|
Zoo Art
Submit your zoo ideas!!
***********************************
COLLAGE PICTURES
Provide spotted and striped fabric for zoo animals, Easter basket
grass, fur bits, yarn, rope, leather scraps, cotton balls, paper scraps,
wiggly eyes, etc. Have your child make a zoo picture using these
materials on a piece of poster paper or heavy paper.
***********************************
BOX SCULPTURE
Let your child stack or fasten together small boxes for use in making
animals. Attach with masking tape. Supply rope or yarn for tails,
buttons for eyes, scrap leather or felt scraps for tongues.
***********************************
SOCK PUPPETS
Use discarded socks to create various zoo animal puppets. Cut horns,
ears, eyes, and spots from colorful construction paper. Staple, glue,
or tape them to the socks. For an elephant's trunk, roll the foot of
the sock to form the trunk. Use strips of tape to hold the trunk
together. Create a brief skit for your child to use his puppet.
***********************************
PAPER PLATE LIONS
Color cotton balls by placing them in sandwich bags with yellow powdered tempera and shaking them.
Give each student a paper plate and let them add lion manes by pasting the yellow
cotton balls on the sides of the plate. Facial features may be added with markers or
crayons.
***********************************
PLAYDOUGH ANIMALS
Use zoo animal-shaped cookie cutter and playdough to create zoo animals.
***********************************
STAND-ALONE ELEPHANT
Fold a 9" x 12" piece of construction paper and cut an arch form the center of the open side. (making the legs) Cut a 6" circle for the head and paste onto the folded paper. Use the little half-circles that you cut from the big piece of paper for the elephant ears. Now cut a 1" x 6" strip for the trunk. Paste all features onto the elephant. Decorate with markers or crayons.
***********************************
KANGAROO
Cut kangaroo shapes from brown construction paper, both mama and baby. Attach a square pocket to mama and insert the baby.
***********************************
Tina sent in this excellent art activity.
Thanks, Tina!
Make animal tracks.
materials: glue, black construction paper, and colored sand
Using their fist and fingertips children try to create an animal track. They
dip their fist and fingertips in glue and stamp the black construction paper,
then sprinkle with colored sand, excess sand is shaken off into a container to
save for another project.
***********************************
Heidi sent in this excellent art activity.
Elephant art
You can paint your young childs palm of hand and middle finger with gray/white paint. Then stamp on paper, turn upside down, and you have an elephant head and trunk!
***********************************
Dana sent in this excellent art activity.
Stuffed Animal Zoo
1. I send a note home requesting that each child brings a stuffed zoo animal to school.
2. Each student draws a picture of their animal. They write or tell where they think the animal eats, where it lives, and any facts they think they know about their animal.
3. They will each learn where their animal lives, what it eats, and a few other facts.
4. We set up our room as a zoo, with different habitats. Each child is their animal's zoo keeper. We invite other classes to come in and the children tell about their animal.
***********************************
Thanks to Jhanaya for this great art activity!
Zebra Stripes
This is a simple activity for children of all ages. You can have the children rip long strips of black construction paper. Then, the children can glue the strips of black paper onto white construction paper.
***********************************
Back to Zoo
Back to Thematic Pages
|
|
Free* Children's DVDs. Click Here!
Free Printables for Spring and Summer
·Bluebird
·Cardinal
·Meadowlark
·Goldfinch
·Duck
·Oriole
·Wren
·Bear
·Elephant
·Hippo
·Lion
·Tiger
·Kangaroo
·Giraffe
·Seashells
·Sun I
·Sun II
·Beach
·Dogs
·Rabbits
·Birds
·Cats
·Cow
·Lamb
·Chicken
·Turkey
·Horse
·Duck
·Pig
·Goat
·Rooster
·Goose
·Chickens
Access to Alphabet Soup is free to all who come and enjoy!
If you would like to support this site,
please make a donation today!
|
|
***Parents and Teachers***
Click on the banner below to find great educational sites!!
Education and family-site webmasters, join the 100 Top Sites for Teacher and Parent Resources (TAP)!
Click below!
SOMETHING NEW!!
Make your pet a STAR!! Send in pet pictures and stories and I will post them!! Click on the banner below
to see the PET STARS!!
|
|
|
|
