Birthday Collage

Welcome to “Birthday Collage.” This lesson shows how to create a homemade birthday card using scraps of colored tissue paper and glue.

Introduction

In this lesson, you will learn to:

Guide your care partner in creating a unique birthday or other holiday card
Learn when to assist and when to encourage your care partner to make their own decisions
Learn to slow down the whole art-making process

Preparation

Please gather these materials before you start:

Watercolor paper or a blank birthday card
Scrap paper
Various colors of tissue paper
Mod Podge diluted with water (1:3 glue to water. May use Elmers’ glue)
Bowl to serve the Mod Podge
Brush for the Mod Podge
Glitter
Rags/paper towel

Set aside 30 minutes with your care partner for this session.

Video

Please take a moment to review Care for the Caregiver before beginning this lesson.

Individual Steps

You may also watch the individual steps for this lesson. Each of the five steps below will guide you and your partner through the special techniques for this lesson. To make sure you get the most out of this lesson, make sure to move through each step in the order they are presented. And remember – have fun!