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Description

Paint a poppy on your pebble, then add it to a group picture, as a way to remember the people who have served and sacrificed.

Resources

Paint
Paint brushes
Access to water
Pens or pencils
Stones or pebbles
Paint pots
Tables (optional)
Chairs (optional)
Thick card

Instructions

Time to paint
Everyone should sit at one of the spaces at the table or on the floor. The person leading the activity should explain that they’ve set these spaces out so everyone stays a safe distance apart.

Everyone should chat about Remembrance. Talk about why it happens, what it means, and how people usually mark the occasion
.People’s ideas may include parades, visiting the local war memorial, or two minute silences.

The person leading the activity should explain that people can’t go on parades this year because of coronavirus – but this doesn’t mean people can’t mark Remembrance. Making a pebble to remember is just one other way to remember everyone who died in war.

Everyone should draw the outline of a poppy on their pebble.

If you need to, you could print out some pictures of the poppy for people to copy.

Once they’re happy with their outline, everyone should get stuck in with paints.

When everyone is finished, place the pebbles somewhere out of the way to dry (such as a windowsill or a table).

While the pebbles are drying, everyone should read a poem like In Flanders Fields by John McCrae or A Scout in Flanders by H.E. and talk about what it means.
https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/remembrance/about-remembrance/in-flanders-field

When the pebbles are dry, everyone should pick up their pebble and take it in turns to place it around the picture or phrase on the card. They should stay distanced as they do this.


If you’re doing this activity online, everyone could send the person leading the activities pictures of their pebbles.

Everyone should decide how to display their creation. They could leave it somewhere people can see, take a picture to display, or rebuild it somewhere else.

Make sure you have permission from the landowner or council and think about how you’ll keep your creation safe from the weather. If you did the activity online, people could put their pebble in a window or drop it off somewhere.

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