An Activity to Do with Teenage Grandchildren
I know that many of the ideas that I share are not ones that work well with teenagers. (They tend to think that they are too grown up for what they perceive as childish activities!)
Well, just today (as my grandson was napping) I came across a fabulously fun and free program that I think your teenage grandchildren would enjoy. The program is Shape Collage. It is a free download for Windows, Mac, and Linux. (Are any of you grandmas running a machine with Linux? Do any of you even KNOW what a Linux computer is???)
This program takes a collection of photos and makes a collage. Once you have made your collage, you can either print it on your home printer or send it to an online service such as Shutterfly to be printed.
It is very simple to use. Drag your photos into the application. Select the shape you want your collage. Click preview to make sure the end shape is how you really want it. Then click create to save your collage. It’s that simple. Here are some examples:
a rectangle collage
a circle collage
a heart shape collage
a smiley face collage
a collage of our last name
If your teenage grandchild lives close by, you could get together to collaborate on making a collage. Or, if your grandchild lives too far away, she could create something and then snail mail or e-mail it to you. And you could make one to send to her.
The collage that you make could be given to another family member as a birthday, Mother’s Day, or Christmas gift. Or, a granddaughter could make a collage of pictures of her friends and give a copy to each one. A grandson could make a collage using pictures of him playing sports. You could make a collage of a family reunion and give to families as a memento. You could make a collage of a trip that you took with your grandchildren.
Or make one just for the fun of it and hang on your family room wall.
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Hmm, I know what Linux is and we have a machine that runs Linux, but I don’t have grandchildren. Does that count?
Sure it does!!! Besides, you’re more being on the grandchild side than the grandparent side . . .
I love the collage idea. I’m going to try it with my 11 and 9 year old granddaughters. Thanks for the suggestion.
You’ll have to let me know how your activity went and how the collage turned out!