Creative Family Trees

I often wonder who came up with the original "family tree" concept. I know it makes sense-branches beget other branches so it fits with the model of growing families. But like with everything I do with my students, I want them to think a little bit more outside the box and use their creativity. I asked my kiddos to come up with another way we can show our growing families-instead of a family tree-what could we use- a family.......

This is what they came up with:

Family Whale

Family Pan-I liked the thought of this one because many families cook/eat together-it made sense to me.