A Special Wall

A wall can be a special thing like the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial. Suggest that your child make a wall of their own. You will need:

• cardboard box
• wrapping paper
• glue
• construction paper
• decorations for the wall

1. Cut open a box for our child by removing he top and bottom and slitting down one side. Now you have four connected panels that can stand up and serve as a miniature wall.
2. Help your child cover one or both sides of “the cardboard wall” with wrapping paper.
3. Now your child is ready to decorate his or her wall by attaching a name sign, stickers, pictures, photos, mementos, cutout shapes, stickers, or whatever is special. Your child may want special friends to sign their names on the wall. When finished, place the wall in a special corner of your child’s room.
   

Alternate ideas: Make a family wall using a larger box. Cover it with photos and mementos of family trips and holidays. If the box is large enough, the “wall” could serve as a divider in the corner of a room. Depending on how you attach items, you could change and update it periodically.

Is there a family member who is ill? The entire family can work together to create a Get Well Wishes Wall that can be transported to the person.