Meme Your Family!
Create family-friendly memes by photographing relatives (with permission), adding funny captions and simple editing to practice creativity, digital literacy, and respectful humor.
Step-by-step guide to create family-friendly memes
Step 1
Ask the family member if you may take their photo.
Step 2
Tell them your meme idea so they know what you plan to do.
Step 3
Brainstorm a funny caption and write it down on paper.
Step 4
Choose a bright tidy spot in the house for the photo.
Step 5
Ask the person to pose or make a playful expression that matches your idea.
Step 6
Take several photos of the pose.
Step 7
Look through the photos and pick the funniest one.
Step 8
Open the chosen photo in a photo editing app.
Step 9
Crop or resize the photo to focus on the main subject.
Step 10
Add your caption using big clear text at the top or bottom.
Step 11
Add a sticker or simple edit if it makes the joke clearer.
Step 12
Read the caption out loud to check that it is kind and respectful.
Step 13
Show the meme to the person in the photo and ask if they like it.
Step 14
Save or export the finished meme as an image file.
Step 15
Share your finished creation on DIY.org
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
I don't have a photo editing app—what can I use instead?
If you don't have a photo editing app for the 'Open the chosen photo' and 'Add your caption' steps, use a free web editor like Canva or Pixlr, your phone's built-in Markup tool, or write the caption on paper and retake the photo.
My pictures are dark or blurry—what should I do while taking photos?
If pictures are dark or blurry during 'Take several photos', move to a brighter tidy spot from step 4, steady the camera on a table or chair, and take many shots so you can 'Look through the photos' to pick a sharp one and 'Crop or resize' to improve framing.
How can I adapt this activity for younger or older kids?
For younger children let a parent help with 'Ask the family member' and 'Open the chosen photo in a photo editing app' while using big stickers or handwritten captions, and for older kids encourage advanced edits like layered text, speech bubbles, or making a meme series to 'Save or export' and share on DIY.org.
How can we extend or personalize the meme project after making one meme?
To extend the project beyond the single meme, keep all finished images to make a family meme album or themed challenge, personalize fonts/colors when you 'Add your caption' and 'Add a sticker', and try exporting short animated GIFs or printing memes as cards before you 'Share your finished creation on DIY.org'.
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Facts about digital media literacy for kids
😂 A surprising or unexpected caption (expectation vs. reality) is one of the quickest ways for a meme to get laughs.
🙋 Always ask permission before photographing family members—it's respectful and helps keep your memes family-friendly.
🖼️ Image macros—photos with bold top-and-bottom captions—became one of the internet's most recognizable meme formats.
🧠 Richard Dawkins coined the word "meme" in 1976 to describe ideas that spread between people like genes.
🕺 The "Dancing Baby" animation from 1996 is often called one of the first viral internet memes.
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