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Watermelon Craft and Printable Activities
Materials:
- printer
- white paper or card stock
- coloring tools
- scissors
- glue stick
- Optional: watermelon fruit, the whole fruit or portions
Get ready to slice into a world of creativity with a watermelon paper craft that's as fun and refreshing as the fruit itself. This engaging activity is the perfect way to get kids excited about summer and the vibrant, juicy deliciousness of watermelon!
These fun and educational activities are appropiate for toddlers, preschool and elementary grades.
Printing Options:
Color option: Ideal for toddlers to concentrate on assembly and identifying colors.
Black & White: The best option far all ages, to color, paint and scissor cutting practice.
Assembly and learning activities: (after template is cutout and decorated)
Discuss colors and any identifiable shapes in the template pieces. Count the templates out loud. Count the seeds in the watermelon slice.
Assembly:
- Allow the children to play with the pieces and assemble them however they like, encourage them to come up with funny and unexpected depictions as well, the idea is to have fun.
- Suggest to assemble the craft the way their own bodies look. Where would the arms be, and where would the legs be positioned.
- Proceed to instruct to position the pieces like the small image in the template.
- Help kids make pencil markings where the arms and legs should be glued.
- Children can apply glue to each marked position and glue the arms and legs in order.
- Optional: Write letter Ww on the front of the craft, or write Ww watermelon on the back of the craft.
Other ideas:
- Tape the craft to a craft stick (Popsicle stick) to make a hand puppet.
- Add a looped ribbon or pieces of yarn or string to hang as a decoration.
Templates:
Watermelon Paper Craft COLOR B&W
Complimentary activities:
Activity > Coloring with Watermelon Juice - Sensory Experience
Print this watermelon coloring page. Cut watermelon slices. Reserve a few watermelon pieces and allow child to use a few pieces to color the pulp areas in the coloring page with the juice (alternative: use watermelon diluted gelatin or similar product). Yes, it is messy, but very effective, the child is using many of the senses (sight, smell, touch and hearing during this process). Use green markers or fingerpaint to finish the picture. Save some seeds to glue in the pulp area of the picture.
Activity > Letter W Watermelon printable activities
Activity > Watermelon Fun in the Kitchen
Snack on watermelon slices, make a slush, a smoothie or an unforgettable lemonade with the children. Fun recipes @ watermelong.org.
Resources: Teacher's Toolkit
Letter W · AG/Farming · Nutrition >
