This study explores the potential of the "draw-and-write" method for inviting children to communicate salient aspects of their self-concept. Irish primary school children aged 10-13 years drew and wrote about their favourite people and things to do (social and active self). Children drew and described many salient activities (39 in total) and people--including pets. Results suggest that widely used, adult-constructed self-esteem scales for children, while multidimensional, are limited, and that "draw-and-write" is an effective multimodal method with which children can express their social and active self-concepts. (Contains 2 tables and 5 figures.)