If you’re learning about the rainforest in your homeschool or classroom, you’ve come to the right place! This post is filled with fun rainforest animal crafts and art projects—the perfect hands-on addition to a rainforest unit study. From toucans to tigers, snakes to sloths, you’re going to love these colorful, mixed-media art projects!

Rainforest Diorama Animal Craft

Before we get into all of the amazing ideas from across the web, I wanted to share a bit about my Exploring Rainforests Family Unit Study (and this epic diorama!!) with you.

This unit study, like all of our ever-growing library of unit studies, takes one big topic—Rainforests—and breaks it down into ten manageable, bite-sized learning topics. This format gives you the freedom to dive into learning at a pace that works for your family.

In the unit study, we cover everything from the Amazon, Congo, and Daintree Rainforests, to the canopy layers, biodiversity, and more! As you progress through each topic, you will also be building and adding to your very own shoebox diorama. This is such a fun way to see your learning grow as you add to the diorama throughout the unit.

Check out our rainforest diorama!

You can see exactly what topics are included, some more photos, and view a sample of the Rainforest Family Unit Study right here: https://shop.howweelearn.com/products/family-unit-study-rainforest

Now, onto even more fun rainforest animal crafts and art projects!

Rainforest Animal Crafts & Art Projects for Kids

Fly Catching Frog Hand Puppet by Our Kid Things – Not only are these fly-catching frogs fun and easy to make, they are super fun to play with afterward!

Tiger Monoprints by Art Camp Studio – The black outlines were made by tracing a picture of a tiger on an acrylic tray and making a print—so clever! Next, you can use watercolor, paint, pastels, or any other supplies to add some pops of color.

3D Collage Elmer Elephant by Mini Mad Things – This craft is filled with fine motor practice—from painting, to snipping up pieces of paper and gluing them down, to assembling the adorable elephant. Love it!

Paper Plate Parrot Craft by Preschool Play & Learn – This craft is wonderful for little crafters and only requires a few simple supplies! For older children, you can even chat about fractions as you cut the paper plates to create your parrot.

Cardboard Alligators by Art with Mrs E – What can you do with some recycled cardboard? Get creative! These cardboard alligators are so cute, and are definitely worth a rummage through the recycling bin to see what you can find.

Salt Dough Snakes by Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls – Playing with and rolling dough is a wonderful hand exercise for little kids! With this two-part project, kids will have fun creating their snakes, then painting them with unique patterns after they dry.

Bubble Wrap Chameleon by Barley & Birch – What an awesome mix of materials! Kids can use bubble wrap to stamp patterns onto their cardboard chameleon, and use a bottle cap and straw to make the eyes and tongue.

Mixed Media Zentangle Sloth by Unknown via Pinterest – This art project could work for nearly any rainforest animal who hangs out in the trees! Kids can cut out different shapes and sizes of leaves to make a fun leafy collage.

Toilet Roll Toucan by Cardboard Folk – How sweet is this toucan from Cardboard Folk!? All you need is a cardboard tube, some scrap pieces of cardboard, paint, scissors, and a dab of glue.

Newspaper Elephant Craft by My Mommy Style – This craft uses ripped up pieces of newspaper to create an elephant and rocks. Older children can draw their own elephants, and younger children can use the scraps to fill in an elephant shape you draw for them (or print off from the computer!).

Exploring Rainforests Unit Study

If you have a 4 to 12 year old who loves learning about rainforests through hands-on crafts activities, you will LOVE my Exploring Rainforests Family Unit Study! Check out a sample and grab your copy right here:

https://shop.howweelearn.com/products/family-unit-study-rainforest

I hope your week is off to a lovely start, my friend! Until next time,

xo
Sarah