1) Use a milk carton cut in half and cover with construction paper.  Have
children add windows, doors, trees, ect. cut from construction paper (or draw
on details) to resemble the child's house.

Have the children draw the members of their families (they always want to
include the pets also, LOL) on tongue depressors and place them into the
house.

When finished the children form a town and take their "family members" to
visit other families. 


2) One of the projects we did that came out great was. The children are given a
shape ofa house. They are then supplied with playdough cutters that were in
the shape of a mother, father, child, dog, cat and fish. The children were
instructed to dip the appropriate family members in paint and then put in
their home. We labeled the figures with the family members names. 


3) During my family week I make outlines (silouttes) of different family
members, mom, dad, brother, sisters, self, and even pets and the children
make a family collage. Last year I sent home a piece of paper with a note
asking for each member of the family to trace or have traced their handprint
on the paper.  Each person could decorate any way they wanted to. They
children enjoyed talking about their family's handprints. I hung this on the
bulletin board. (I don't think this was a loop idea). I think I did mention
that I do the Three Bears during family week. You can decorate the bears,
etc.


4) Family

Song--"I Love Mommy" (or Daddy, Brother, Sister, etc.)  (tune:  Frere
Jacques)

I love Mommy, I love Mommy.
Yes I do; yes I do.
And my mommy loves me,
Yes, my mommy loves me,
Loves me too; loves me too.


Families
Some families are large.  (spread arms out wide)
Some families are small (bring arms close together)
But I love my family (cross arms over chest)
best of all!


*  Collage of pictures from magazines about families.  You could make one
for each member of the family (maybe as a group project)--a collage of
dads could include pictures and drawings of dads as well as pictures of
things Dad enjoys doing, etc.


*  Trace the child's hand print twice.  Cut out.  Also cut out a long
rectangle (this will be the arms).  Glue one hand print on either end of
the long rectangle (arms).  Write on the arm part   My family is special
because ___________________.  Have the children finish the sentence.  

FRIENDS

*  Make a rainbow of our hand prints when studying friends.  Just lightly
draw on the archs of the rainbow on a large piece of butcher paper.  Use
different colors of paint to paint the children's hand prints and make  a
beautiful rainbow.

*  Make a collage of pictures of things we like to do with our friends.

*  You can also make a mural with their hand prints becoming flowers. 
Paint on stems and some grass with their hand prints for the flowers. 
Title it "Friendships bloom in our classroom."


5) 
Family Puppets
i give each child a cut out of a person (kinda like a gingerbread man
pattern)
we are using the multicultural colored paper (of course!)
then the kids can decorate and make any family members they wish too. 
then we attach them to popsicle sticks....and there ya go.

we are also planning to make a puppet stage thats resembles a house