Making Faces on the Light Table

J and K have really been into making funny faces themselves, all thanks to my adorable niece who showed them how to pull their mouth wide with their fingers and stick out their tongue.  Good old fun I tell you!  So I took that love for funny faces and put it on the light table.  Yup, it's like Mr. Potato Head on the light table...just without the potato-shaped head.

And, seriously, how can you not giggle when you see fun cartoon faces like this?

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Light Table Activity for Kids: Making Funny Faces

To make some funny faces of your own, all you will need are some clear overhead transparencies, some colored permanent markers, and some imagination.  Oh and some scissors to cut the pieces to the appropriate sizes.

I drew a face shape, freehand of course because that's how I roll, and you can see it's kind of weirdly proportioned.  Whatever.  Like the boys even noticed.  Then I drew some face pieces and accessories: eyes, glasses, bow, mustaches, mouths, hair, etc.  Draw whatever you'd like.  Make it fun, colorful,and most importantly, goofy.  There may be a pig snout nose in my collection...

I assembled some funny faces ahead of time for the boys to check out, which made them giggle hysterically.  And honestly, I giggle every time I look at the picture below.  I think it's the mouth that does it.

Then J started making some faces of his own.  I particularly like how he is putting a mustache on the chin and that the nose is upside down.  Insert giggles from me.  Yes, I am a child at heart and things like this amuse me.

But the plump red lips just didn't work with what J had in mind.  So bucktooth smile it is.  Oh and some red glasses look pretty fine dandy too!

Now to pick out some hair...what will he choose?

Nope, no hair.  Bald it is.  Looks great, doesn't it?  As for K, he enjoyed giggling while J assembled some funny facial masterpieces.

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