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Portrait Gift

Gifts from the Heart

Day 175of 180
Week 35of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Develop basic drawing skills by creating a portrait

2

Practice showing love through creative gift-giving

3

Understand that creating something special can make others happy

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 16:24

“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”

— Proverbs 16:24 (WEB)

Just as kind words can bring joy, a thoughtful gift can show love and care

📦 Materials Needed

  • White cardstock
  • Crayons or markers
  • Optional: Decorative envelope
  • Pencil (optional)
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse art lesson, we're going to create a special portrait gift for someone we love!

💭 Review Question: Who is someone special in your family that you want to make happy today?
2Teaching (7 min)

Today we'll learn how to draw a portrait - a special picture of a person we care about

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • A portrait shows what someone looks like
  • We can draw people we love as a special gift
  • Our artwork can make someone smile
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Who would you like to draw a picture for?
  • What makes that person special to you?
3Activity: Love Portrait Creation (8 min)
hands-on

Draw a portrait of someone special as a heartfelt gift

📝 Instructions:
  1. Choose who you want to draw
  2. Start with a big circle for the head
  3. Add eyes, nose, and mouth
  4. Draw their hair and any special details
  5. Color your portrait with love
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parents can help trace or draw basic shapes

Challenge: Add background or special details about the person

4Closing (3 min)

Let's talk about the special portrait you created!

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who did you draw?
  • What makes this person special?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll have an Art Gallery Walk to see all our wonderful creations!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Portraits help children practice observation and express love creatively

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage creativity over perfection
  • Help child focus on capturing the person's essence
  • Praise effort and thoughtfulness
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might get frustrated if drawing doesn't look exactly like the person

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Enthusiasm, creativity, and emotional connection to the artwork

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a special frame for the portrait using BibleMouse Printables Library resources
  • Write a short note to go with the portrait from the BibleMouse Resource Guide

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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