This is useful with a lesson about how unkind words can hurt others and how hard they are to take back once they have been said and the damage has been done.
Have students squeeze toothpaste out on the paper plate to symbolize hurtful words that we use against someone, i.e., you little brat, fatso, freckle face, stupid, etc. Then have them attempt to put the toothpaste back into the tube.
