Animal habitat diorama

Rainforest Habitat Diorama

Arctic habitat Diorama

I was first introduced to the idea of creating Animal Dioramas when my son (who was a first grader at the time), brought home a shoebox and a basic instruction sheet from his teacher to create a diorama of any animal and its natural habitat. Being a mom, I was so excited about the opportunity to help my son create something he was so excited about! Being a teacher, I knew that I had to do a project like this with my own students, but I had no idea where to start. I shared the idea with my…

Project Idea- Create a simple aquarium with a ShowBox. Use Desert Sand ReadyGrass® Sheets to make rocks for your aquarium. Sculpt turtles, clownfish, coral and seaweed and kelp. Then, use the Project Paints to paint the items and the colorful blue-water background.

Creating a diorama with children is a great learning tool to put into practice the child’s understanding of a topic that they have been studying. In most cases, you use a shoe box to be your ‘stage’ and you recreate whatever is relevant to your topic on your stage.

3rd Grade Lion Diorama Project for the Lion Habitat.

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