One of my favorite kindergarten activities is our Noah's ark mural! We start with a blank sheet of very large paper and the kids do everything! First, we learn what a mural is. Next, we begin by painting our ocean. This part is extra fun because 1) I just squirt shades of blue all over the paper and they spread it all around, and 2) painting, duh! ☺
We also sprinkle some glitter around the mural to make our water nice and sparkly. In preparation for the construction of the actual boat, I draw various shapes onto brown poster paper, and the students help me cut them out. Then we take a look at our shapes and decide the best way to put them together to create a boat/ark structure. Here, the students are sketching out their ideas ...
I forgot to take pictures, but we decided on the best plan and then glued the brown paper onto our mural, making a boat shape. Finally, I let the students choose two animals; we colored pairs of the animals and the added them to our ark.
Finally, we added a rainbow out of paper scraps and cotton balls. And here is our finished product! Ask your child which animals they colored. What a fun way to bring the Bible to life!
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