Childrens Activity 23: Designer Memo Pad

An Arts and Crafts Activity

Commission your child to design the family’s next memo/message pad.

Materials Required:

• Paper
• Crayon (black)
• Nearby copy center

Instructions:

How’s your child at drawing rectangles? How about writing out a simple sentence (or copying one with your help)? If either of these are in the repertoire, you can commission your child to design the family’s next memo/message pad.

The drawing part is the most fun.

Give your child a black marker (it reproduces best) and have him or her set up the basic scheme on a sheet of paper of appropriate size.

The only real requirement is that there be plenty of white space near the center of the page for you to write messages on.

A headline is also recommended: “Things We Have To Remember” or “Messages” would do the trick. (Your child may have interesting headline ideas to talk over, too.)

Next, take your child with you to the copy shop. Most will be able to produce the pads in a tear-away format, but you can also use loose sheets.

What better writing pad can you ask for than a Kid Original?

This Childrens Activity is sponsored by Zane Education – the home of online Visual Learning.