Our Rights, Our Drawing

Find a suitable location

• Look for a window, a large sheet of paper or chalkboard that can be used to draw on 

Discuss children’s rights with the group 

• Talk with the children about what they think is important for children and children's rights.
• Encourage children to think about their future, their dreams and what they are able to do.

Ask questions to start the conversation. Choose the questions that best suits your group.

• Which children's rights do you remember from the poster? What right do you think is most important for you? 
• What would a world where every child's rights are respected look like? 
• What does every child need to grow up happy, healthy, and safe?
• What does your dream future look like?
• What can children do because these rights exist?
• If you could grant one wish to every child in the world, what would it be?

Choosing a theme

• Write the most important keywords on the board (e.g. play, safety, education, expressing your opinion, being healthy, family).
• Tip: Create a word cloud with "World Children's Rights Day" as the central theme or title.
• Tip: First let children work in pairs to write down keywords, dreams, or quotes about children's rights on sticky notes. Place these on the board as a basis for the discussion and the drawing.

Ask the children not only to think of wishes, but also encourage them to add figures, symbols, rights, short powerful words, or quotes (e.g. drawings of specific rights and dreams, "Right to Play," "Safety for Everyone," a drawing of a friendgroup, etc.).

• Decide together what will appear in the final drawing.

Time to draw! After the children have developed their ideas and messages together, one, two, or three selected children (or a small rotating group) create the actual drawing on the window or board.

Share the result! Take a photo of the finished artwork and share it to help raise awareness about children's rights!