How can your family celebrate International Family Equality Day while under stay-at-home orders for the coronavirus?
Here are a few suggestions – choose the one(s) you like the most!
In or on any of these projects, feel free to include a little phrase or slogan related to the IFED 2020 theme: Family Diversity in Education. We’ll be presenting a virtual exhibit of your photos showing all your wonderful creations!
Rainbow pastry
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Make a rainbow pastry
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Take a picture of your creation
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Send us the photo and the recipe
Here’s an example of a pastry creation.

Serving a healthy version of the rainbow
Alongside the bright colors of these pastries, fruits and vegetables are another great way to serve a rainbow.
Here are some pictures from the internet to give you creative inspiration!

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Make a dish
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Take a picture of your creation
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Send us the photo and the list of ingredients
Landart in a rainbow of colors
If you have a yard, garden, or are able to go outside in a natural setting while respecting your local stay-at-home orders and social-distancing guidelines, you can also make small “paintings” or pictures with things found in nature. You can either make a whole rainbow or make several compositions in one or more colors of the rainbow.
Here are some pictures from the internet to give you creative inspiration!

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Take a picture of your creation
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Send us the photo
Eco-friendly DIY with recycled plastic
As a way to promote sustainable development, you can now find many DIY (Do-It-Yourself) ideas that use recycled colored plastic.
Here are some pictures from the internet to give you creative inspiration!

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Take a picture of your creation
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Send us the photo
DIY with empty toilet paper rolls
There are many DIY (Do-It-Yourself) projects you can enjoy using the cardboard tubes leftover from toilet paper rolls. And you can make much more than just Easter bunnies – you can easily craft all kinds of animals with these tubes. Take a look at these ideas and find ways to give them a rainbow touch!
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Make multiple models of the same animal using a different color of the rainbow for each
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Make different animals, each in a color of the rainbow
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Make a rainbow family representing your family or other families you know
Here are some pictures from the internet to give you creative inspiration!

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Take a picture of your creation
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Send us the photo
Colored-paper collage
You can also make a rainbow design or a single-color creation by collecting scraps of wrapping paper and/or tearing up old magazines and sorting the pieces by color. These projects are wonderful for young children.
Here are some pictures from the internet to give you creative inspiration!

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Make whatever artistic creation you wish
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Take a picture of your creation
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Send us the photo
A drawing on the theme of rainbow families
You can also ask your child to draw your family or do a drawing on the theme of rainbow families
Here’s an example of a drawing by a 9-year-old child

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Take a picture of your creation
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Send us the photo
Give your children’s nursery rhymes and songs a rainbow touch
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Choose several very well-known children’s nursery rhymes or songs that have melodies and beats you like, ones you would enjoy singing or reciting with your family
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Change the words so that they are about our families. This is done by counting the number of syllables in each musical phrase and replacing the original line with a phrase having the same number of syllables.
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Find an instrumental version of the music on the internet
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Practice singing/reciting your new version of the song/rhyme a few times with your children
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Record your performance
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Send us the audio file
Here’s an example recorded by one of our families
Children’s literature: introduce us to one of your favorite books
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From your home collections, choose albums/books that cover the theme of rainbow families or family diversity in general or, more specifically, family diversity in education
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Take a picture of the book’s cover
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If your child is old enough, ask your child to say one or two sentences describing a) what the book is about and b) why s/he thinks it’s great
