One of my favorite themes for summer crafts and activities is watermelon! My favorite watermelon craft is below. Although I don’t focus too much on crafts in my PreK classroom, I love it when we can make something fun with a process that helps develop essential skills! All of these watermelon activities and crafts help to build critical preschool and pre-k skills in playful ways! Have fun with these watermelon activities and don’t forget to download the free printables!
Watermelon Crafts & Learning Activities for Kids
This watermelon craft is my absolute favorite for preschool. It uses simple materials and works on crucial fine motor and scissors skills! For more summer crafts and activities, check out our Camp Learn & Play at home summer camp!
Work on counting skills with these simple watermelon count & clip cards. Perfect for your math center. If you need more math center ideas, check out my archive here!
Download this free printable below!
Work on letter recognition and introductory phonics with this watermelon W craft!
This letter watermelon was a fun way to use the watermelon theme for some fine motor and letter recognition. Coloring on the paper plate was just the right amount of drawing, too!
This free printable watermelon roll & cover game is a fun way to work on a variety of math skills like one-to-one correspondence, subitizing, and counting. You will need a die or dice, a tray, something to mark the spots, like buttons, and the printable. Roll the dice and cover the same number of dots as you rolled. Continue until the watermelon is covered. Download the free printable below.
Work on hand-eye coordination and other fine motor skills with this watermelon playdough!
More Learning Activities for Your Preschoolers
There is no better resource for classroom teachers than my newest book, Everyday Preschool In The Classroom. It’s packed with simple and practical activities you can throw together, and you can rest in knowing these are tried-and-true lessons that work! Find it on Amazon here.
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Scarlet says
I love all these adorable watermelon crafts for young children! The watermelon playdough will be for me too!