Make a facial expression sheet

What can we use if we don't have the exact materials like paper, pencil, eraser, colouring materials, mirror, or stickers?

If you don't have the listed supplies, use scrap paper or a cereal-box for paper, a crayon or marker instead of a pencil, cover mistakes with white correction tape or draw over them if you lack an eraser, use your phone's front camera as a mirror for step 8, and hand-draw borders instead of stickers for step 11.

My faces don't look like the emotions I want or the boxes feel too small—how can I fix that?

If faces look unclear or boxes are cramped, redraw larger boxes (step 2), simplify facial features into bold shapes for eyes/mouth/eyebrows and use strong colours (steps 4–6), and write one quick example sentence under each face (step 7) to remind you of the emotion.

How can I change the activity for younger or older kids?

For younger children use fewer, bigger boxes and sticker or traced faces with a parent writing the short sentence (steps 2, 4–7), while older kids can add nuanced emotions, detailed colouring/shading, longer example sentences (steps 6–7) and role-play the expressions with a family member (step 9).

How can we make the facial expression sheet more fun or reusable?

To enhance the sheet, add a laminated matching grid or flip-cards to reuse as a game where someone calls out an emotion (step 9), include a 'when I feel this' story line under each face (step 7), and personalize the edges with stickers or drawings before sharing on DIY.org (steps 11–12).