Watermelon Shakers
In advance, wash the seeds
from a large watermelon and dry them in the sun or in an oven.
To make a shaker, provide a child with a white paper plate. Direct
him to flip the plate over
and paint the rim green and the middle red. When the paint is dry,
have the child glue on
construction paper seeds. Fold the plate in half. Place a
handful of watermelon seeds
inside the plate and then staple the edges together. Use the shakers
with watermelon songs!
Rind Painting
Provide trays of red and green paint.
Demonstrate how to stamp-print
using the rinds saved from Circle Time. Allow children to free-create.
Coffee Filter Watermelon Slices
Have on hand a number of round, fluted coffee
filters - the kind sold for use in automatic
coffee makers. Let the children fold the coffee filters into
fourths. Have them dip the
points of their filters into diluted red food coloring and the edges into
diluted green food
coloring. Unfold the filters and let the "watermelon slices" dry.
Once dry, have the
children draw on black seeds or glue on real watermelon seeds.
Watermelon Paper Plate Project
Cut a paper plate in half, the ones with
fluted edges. Glue together, using clothespins to
hold until glue has dried. The "bottom" of the plate will make the outside
of the watermelon so
it will look 3 dimensional when done. Paint the bottom edge green, a band
of white, and the remainder
red....just like a real watermelon. Glue on real watermelon seeds after
serving melon at snack.
For added reinforcement children can
count the number
of seeds they glued and write that number on the back.
Watermelon Treat Can
You can make this a really special day
by making watermelon treat cans for each child.
If you have older children in your care during the summer,
they can assist with this.
Using small cans, paint a green band around the bottom, a
band of white next, followed
by a much wider band of red clear to the top. Paint on watermelon
seeds. Punch holes in the
sides, add a wire or raffia hanger, and fill with treats. Stamp or write
a tag that says
"You are one in a melon."
Watermelon Patch
Using a long sheet of paper
(such as shelf paper or paper on a roll), let the
children paint or color a watermelon patch, each one making several
watermelons.
Construction Paper Watermelon
Using red and green
construction paper,
make a watermelon shape and glue on real seeds.
Give the
children a Green circle and a smaller red circle.
Have the children glue the red circle on top of the green one.
Then glue watermelon seeds all over the red circle.
Watermelon Maracas
Use empty toilet paper rolls
or juice cans to make watermelon seed maracas.
Children count out how many seeds they want. They paint the rolls red and
draw on seeds. Attach a green bottom and put their seeds in. Add a green
top and write on the outside "______'s Watermelon has _#_ seeds". When
completed shake them one at a time and discuss which are loud and which
aren't. Why is there a difference, do you think the more seeds there are
the louder it is? Why or why not? We arrange them from loudest to
softest
and from the least amount of seeds to the most.
Watermelon Craft
I have made a cute
watermelon art activity with a half paper plate. Cut the paper plate in
half.
Provide red, green and black construction paper. The child will tear the
construction paper
into small squares. Glue green around the outside of the plate for the
rind. Glue red on the inside
for the fruit. Glue a few black pieces for the seeds. These are adorable
and the kids love them.
Melon Placemats
Let
the children cut melons from magazines and put them on different color
construction paper and laminate them to use as placemats when eating
watermelon.
Watermelon Placemats II
Add some glue to your red paint and have the
children paint a paper plate.
Then while the paint is still wet let them place some seeds on their
watermelon half. I add green paint for the rind but they tended to put it
in the middle of the plate instead of the outside edges. I believe in
open
ended projects so didn't interfere with their placement. However, if I do
this again I may pre-paint the outer edges and just offer the red.
Watermelon Holders
Stock a center with a class supply of 9" paper
plates. red and green crayons, a shallow
tray of washable black paint, glue and yarn. To do this activity, have a
child color the rim
of a plate green. Then instruct her to color the center of the plate
red. Next, have her use
the black paint and her finger to print black seeds on the red section of
the plate (watermelon).
Help each child cut her plate in half and then glue the halves together
along the rims.
Hole punch both corners of the plate and attach a yarn loop for hanging.
A
great way to store students' little notes and awards.
Watermelon Slices
Materials Needed:
Red and green construction paper, and dried watermelon seeds.
Preparation:
Cut out circles from the green construction paper (10" diameter) and
smaller circles
from the red construction paper (8" diameter). Then cut all of the circles
into semicircles.
Process:
With assistance, the child glues the red semi-circle over the
green semi-circle.
Then fingertip dots of glue are applied to the red semi-circle and seeds
placed on each dot.
Watermelon Slices II
Materials needed:
Red and green construction paper, and dried
watermelon seeds.
Preparation:
Cut out circles from the green construction
paper (10" diameter) and smaller circles
from the red construction paper (8" diameter). Then cut all of the circles
into semicircles.
Process:
With assistance, the child glues the red
semi-circle over the green semi-circle.
Then fingertip dots of glue are applied to the red semi-circle and seeds
placed on each dot.
Paper Plate Watermelon
(Hint:
Use the cheap, flimsy paper plates) Paint inside of paper plate red. Paint
outside of
paper plate green. Glue watermelon seeds on red section. When paint is
dry, cut plate in half.
Adult: use a fancy scissors to cut out a half circle on fold at top to
represent a bite out
of the watermelon. Now you have a watermelon slice - a Fourth of July
picnic favorite!
Watermelon Mosaic
Dip a sponge
in water and wet both sides of a piece of white construction paper.
Use a brush to paint bright red and green watercolor stripes across the
paper.
When the paper is dry, cut or tear the paper into small pieces.
Arrange and glue to dark sheets of paper in a pattern or design.
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