Description

Download the requirements for the photo fun award by clicking on the download link above.

Level: Multi Level
Category: Arts and Crafts
Section: My World

Photo Fun

1. Know some of the basic parts of a camara:

1. Lens
2. Shutter
3. Zoom
4. Screen/view Finder
5. Battery
6. Power button

2. Talk about or show different devices people use to take pictures. Which ones would you like to take pictures with?
3. How can you carefully handle and care for the devices?
4. Take some pictures and share them with friends and family:

1. Pictures of family
2. Pictures of friends
3. Pictures of scenery (like flowers, trees, rivers)
4. Pictures of animals
5. Pictures of your favorite places (playground, museum, home)
6. Pictures of a place you visit regularly (park, school, museum, or church)
7. Pictures of a place you don’t usually visit

5. Play a photo fun game that teaches more about photos.
6. What does it mean to be made in God’s image? Read and discuss Genesis 1:26-27.

Helps
1. Even camara phones, tablets, laptops, etc. have these parts.Research and describe where they are.
2. Encourage discussion.
3. Do not touch the lenses, use a neck/wrist strap, keep dry and clean, do not drop, ask for permission before each use, turn the camera off.
4. Have fun. Hold camera steady. Stand still. Zoom in and out.
5. Photo game might be one of the following: Photo Scavenger Hunt; What Is It? (take a close-up picture, then have others identify it); Where Is It? (take close-up pictures, then have others identify where it was taken); pose in a Bible character position, take a picture, and have others identify the character.
6. Being made in God’s image means we are made after His likeness. Discuss further.

Resources
Bible
Local camera shop