Crafts for Kids: W is for Watermelon

by Oct 6, 2019Alphabetical, Crafts, Fruits and Veggies, vwxyz

 

Use watermelon crafts to help your kids learn about the letter W. It is a fun and easy craft, but it can get messy. Watermelon is a delicious fruit that is sweet and enjoyable during the hot summer! And it fits into a fruits and veggies theme! Help your kids craft their way to loving some delicious fruits and learn the alphabet!

Don’t forget to play The Watermelon Song while making this craft with your kids!

Skills

Types of skills can include math, science, fine motor, dramatic play, social and emotional. Here is how this sheep applies these skills:

Math

Add in math concepts by having your child count how many seeds are on the watermelon. Let the child identify the color of the watermelon.

Science

If you have other crafts with your child, have them classify the watermelon along other craft. For example, watermelon falls under the fruit category where broccoli are vegetables.

Fine Motor Skills

Your child will be using pencil to trace the letter W template which involve eye hand coordination.

Additionally, your child will use a scissor to cut out the letter W.

Your child will use a Q-tips to make seeds on the watermelon which will improve their hand strength.

Dramatic Play and Social/Emotional

Children can use this watermelon and pretend to eat it during play time with their peers. They can pretend it taste sweet and delicious craving for real watermelon. Let just hope you have a cold one in the frig to satisfy their craving!

Boundaries

Make sure you supervise your child when using scissors and other sharp items.

Materials

You will need a letter w template, red and green construction paper, markers, q-tips, black paint, scissors, and glue

Letter W template, Q-tips, black paint, green and red construction paper
Markers, scissors, and glue

Steps

Have your child use a pencil to trace the letter W template on the red construction paper.

Next, have your child carefully use a scissor to cut on the line to get the letter W.

Then you can have the child use a pencil to trace the letter W template on the green construction paper and cut out just the bottom portion of the letter W to resemble to skin.

Now, have the child glue the green construction paper onto the bottom of the letter W.

Finally, have the child use the q-tip, dip it in black paint, and make dots on the watermelon to resemble the seeds!

Let the paint dry and use it as a prop!

And you are done!

Modifications

Instead of using green and red construction paper, you can use white construction paper and have the child paint or color the watermelon.

Instead of using q-tips to make the seeds, you can use black markers for the seeds. To build upon the fine motor skills, have the child use a hole puncher and punch out black paper to create the seeds!

Spit Out Those Seeds!

We love to eat watermelon outside in the summer and make a mess with all those seeds and juice! Have you kids walk outside with their watermelon crafts and pretend to eat and spit out some seeds!


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