Collage Zine With Youth Activity Plan

Invite youth to participate in the brainstorming activity by writing, speaking or just thinking about questions and prompts related to the theme of your activity Examples:

What is the first thing that comes to mind when I say, X?

Share responses What does X mean to you?

Share responses

Using the cardstock paper as a base, youth will:

Create a collage building on the brainstorming activity on the theme or topic

Go through materials finding images and words that images that speak to the theme or topic

Optional: if there is a polaroid camera invite the youth to take pictures of themselves and each other to put themselves directly into their collages.

Place the images and words on the paper, try out different formations, seeing what stories can be told with the images and words in the collage

Once the youth have finished the collage have them take a look at what they’ve created!

Are there new connections coming together?

Are they seeing things they didn’t intentionally put together?

Have the youth write one or two sentences of reflection on a separate piece of cardstock that will be displayed next to the collage in the zine.