Your kids will love this easy rainforest triorama. And I have more ideas on my pages Rain Forest – Amazon, Rain Forest – Animals of the Amazon, and Rainforest Amazon Activities for Kids.
I have a tutorial today for a rainforest triorama.
You have likely made plenty of lapbooks, maybe even a diorama or two, but have you ever made a triorama?
It is a wonderful combination of the two and a great way to highlight all your child has been learning about a topic.
For example, with a lapbook you can add section headings, small books, pictures, and written information.
However, a trioram also gives you the ability to add 3D objects for a really eye-catching presentation.
A rainforest triorama is really the best of both worlds.
You can take the general idea for this and apply it to any topic you want to make a triorama.
Books About the Rainforest
21 Rain Forest Animals For Kids Books and Resources
Add these rain forest animal books, games, and toys to round out your study of the animals of the rain forest.
It is a great way to expand the growth with children through physical science.
This book explores the rainforest layer by layer and the creatures that make their home in each part of the rainforest.
Which rainforest animal is a frog that uses its eyes to help it swallow its food? Which rainforest animal is a bird with a big, colorful bill? Let's learn more about rainforest animals such as sloths, poison dart frogs, toucans, and more! Read With You's Who Am I? series encourages children to be more curious about the world around them as they learn fun facts about animals from across the globe.
Part of the critically acclaimed Over and Under series that includes Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt and Over and Under the Snow!Under the canopy of the rainforest hundreds of animals make their homes, but up in the leaves hides another world. Turn the pages of this beautiful and educational book to discover in words and mesmerizing illustration:
Animals like the slender parrot snake and the blue morpho butterfly.
The canopies where toucans and pale-billed woodpeckers chatter and call.
Capuchin monkeys who swing from vines and slow-moving sloths who wait out daily thunderstorms.
Sloth Toy Figurine
The rainforest is home to millions of plant and animal species. Some animals live high up in the trees, some crawl across the forest floor, and some tunnel underground, but they all depend on one another and the rain to survive. With colorful illustrations and fascinating diagrams from author-illustrator Kate Duke, In the Rainforest is a lively look at the most vibrant ecosystem on our planet.
This book introduces readers to the largest snake in the world: the anaconda. Readers learn about the life cycle, behavior, physical characteristics, and habitat of anacondas
Expanding the popular collection of animal books in the Learn to Draw Series, Learn to Draw Rainforest & Jungle Animals will teach kids how easy it is to draw a variety of exciting and exotic creatures from around the world. Each project starts with a basic shape and progresses with simple-to-follow steps to a finished realistic final colored artwork. While they’re learning, kids will also discover fun facts about each featured animal.
Imaginations will soar from the forest floor, up through the canopy and back down again, following the circle of life in this clever adaptation of the song “The Green Grass Grew All Around.” The jungle comes alive as children learn about a wide variety of the animals (jaguars, emerald tree boas, leafcutter ants, sloths, poison dart frogs, toucans, and bats) and plants (kapok trees, liana vines, and bromeliads) living in the lush Amazon rainforest. Delve even deeper into the jungle using sidebars and the three-page “For Creative Minds” educational section.
While it covers more than just the rainforest this is a fabulous resource to have on your shelves. You will find plenty of great pictures and information on many animals that live there- crocodiles, harpy eagles, monkeys, tapir , sloths,Jaguarundi, and the food web.
COLORFUL ARTWORK: Kids will love the colorful puzzle artwork showing the animals, plants, trees and birds that call the rainforest home. The storage box shows the completed puzzle artwork and is an ideal place to keep pieces safe and free from damage.
Tells a story of a man who came to cut down a kapok tree and encounters many of the beautiful and exotic native creatures who make their home in the Amazon Rainforest.
FUN FACTS: How about Reptiles versus Amphibians?! That's just one of the topic cards in this kids card game. Find out more fun facts from Eggs to the Komodo Dragon!
How fun!
FRESH & FRUITY: Fruidles single-flavor gummies pack giant taste into one delicious flavor. After one bite of these fruity gummies, you'll taste the difference of giant fresh fruit flavors & a deliciously soft chew you won't find with other gummy candies.
This bright and exciting Hello, World! board book teaches toddlers all about the amazing world of a rainforest—with easy-to-understand facts about the incredible animals who make their home there.
Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the "population" of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life—animal and plant alike.
Compete to grow the most bountiful rainforest! Carefully select what grows in your forest, and give rise to a thriving ecosystem.
