Micro Poetry Trading Cards
Crafts, Writing Ages 9-12 30-60 minutes
Micro Poetry Trading Cards Description Share your poetry with these unique and personally designed trading cards.
Materials
8 x 11 cover or card stock paper Pencils Colour pens, crayons, and markers Watercolour paint Discarded print material (books, magazines, newspapers) Decorative bits and pieces (e.g. ribbon, stickers, foil, etc.) Scissors White liquid glue Glue sticks and tape Paint brushes Water Homemade glue sealant or Mod Podge
Preparation Photocopy template of nine card frames onto the cardstock paper, one template for each participant. If making homemade sealant rather than Mod Podge, mix together two parts water with one part white glue. Prepare the area for a craft program that uses glue and paint.
Implementation 1. Take some time to create up to nine haiku or short “micro” poems. Poetry ideas: random thoughts or a series of poems with a unifying theme. 2. Write one poem within each of the nine card frames of the template.
3. On the blank side of the template, create a design across the entire sheet. They may use the words or pictures from cut-up pieces of print materials; or draw or write with the pens, crayons, or markers; or glue ribbons, foil, or stickers, etc. 4. Apply a very thin and light layer of watercolour paints to the sheet. 5. It’s not necessary to stay within the card lines of the template. The lines are only a guide for cutting apart the cards. The idea is to have a similar style or colour across all the cards, but they don’t have to be identical designs. 6. Select a word from each of the poems or create a short, one- or two-word title for each poem. Write them down on the stickers, one poem title per sticker. 7. Apply the sticker on the front of each card corresponding to the poems on the back. 8. The card may be decorated further using the available craft supplies. 9. Cut apart the cards. 10.Apply a very thin layer of prepared glue sealant or Mod Podge over the face of each card. 11.Allow time for the glue to dry clear. 12.Ask volunteers to read their poems or display them for everyone else to see. Encourage participants to trade cards with each other if they want.
Book Suggestions Martin Rising: Requiem for a King by Andrea Davis Pinkney Booked by Kwame Alexander
Micro Poetry Trading Cards Description Share your poetry with these unique and personally designed trading cards.
Materials
8 x 11 cover or card stock paper Pencils Colour pens, crayons, and markers Watercolour paint Discarded print material (books, magazines, newspapers) Decorative bits and pieces (e.g. ribbon, stickers, foil, etc.) Scissors White liquid glue Glue sticks and tape Paint brushes Water Homemade glue sealant or Mod Podge
Preparation Photocopy template of nine card frames onto the cardstock paper, one template for each participant. If making homemade sealant rather than Mod Podge, mix together two parts water with one part white glue. Prepare the area for a craft program that uses glue and paint.
Implementation 1. Take some time to create up to nine haiku or short “micro” poems. Poetry ideas: random thoughts or a series of poems with a unifying theme. 2. Write one poem within each of the nine card frames of the template.
3. On the blank side of the template, create a design across the entire sheet. They may use the words or pictures from cut-up pieces of print materials; or draw or write with the pens, crayons, or markers; or glue ribbons, foil, or stickers, etc. 4. Apply a very thin and light layer of watercolour paints to the sheet. 5. It’s not necessary to stay within the card lines of the template. The lines are only a guide for cutting apart the cards. The idea is to have a similar style or colour across all the cards, but they don’t have to be identical designs. 6. Select a word from each of the poems or create a short, one- or two-word title for each poem. Write them down on the stickers, one poem title per sticker. 7. Apply the sticker on the front of each card corresponding to the poems on the back. 8. The card may be decorated further using the available craft supplies. 9. Cut apart the cards. 10.Apply a very thin layer of prepared glue sealant or Mod Podge over the face of each card. 11.Allow time for the glue to dry clear. 12.Ask volunteers to read their poems or display them for everyone else to see. Encourage participants to trade cards with each other if they want.
Book Suggestions Martin Rising: Requiem for a King by Andrea Davis Pinkney Booked by Kwame Alexander
