Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist. When she was a child, she was in a bus accident and she had to rest in bed. To help the hours pass, she drew self-portraits using a mirror. In her self-portraits, Frida speaks about how she feels, sometimes she looks sad and sometimes she smiles.
Activity: Self portrait
Color pencil or markers
We are going to use this self portrait called The Frame as an inspiration to draw our own self portrait.
Use the water color paper to ask your child to paint on, using similar colors as Frida Kahlo painting. On the other piece of paper, using a mirror help your child draw his self portrait asking him to draw his eyes, nose, mouth... When the paint is dry glue the self-portrait on the painting.
Little people, big dreams: Frida Kahlo, is a nice children book to learn more about Frida Kahlo's life.