Watermelon Themed Activities for Preschool

Watermelons are a great summertime fruit and it is also one of my favorites! I like to do a unit on watermelon during the summer since the fruit lends itself to many fun activities.

Watermelon Craft

This craft is a great fine motor activity for students to make their own watermelon for themselves or for display.  Learn more about this craft here:  Watermelon Torn Paper Craft Blog Post

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Watermelon Craft for Summer

It's summertime!  One of the things we love most about summer is when the watermelons get ripe!  My dad grows them in his garden and each year we get a few fresh watermelon to munch.  Watermelons also make a great theme to center activities around during the summer!  This watermelon craft is perfect for adding to your summer craft rotation for your little ones.

The first thing you will need is to gather the materials.  You will need the watermelon craft template, strips of red, green and black paper, as well as some glue.   I chose to use two shades of green to get the rind affect of the watermelon, but this is totally optional.

After gathering all of your materials, have your little one tear the paper into small pieces.  By allowing them to teat the pieces, you give the child a chance to develop those fine motor skills that their little hands will need for writing in the future.  If the child is unable to tear, or becomes frustrated with the task of tearing, then you can cut the strips into squares for the child to glue to their watermelon.

The next step is to have the child place the colored paper onto their watermelon template.  I used stick glue and rubbed it on a larger area for my 3 year old to place the paper on.  You can use cotton swabs to dab glue dots as well for less mess with this craft.

Once all your paper pieces are on the template you are done!  Allow the watermelon to dry, then you can leave as is, or cut out the watermelon to create a display!

Watermelon Craft Template

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S is for Strawberry Alphabet Craft

Alphabet crafts are a fun, hands on way to help letter learning stick.  Students can see the letter and make an object that begins with that letter to remember the most common sound each letter makes.  This letter craft is for the letter S!  Here, we will turn the letter S into a strawberry.

First, you will need to gather your materials.  We used a large capital letter S to make our strawberry.  We also need something to color our S red, green paper, black paint, a q-tip, scissors and glue.  An addition piece of colored paper can be used to glue the strawberry onto, but that part is optional.

The first thing you will do is color the letter S red.  You can use crayons, colored pencils, markers or paint.  Once the letter is colored, you will use a q-tip to add the strawberry seeds to your letter S with black paint.  After the paint dries, cut out the letter S.  This is when you have the option of gluing your strawberry to the background paper.

Now you will use the green paper to make the strawberry stem and leaves.  You can free hand this part or access the Freebie Page on the blog for a printable template.

The final step will be to add the stem and leaves onto your strawberry.  Your strawberry craft is now ready to hang up for display on a bulletin board or wall.

The letter template we used in this activity is found here:  

Capital Letter Outlines

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