B is for bananas! Use super cute banana crafts like this one to teach your kids the letter B! It is a fun and simple way to watch how quickly your child finishes decorating the banana. Banana falls under a Fruits and Veggies theme and is very healthy.
B is for banana, buh buh buh! Sing some songs about bananas while making this craft!
Skills
Types of skills can include math, science, fine motor, dramatic play, social and emotional. Here is how this banana applies these skills:
Math
There is not much math, but you can have your child count as he/she is dotting away. Afterwards, you can ask how long it took to color the banana.
Science
Ask the student if banana is a fruit or vegetable. Where does the banana grow? Does it grow on the tree? Talk about the colors and sizes of bananas. They won’t believe you when you let them know bananas are not only yellow, but it can be green and red too!
Fine Motor Skills
With the tissue paper, the child will use their hand-eye coordination and concentrate to crumble and glue the tissue paper to the letter B on the banana.
Your child will focus and do their best to make sure the tissue paper matches the letter B and b.
Using their cutting skills, your child will cut out the banana with your supervision. Challenge your child to draw the black line near the stem of the banana. If not, have them trace the lines. You don’t want your child to have a rotten black banana!
Dramatic Play and Social/Emotional
Your child can pretend to be monkeys climbing on tree to pick a banana to eat. Let them tell you how it tastes; if it is sweet, sour, bitter, delicious, and so on. Just be careful your child is not having too much fun being a monkey and making monkey noises out loud!
Boundaries
Make sure you supervise your child when using scissors and other sharp items.
Materials
You will need the following items: a banana template, white construction paper, green tissue paper, Do-A-Dot marker, regular marker and glue.
Steps
Depending on the child’s fine motor skills, have the child trace the banana template onto a white construction paper and cut it out.
Have the child use the yellow Do-A-Dot marker for the banana template and dot a way.
Depending on the child’s fine motor skills, have the child use a black marker to draw lines on the stem of the banana to give it some effect.
Don’t forget to use the marker to write a capital B and a lowercase b on the banana. This will be a visual guide for the child to use the tissue paper to glue onto the letters on the banana.
Have the child crumble the green tissue paper.
Lastly, have the child use the crumpled tissue paper and glue it on the letters “B” and “b”. This requires concentration and patience. Motivate your child to successfully complete it even though it can get messy and sticky.
Modifications
If using tissue paper is too challenging for the child, have the child trace the letters with a marker, colored pencils, or crayons.
If using a tissue paper is too easy for the child, have the child use a yarn and turn it into a capital letter ”B” and lowercase letter “b”.
You can also have the child use yellow tissue paper, paint the banana with a paintbrush, their fingers, or sponges to create different effects. This will give the child an opportunity to explore sensory skills.
Banana is For Monkeys!
We love bananas, banana bread, banana smoothie, and a whole lot more! Use banana crafts to get your kids to pretend to be monkeys eating bananas and making monkey noises all day long!