photo captioning

Activity: Photo Captioning

Target participant group: Teenagers are a great group to participate since they are constantly looking at magazines.

Therapeutic potential of this activity: Enhancing creativity, having socialization, and increasing self-esteem are just a few potentials of it.

What other groups may benefit from this activity?: Other groups that may benefit would be older adults so that they can get their mind working and thinking of creative things that they can come up with. Even just any adult in general can get something out of cutting out photos.

 What groups may not be as appropriate for this activity?: Younger children may not be that great for this activity since they may not be able to handle scissors very well, and may not understand the activity. If someone was there to assist them with the cutting and helping them come up with a caption it could work well.

Activity description: Have everyone in the group gather around and pick out a photo from a magazine, normal photos taken, or anything with a picture on it. Have everyone go around and come up with a humorous caption for their picture, but you may need to give a few examples before everyone catches on. Once everyone has a photo caption, then go around the group and have each one explain their caption. This can go on for as long as you want or as little as you want.

Resources needed: Things that can have photos in them include magazines, books, even something as simple as normal photos that were lying around the house. Scissors might be needed if you have them cut them out themselves. Pens and pencils will be needed to write down their caption on the front or back of their photo.

Best leadership style for this activity: Floating around while everyone is getting creative really helps you help out everyone in the group. You can help individuals think of captions or give them ideas they could go off of. Make sure you allow time for everyone and not just focusing on one individual.

Where did you find this article?: This article was found on recreationtherapy.com under the Dance, Drama, and Music sections.

Where can others find more information on this activity?: Photo Captioning is quite a simple concept so there really isn’t any more information on this activity. It really is just about looking at photos and using creativity to come up with a caption for it.