Desert themed game

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Sandpaper Rubbings Cut out shapes, numbers, letters or anything else you may desire from sand paper mount on cardboard if the sand paper is flimsy. Place a sheet of paper on top of the sandpaper cutout. Using the side of a crayon, rub until the cutouts appear! Then have them sprinkle colored sand onto the glue.

Glue sticks also allow for more detailed drawing. Cactus Make cactus by shaping bread dough into a cactus shape and then inserting uncooked spaghetti into it for the needles. Then let dry over night. Make cactus shape from green construction paper per child. Color rice green green food coloring, alcohol in zip lock baggie, shake, spread out to air dry. Children glue rice onto cactus.

Allow students to glue toothpicks for the prickles and add a torn piece of pink tissue paper for the bloom. Find various pictures of the desert there are tons of different cactus, mesquite trees, desert animals, sand dunes paste them on card stock, add labels under each picture, and laminate to hold up better, and bind to make a desert book.

Camel ride Use cushions or blankets to create mountains on the floor, just like camel humps. Provide scarves or pieces of fabric children can use to make turbans. They will enjoy sitting on the humps and pretending they are riding a camel in the desert.

Full of water like a camel Explain how camels store water in their humps so they can walk in the desert for a very long time, without drinking. Provide a container filled with water and sponges. Show children how the sponges absorb water. Show them how they are heavy once they are full of water and light when they are dry. Just like sponges, camels are heavier when they are full of water.

Water evaporation Pour water in a graduated beaker. Draw a line with a dry-erase marker to show the level of the water. Each day, check the water level with your group. Draw a new line each time the level changes. Explain how water evaporates because of heat, just like in the desert. Ouch, that hurts! Purchase a real cactus. Invite children to touch it gently. Water is important Purchase dried fruits and vegetables for soup and deposit them in a transparent container filled with water.

Children can experiment dehydration and rehydration. Set apple and orange slices out to dry. Serve various dried fruits at snack time.

Water your plants with your group, explaining why plants need water. Serve each child a tall glass of water to end the activity. Combine the dry ingredients in a pot. Add the liquid ingredients. Mix over low heat until you obtain a homogeneous dough much like sugar. Cut the end off a cucumber or a potato so that it can stand alone. Encourage children to prick toothpicks in the cucumber or potato to make it look like a cactus. Variation: You may use modeling dough, salt dough, etc.

Let dry and paint. Sand drawing Let children draw on a piece of cardboard with glue. When they are done, invite them to pour sand on the glue. This step should be done over a container in order to collect the sand which does not stick to the glue. Variation: You can dye brown or white sand with powdered paint. Cactus Open models-Cactus Print and cut out.

Invite children to trace the model on construction paper. When they are done, they can glue grass, leaves, or any other original material on the shape. Don't forget toothpicks! Variation: For prickly cactuses, paint them green and sprinkle them with salt, sugar, or sand before they are dry. Rattlesnake Open craft-rattlesnake Print for each child.

Have children cut out the shape, color it, and glue it on an empty paper towel roll. Close off one end of the tube with a piece of cardboard and tape. Pour rice into the tube until it is half full. Have children hold it for you while you close off the other end. Children will love shaking their rattlesnake! Desert storm Combine brown poster paint with a small quantity of water.

Using a paintbrush, children let drops of color fall onto a sheet of paper. Have children blow into a drinking straw to disperse the paint and create a desert storm.

Provide tiny toy trucks Jeeps and brown, white, and beige poster paint in aluminum plates. Let children roll the trucks in the paint and then on the paper.

Variation: You can sprinkle your mural with sand for an added touch. Tracks in the sand Have children press their hands or their feet in sand dough. Open coloring pages theme-The desert Print for each child.

Rattlesnake, rattlesnake Spin around Rattlesnake, rattlesnake Wiggle, wiggle, shake Rattlesnake, rattlesnake Make some noise shake your rattlesnake crafts! The Educatall team.

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