I came across Mr. Printables’ DIY toy with changing faces and immediately loved it. It would be a fabulous idea to use that to teach my class about parts of the face! Plus, Mr. P is so generous as to even provide their Make-A-Face Template on their website for free! However, I remembered I had a Fukuwarai (福笑) poster somewhere at home for years. It was a free brochure, which I got from some tourist place (I cannot remember where :/). So I wanted to put it to good use.

I made my own parts of the face. If you like to use it for your own personal use, you can download the free printable PDF (A4) here.

I cut out the face and the parts I needed from the brochure. I laminated them with the rest. I followed some of Mr. Printables’ instructions. For example, I added fasteners, glued the rosy cheeks and tear-drops onto card paper and tied them to the face with threads.

I will use the face toy on my whiteboard. In order to prevent any scratches, I added a piece of construction paper at the back before adding the magnets.

The children were totally amused when they saw the face last week. They had a great time learning the parts of the face. And of course, when I taught them, “I have a nose…”, they all burst into Pikotaro’s viral hit PPAP song. I have a pen, I have an apple. LOL

I will teach the kids about emotions in the following weeks. I can imagine the class going pretty wild. Well, I am looking forward to it!