagination to make spirals, curls and extras.

Friday- Love Through Physical Touch

Materials: you will need your family members and the templates that are attached to this lesson. Today is for practicing mindfulness, relaxation skills, proper breathing techniques, and yoga positioning.

You will start out by reviewing the Yoga templates attached. You will take some time with your family to practice the positions and relax your body and mind. You will need a quiet space, free of distractions. Slowly go through the poses as they are numbered. You can repeat them as many times as you would like.

NOTE: There are Yoga videos created by Lacee Kidwell on PositiveValuesNetwork.com that you can watch and do with her.

Love through physical touch can be expressed by hugs, hand holding, cheek kisses or sitting together to watch a movie.

Self-Love through Physical Touch- This can be expressed in ways such as getting a massage, going to the spa, swimming, stretching, exercising, physical activity, or yoga. These are things that you enjoy doing and helps you to focus on your physical being.

SEND PROJECT PICTURES TO: amanda@morganpartnership.org 😊 OR Amanda.knepper@k12.wv.us

Please Access PositiveValuesNetwork.com for more links, videos, and art projects.

I hope you have a great weekend!! If you have a fun idea, please let me know so that I can incorporate them into another fun activity for your family!

Thank you for your participation, Ms. Mandi, MSW- Intern

🎨"2021 Family Art Therapy Week 16" INTEGRITY/INTEGRIDAD with Ms. Mandi, BSW🎨

“2021- FAMILY ART-THERAPY WEEK 16”

This week’s projects are going to be related to the Positive Action Word of the Week- INTEGRITY

Your projects can be uploaded and emailed to me at: amanda.knepper@k12.wv.us OR amanda@morganpartnership.org

Please check the links on PositiveValuesNetwork.com for other art therapy projects and Positive Action videos.

Monday- Project: GROWING INTEGRITY ONE PETAL AT A TIME

Materials: You will need construction paper of different colors, crayons, colored pencils or something to color with, you can even use watercolors if you choose and something to write with, scissors, glue, and your family to discuss this project.

With your family you will talk about what INTEGRITY means to you. You will make a list of what INTEGRITY looks like: being honest, sharing, being kind, caring, doing what you say you will do etc. Each member will use a sheet of paper, draw a flowerpot, and then add the stem either by drawing it and coloring it in or using construction paper. Then add the center of the flower (your choice of color). You will then add the petals. On each petal you will write one thing from your list to show the importance of INTEGRITY to your family. If you listed the word “honesty,” then also include what you will be honest about and do that for each petal.

Your family can display your flowers in your home as a reminder the importance of INTEGRITY.

There are a few pictures attached to give ideas how to complete this project, but you can be creative with your own imagination as there are no limits.

Tuesday- Project: CREATING A FAMILY INTEGRITY MOTO

Materials: You can use construction paper, or white paper, markers, crayons, colored pencils, and each other to brainstorm your Moto. You can also use decorations for your picture. This is totally up to you to decide! Be creative and use your imagination.

Together, you will sit and think, “What Does INTEGRITY Mean to Our Family?” What Does INTEGRITY Look Like to You? What Are the Things That You Must do to Live Your Life With INTEGRITY? And then think about what would happen if you did not do those things.

Once you make a list, you will design a picture together, and create your family moto to represent your ideas. There are a few ideas attached below. You can display your creation in your home when you have completed it.

Wednesday- Project: USING NATURE TO CREATE ART- MANDALA

Materials: You will need leaves, sticks, rocks, flowers, grapevine, (anything from nature). You will also need a large piece of construction paper or heavy cardstock. You will need somewhere to lay your items. If you plan to keep this project, you may need glue to fasten your items to the paper.

You and your family will take a 30–45-minute nature walk together. You will collect things to use to make a mandala. (when collecting your materials keep in mind that when making a mandala, you will repeat over and over what you are using). You may want to draw it while on your walk, so take paper and pencil with you. Once you have collected your materials, you will take them home or to a place where you can lay them out onto the paper.

