3 Watermelon Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas)

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Paper plate watermelonTwo colors, a plate, some beansHandprint watermelonOne handprint, green heel, black dotsLetter W watermelonThe letter W and a watermelon in one

3 watermelon crafts for preschoolers, with pictures

1. Paper plate watermelon

The child paints the rim green and the middle red, then glues on black beans or punches paper seeds.

You need: 1 paper plate, red paint, green paint, dried black beans, white glue

How to make it

1. You cut the plate in half and use one half.
2. Your child paints the curved rim green as the rind and the flat middle red. Let it dry.
3. Glue black beans on the red part as seeds, pressing each one for a few seconds.

2. Handprint watermelon

The child prints a red hand with a green painted palm edge and dots on black seeds.

You need: red paint, green paint, black marker, 1 sheet of white paper

How to make it

1. Paint your child's palm and fingers red.
2. Press the hand in the middle of the white paper.
3. Paint a thick curved green line along the bottom edge of the palm as the rind.
4. When dry, your child draws black seeds on the red palm.

3. Letter W watermelon

The child colours or collages a W green at the bottom and red above, then adds black seeds.

You need: red construction paper, green construction paper, black marker, white paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut a large capital W from red paper. Your child glues it upright on the white sheet.
2. Your child tears green paper into small pieces.
3. Glue the green pieces along the bottom of the W, covering its two bottom points, as the rind.
4. Your child draws black seeds on the red upper part.

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Watermelon crafts: green, red and seeds to count

Paint the green rim first and let it dry before the red goes in the middle, or the two run together. Two short sessions beat one long one.

For the handprint watermelon, brush the palm and fingers red and the heel green, then press. The seeds go on with a black marker once dry.

Black beans or punched paper circles work as seeds. Let your child count them out before gluing: five for a three year old, ten or more for a five year old.

The letter W watermelon says 'wuh' as the seeds go on. Hang the plate watermelon as a summer wall piece or on the fridge.

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