Rebus-Making

Materials

• Paper
• Pencil
• Colored pens

Directions

You can create a letter or story using pictures and symbols instead of words. This is called a REBUS.

Here are some examples:

• instead of "I," draw an eye
• instead of "can," draw a watering can
• instead of "love," draw a heart
• instead of "be," draw a bee

Now try it on your own. Color your pictures and show it to a friend or parent to decipher.

Note: Rebus comes from a Latin word meaning "things." In the old days, signs and posters advertising carnivals were painted with pictures and no words to show people what "things" were going on.

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