Think about the mandala and how it can be incorporated with the lesson on INTEGRITY. What does a mandala do? It repeats itself, right. So, when you are honest, respectful, kind, and show INTEGRITY to others what does that typically make other people do? They copy your good deeds and positivity. It creates a positive cycle of good deeds.

Thursday- Project: SHOWING INTEGRITY TO WILDLIFE

Materials: You will need your family to brainstorm, white paper or construction paper, crayons, colored pencils, watercolors, or anything to color your picture with. You will also need whatever decorations of your choice for your picture: sequins, glitter, googly eyes, etc.

You will sit with your family and discuss ways that you are respectful, and show integrity when outside in your community: do you throw trash in the trashcan, does your family recycle, do you clean your yard from debris and trash, does your family help neighbors to keep a clean yard? Do you help at school or in your community to clean up streams, ponds, or the grounds of the school? How does this affect and help the animals that live around your community and home? Choose an animal that lives locally and create a picture of that animal. You can choose more than one animal if you would like. You will use the materials of your choice to create your animal, then display them in your home as a reminder to always show INTEGRITY.

Friday- Project: MORE THAN ONE RIGHT WAY TO BE CREATIVE
Materials: The materials today are totally up to you! You can use your imagination and let

it run wild.

You and your family members will choose one item: it can be a person, an animal or an object like a tree shown below, or an apple, anything at all. The tricky part is that you will re-create this item 6 different ways.

The lesson is that it does not matter how we are made, what we look like on the outside, we are all equally special on the inside. It is important to learn the concepts of honesty, respect, loyalty and INTEGRITY because those lessons make you who you are on the inside.

SEND PROJECT PICTURES TO: amanda@morganpartnership.org 😊 OR Amanda.knepper@k12.wv.us

Please Access PositiveValuesNetwork.com for more links, videos, and art projects.

I hope you have a great weekend!! If you have a fun idea, please let me know so that I can incorporate them into another fun activity for your family!

Thank you for your participation, Ms. Mandi Knepper, MSW-intern

🎨"2021 Family Art Therapy Week 13" HUMILITY/HUMILIDAD with Ms. Mandi, BSW🎨

“2021- FAMILY ART-THERAPY WEEK 13”

This week’s projects are going to be related to the Positive Action Word of the Week- HUMILITY

Your projects can be uploaded and emailed to me at: amanda.knepper@k12.wv.us OR amanda@morganpartnership.org

Please check the links on PositiveValuesNetwork.com for other art therapy projects and Positive Action videos.

Monday- Project: HUMBLE BEE

Today you will need: one large sheet of paper (blue or white will work best), yellow, black, light blue and white paper, scissors, a glue stick, and a black marker. There are several different ways to create your bees. There are several ideas attached in pictures below.

Your family members will each make their own Humble-Bee. You can name him/her if you would like. While creating your bee, hold a conversation with your family about why it is so important to be humble.

To be a humble person means that you are not arrogant, modest, do not brag or boast about yourself, you have a positive attitude and personality, you accept your flaws, is grateful to others, and takes responsibility for your actions. Why are these things important to being a good human being?

Tuesday- Project: HUMBLE HEART-STAINED GLASS

Today we will be using: a piece of heavy paper like construction paper or cardboard, tissue paper of different colors (tear into small squares and set aside), glue stick, string/ribbon and scissors. Your family members will each make their own heart to display in your home once they are completed. While you are completing your project, your family will discuss why it is important to have a humble heart. Why is it important to accept others, to be kind, to have a positive attitude and personality? How do others respond around you when you are modeling humble behaviors?

You will begin by taking the heavy piece of paper, cut out a large heart, cut out the center of the heart while leaving about 1 inch to 1.5 inches around the edge. Throw the center away. Then take the squares of tissue paper, glue them gently together, overlapping them, to fill in the center of the whole (as shown in the picture). Once you have filled in the center with the tissue paper, you can make a small hole in the top (boarder) and place a string, ribbon or yarn so you can hang your heart in a window. You can design your heart however you would like. The Sun will shine through the tissue paper in the heart and make a reflection onto the wall. Think of this concept when you think of humility. When you are humble, you are reflecting a positive image onto others around you. Why is it important for others to see you being humble and positive? How may this affect them?