Features a frog, a fly and a parrot with articulated wings and tail, opening mouth and rotatable eyes 3-in-1 model: rebuilds into a chameleon or a tropical fish
Vampire bats and killer ants? That's what Jack and Annie are about to run into when the Magic Tree House whisks them away to the Amazon River. It's not long before they get hopelessly lost. Will they be able to find their way back to the tree house? Or are Jack and Annie stuck forever in the rain forest?
NatureI n a tropical rain forest in Central America, a red-eyed tree frog spends the night looking for food while avoiding potential predators. Award-winning photographer Nic Bishop's larger-than-life, gorgeous images document the hunt, which ends happily with the frog settling down in the leaves to spend his daylight hours sleeping! Joy Cowley's simple, readable text makes the frog's story fun, interesting, and accessible to young readers.
Explores the richness of the Amazon rainforest, how humans have damaged it, and efforts being taken to protect it. Clear text, vibrant photos, and helpful infographics make this book an accessible and engaging read.
Once you have gathered plenty of reference books your child can begin to organize their research with an idea web.
If you are not familiar with them, they are simply a tool to help your child brainstorm ideas before they put them on the page.
Begin by putting your topic in the center of the page and circle it.
Now, off the topic draw lines to subtopics, and smaller lines and bubbles off those for even smaller topics.
Items to Add to Your Rainforest Triorama
Also, look at these items you can collect and add to the triorama.
- Stickers
- Printed Google images
- Postcards
- Fabric
- Patterned paper
- Fake plants
- Plastic rainforest animals
- Empty product bottles (seasonings, medicine, etc.)
- Glue with seasoning, coffee beans
- Chocolate wrappers
- Handwritten lists, definitions, and summaries
Additionally, look at these other rainforest activities.
More Rainforest Activities for Kids
- How to Make A Fun Origami Frog Amazon Rainforest Craft
- 20 Tropical Rainforest Foods and Make an Acai Bowl
- 7 Cool Rainforest Science Activities and Create Rainforest Floor Slime
- 10 Plant Life in The Amazon Rainforest Facts and Make a Fun Rafflesia Arnoldii
- Fun Easy Amazon Rainforest Crafts and Make a Bubble Wrap Pattern Anaconda
- Learn About Mammals In The Amazon Rainforest & Make an Adorable Sloth Craft
- Blue Morpho Butterfly Adaptations In The Tropical Rainforest and Fun Symmetry Craft
- Amazon Rainforest Predators and Make a Fun Pasta Emerald Tree Boa
- Creating Fun Red Eyed Tree Frog Manipulatives for Rain Forest Math
- Cute Colorful Toilet Paper Roll Rainforest Frogs for a Rainforest Frog Craft
- 18 Rain Forest Animals For Kids Books and Fun Resources
- Beautiful And Colorful Amazonian Rainforest Animals Lapbook For Kids
- 100+ Best and Free Tropical Amazon Rainforest Educators Resources
- The Ultimate Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the Amazon Rain Forest
- 3 Free and Amazing Amazon Rainforest Lapbooks for Kids
- Rainforest Crafts for Kindergarten: Make an Easy Paper Plate Monkey
- 19 Fun Hands-on Rainforest Activities for Kindergarten
- Rainforest Science Activities For Kindergarten Amazing and Fun Living Terrarium
- Wildlife in the Amazon Rainforest – Create Fun Macaw and Toucan Crafts
Finally, look at how to make this easy hands-on project for the rain forest.
How to Make an Amazon Rainforest Triorama
You will need:
- 4 pieces of cardstock
- Scissors
- Glue
- Markers
- Stickers
If it is not already, cut your cardstock into a square.
If you head to the craft store you can find 12×12 cardstock in the scrapbooking aisle that makes a great size.
Fold the cardstock square in half on the diagonal, creasing it sharply and then reopen it.
Fold on the diagonal in the opposite direction and open again.
Cut up to the center from one corner on the fold.
Glue one of the two cut sides to the other.
Repeat with 3 more cardstock squares, allowing them to dry.
Place the 4 triangles back-to-back and glue to form a larger triangle. I found that hot glue keeps them secure faster and lasts longer.
Once your pieces are together you can write or use letter stickers to label each section.
Next add stickers, plastic animals, images printed from Google, handwritten cards and facts to complete each side.
Can you just say fun? Grab cardstock and choose your topic and have fun.
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