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Rainforest Drawing Ideas for Kids Art Journal

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Look Inside · 10 pages

Animal Art Mini Series cover: title framed by outline drawings of a frog, tiger cub, kangaroo, birds and a waterfall
Front page for students' printed art workbooks
How to Use: notes that this mini series teaches color, 1 of 7 elements of art, via animals and the Amazon; print tips
Teacher read-first before printing pages
Supplies: pencil and eraser, colored pencils and crayons, internet or library access, printed worksheets, optional binder
Prep checklist for gathering materials
Amazon section title page: the word AMAZON on a hand-drawn sign with a waterfall and water ready for coloring
Section divider opening the rainforest unit
Element of color lesson: students color a warm scene and cool scene, then a brown monkey, grey flower background and macaw
Mini-lesson introducing warm, cool and neutral
Warm and cool color practice: students color 6 swatches from red to purple, then split pairs and guess what goes in Box 9
Guided practice after the color temperature lesson
Continent of South America: students color map teal and water blue, read river and desert facts, then draw one crazy fact
Geography link: locating the Amazon before art
Poison dart frog sketching: students trace step-by-step drawings of a frog, waterfall and palm tree, then draw their own
Step-by-step drawing warm-up
Poison dart frog research journal: students answer 3 questions on color, poison and egg-laying sites and draw each answer
Research task using books or the internet
Amazon rainforest coloring scene: students color a bird, frog, flowers and trees using the warm, cool and neutral labels
Final project applying color temperature

About This Product

Need an independent art lesson fun AND easy?

Grab this Mini Art Journal!

Kids explore the element of color while diving into the Amazon Rainforest in South America.

The students' favorite part?

They get to learn how to draw Andy the Poison Dart Frog!

What's your favorite part?

Each worksheet is meant to be done independently!

WHAT'S INCLUDED

-7 unique worksheets

-How to Use Teacher Guide

-Supplies List

-Colored Examples

-Bonus Activity

HOW TO USE

-Independent Art Unit: Within this mini art journal, kids discover one of the essential elements in art—COLOR! If you’re unsure about teaching art yourself, work through these activities with your kids and watch their artistic skill explode!

-Morning Work: Looking for some print-and-go worksheets for a quiet morning atmosphere? Grab these! They're perfect if you're studying the Amazon Rainforest. The extra art element infusion is an easy way to connect with your right-brained kiddos.

-Field Trip: Heading to the zoo or aquarium? Grab one of these worksheets as a travel companion!

-Art Station: If you're trying to encourage more art in your home, set these activities out as an optional Art Station. Your kids will love choosing their own activity. Most elementary kids LOVE completing the frog directed drawing the most!

Have fun exploring the COLORFUL rainforest!

-Abbey Allen

ARTventurous Animals

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