Wednesday- Project: HUMBLE PIE

To make a HUMBLE-PIE you will need a round paper plate, scissors, ruler, pencil, popsicle sticks, cotton balls, crayons or markers, and glue. You can choose different items to decorate your pie as these are suggestions shown in the pictures attached.

Once your family decides what materials you want to use, make a list of what each item represents. For example: the crust = the human body, the filling = personality, the candy = helping others and so on. Each item on your pie will represent a characteristic of being humble that is important to your family.

Discuss with your family why the pie is important. How do the pieces of the pie fit together? Why are they each important? What happens if there is an item missing or not included? What kind of person would you be if there were missing parts of your humble- pie?

Thursday- Project: BE HUMBLE WHILE YOU DREAM!!
Today, with your family, you will be designing and making Humble Dream Catchers.

There are 2 Options for this project:

Option 1- Each member of your family will need a large sheet of paper, a large/round bowl and a small bowl to trace around, a pencil and something to color with and a ruler to make straight lines. You will place the large bowl towards the top of the paper, and trace around it. Then, you will place the small bowl in the center of the large circle you just made. You will then use a ruler to create 5-6 sections between the small circle and the large circle as shown in the attached picture below. In each section that you created, you will think of a symbol to place in each section. The symbol should represent a word that means humility to you. Be creative in choosing your symbols and colors. You will draw 5-6 feathers below the large circle you created and connect them with a straight line to represent string or yarn. The words that you associated with the symbols you chose, will now be placed inside your feathers you drew.

Option 2- Use a paper plate, yarn, single hole punch, feathers, beads, and scissors to make a hanging dream catcher. You will cut out the center of your paper plate, making a hole. Leave about 1 1⁄2 inches around the edge. Use the single hole punch and make holes around the edge spacing them out about an inch apart. There is a picture attached to show an example of this. You will then loop your yarn around from one hole to the next (across the plate/not side to side) making the netting for the dream catcher. You can attach beads in the center as you go for decoration. Once you have looped all the holes you will tie off your yarn and cut the end. You will then attach your feathers to the bottom using yarn. You can use a stapler/tape or glue if you would like or you can make a few more holes with the single hole punch and tie them there. You can add beads to feather yarn as well.

Lastly, you will sit with your family members and think about what each item on your dream catcher means to you when you think of the word humility. For example: The plate could represent the whole body, the yarn could represent the mind, and so on. Then discuss how those parts are associated with humility.

If there were missing parts to your dream catcher, what kind of person would you be? Would you be humble, caring, kind? Would you portray a positive image? What would others see if those parts were missing?

Meaning behind the dream catcher-

The dreamcatcher is a protective object that is used to protect people from nightmares and

bad dreams by the Native American people. Native American cultures believe that both

good and bad dreams fill the air at night. The dreamcatcher acts like a spider's web by

trapping the bad dreams or visions while allowing the good ones to filter through, resulting

in more pleasant sleep.

Friday- Project: HUMILITY LIFE-CENTER BOAT

You are in the same BOAT as everyone else. We are all struggling with life’s chaos right now, so it is extra important to be kind, humble and caring towards everyone. Try to be supportive, helpful and understanding.

To complete this project, each person in your family will need sheets of paper, scissors, and the instructions on how to fold the paper to create a boat.

Once each person has created a boat, you can attempt to race them. You can use a bathtub, the river, stream, or whatever access to a waterway you may have. You and your family can discuss who won the race, why they won, what factors helped the winner? Then discuss how to be humble when you lose vs when you win. Why is this important?

SEND PROJECT PICTURES TO: amanda@morganpartnership.org #"$%😊 OR Amanda.knepper@k12.wv.us

Please Access PositiveValuesNetwork.com for more links, videos, and art projects.

I hope you have a great weekend!! Enjoy the SNOW!! If you have a fun idea, please let me know so that I can incorporate them into another fun activity for your family!

Thank you for your participation, Ms. Mandi