Take a Kid’s-Eye Photo Walk on National Camera Day

Hand a child a little paper frame and the underside of a chair can suddenly look like a forest. You can do the whole walk with a phone tucked in your pocket. Looking comes first, and a pencil sketch counts as a picture.

National Camera Day falls on June 29.

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Make a viewfinder

Cut out the frame and have a grown-up help with the inside window. Hold it close to your face, then stretch your arm forward. Notice what disappears from the picture. Pick one ordinary object and find two completely different ways to frame it.

Draw a prompt and take a walk

Shuffle the six prompt cards and take three along. For the tiny-object challenge, crouch near a leaf or pebble and fill the frame. Try the same shot from standing height. Ask before including anyone in a photo and take turns choosing the next stop.

Tell it in three pictures

Choose three images or draw three quick sketches. Arrange them so something changes between the first and last frame: a closed gate, a hand on the latch, a glimpse of the garden. Invite someone to tell the story before they read your captions.

Get the free printable set

A Kid’s-Eye Photo Walk includes three US Letter pages. Pocket viewfinder. Photo walk prompts. Three pictures tell a story.