Bring Your Object To Life

Topic
- Citizenship & human rights
- Identity & emotions
Learning skills
- Critical & reflective thinking
- Creative thinking
- Communication & expression
Activity type
- Role play
- Drawing
Materials
- Basic
Age
- 6 - 11 years
>15 minutes
2 - 4 players
Intermediate
Calm
Small (office, pavement)

Contributors

e.p.a.

Everything you need to play this game

Papers
Markers
Fabrics
Wool
Glue
Thread

A step-by-step guide to play the game

The objective of the activity is to bring an object to life through creative expression such as drawing, making puppets, storytelling, or theater. Provide the necessary materials and give the participants sufficient time to create their object. The object can represent an imaginary figure or themselves.

Once the objects are ready, ask the players to present a story about their object. This could be a made-up story, or a true story.

After all the objects have been presented, encourage the participants to ask questions about the other objects.

After all questions have been answered, reflect on the activity by discussing the following points:

Was it easy to create an object from scratch?
Was it easy to share a (personal) story about the object?
Did the participants feel comfortable asking and answering questions about their objects?
Did they enjoy the activity?

Encourage the participants to share their thoughts and feedback about the activity.

Extra game information

Tips

Put on some acoustic music to help participants concentrate.
Give an example of your own story about your objet to make sure the players understand the exercise.

This activity is linked to for example article 7 (name and nationality) and article 8 (identity) in the UNCRC.

This game is part of the 'All Children, All Right(s)!' toolkit, which focuses on promoting the right to development.

Variations

Participants could draw or make their own object and randomly give it to another participant to present.
If you play this game with a known group of children, you ask about the children's personal stories.

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