I have some easy jungle crafts and a simple Henri Rousseau inspired cut and paste craft to keep things fun. Also, look at my page Rain Forest – Amazon, Rain Forest – Animals of the Amazon and Rainforest Activities for Kids or more ideas, crafts and activities.
And look at my page Free Art Unit & Curriculum Grades 1 – 8 for more ideas.
Too, not understanding the slight differences between a jungle and rain forest can cause confusion. And some people use the words interchangeably based on where they live or places they have visited.
Also, jungle is not a scientific term but more of a description of an area. A rain forest is a specific ecosystem.
Besides, all jungles are rainforests, but not all rainforests are jungles.
Additionally, a rainforest is a broad term for any tropical forest with heavy rain. A jungle usually means the really thick, wild, parts of a rainforest.
For example, the Amazon Rainforest in South America is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It is home to jaguars, anacondas, toucans, and pink river dolphins.
Then the Congo Basin in Central Africa is the second largest rainforest and it is known for gorillas, chimpanzees, forest elephants, and rare birds.
Like a rainforest, jungles are home to many plants and species of animals. The abundance of plants and animals makes for great craft ideas.
Too, when studying about the jungle, add some art inspired jungle crafts.
ARTIST BOOKS FOR KIDS
And easy art inspired by Henri Rousseau, the jungle painter can sneak in a fun artist study too.
Look at these fun resources to add art to this study.
10 Favorite Art and Artist Books for Kids
Whether you’re studying about an artist and style of art, add these fun books to your home library or add to your art unit study.
I have put on my little round hat (which I wear often, in fact), combed my white beard and put on my best navy-blue suit. I am wearing my favorite necktie, too. Surely, you can see at once that I am a painter. I am so pleased that you have come to spend the weekend with me, to hear me talk about myself and my friends-- they are painters also. What I am about to tell you is my own true story-- the story of my life and my work. You will have to step back with me into the past-- before you were born, yes, but not so very long ago.Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
The nineteenth-century Dutch artist discusses his life and work in a letter to his nephew.
The fifteenth century artist talks about his life and work as if entertaining the reader for a weekend.
Artist and naturalist Arnosky explains his techniques, and shares his enthusiasm, for drawing natural scenes and animals.
Linnea has been in Paris. And she has visited the painter Claude Monet's garden! She even stood on the same little Japanese bridge that Monet painted so often in his pictures. In Paris, Linnea got to see many of the real paintings.
Now she can understand what it means to be called an Impressionist, and she knows a lot about Monet's life in the pink house where he lived with his eight children.
Twenty-five years after its original publication, this celebration of the wonder of art is available once again in an enlarged keepsake edition. The joy and inspiration Linnea discovers in Monet's garden will be eagerly embraced by a new generation
of readers.
Vasya Kandinsky was a proper little boy: he studied math and history, he practiced the piano, he sat up straight and was perfectly polite. And when his family sent him to art classes, they expected him to paint pretty houses and flowers—like a proper artist. But as Vasya opened his paint box and began mixing the reds, the yellows, the blues, he heard a strange sound—the swirling colors trilled like an orchestra tuning up for a symphony! And as he grew older, he continued to hear brilliant colors singing and see vibrant sounds dancing. But was Vasya brave enough to put aside his proper still lifes and portraits and paint . . . music? In this exuberant celebration of creativity, Barb Rosenstock and Mary GrandPré tell the fascinating story of Vasily Kandinsky, one of the very first painters of abstract art. Throughout his life, Kandinsky experienced colors as sounds, and sounds as colors—and bold, groundbreaking works burst forth from his noisy paint box.
Famous Paintings: An Introduction to Art for Young People
Few subjects have more immediate appeal to children than animals, and few methods of teaching students to appreciate fine art have proven more successful than those of educator Gladys S. Blizzard. In COME LOOK WITH ME: ANIMALS IN ART, she makes the most of children's natural curiosity about animals to introduce them not only to twelve magnificent works of art, but also to a whole new way of encountering art. Using an approach which is as fun as it is effective, the author deftly guides her young audience toward their own understanding of and delight in the world of art. The works featured in ANIMALS IN ART represent a variety of styles which students will encounter again in museums and in books: the muscular realism of Rosa Bonheur's "The Horse Fair", the delicate romanticism of Martin Johnson Heade's "Cattleya Orchid" and "Three
Brazilian Hummingbirds," the bold abstraction of Henri Matisse's "The Snail." They also represent an intriguing menagerie of beasts, from the mysterious deer and horses stampeding across the wall of Lascaux cave to Paul Klee's whimsical heart-nosed cat dreaming of a bird.
In COME LOOK WITH ME: EXPLORING LANDSCAPE ART WITH CHILDREN art educator Gladys S. Blizzard introduces boys and girls to 12 magnificent landscape paintings. Through these carefully selected works and a thought-provoking text, the author guides students toward an imaginative new way of looking at art.This book is suited both for family reading and for sharing with a small group. Each full-color reproduction is accompanied by a brief biological sketch of the artist and a series of open-ended questions designed to make the most of a child's natural curiosity.
Then here are a few facts about Henri Rousseau artist.
HENRI ROUSSEAU QUICK FACTS FOR KIDS
As mentioned earlier he was named the jungle painter.
Then look at these facts.
- Henri Rousseau was a French painter born in 1844.
- However, he didn’t become an artist till much older.
- Henri worked as a tax collector.
- He was a self-taught artist.
- Although he painted a lot of jungle scenes he had never been to a jungle.
- He would paint monkeys swinging in the trees, tigers hiding in the grass and big green leaves and colorful flowers.
- His paintings are full of dreams and surprises.
And now look at these easy jungle crafts.
EASY JUNGLE CRAFTS
- Fascinating Reptiles That Start with the Letter D | Turtle Craft
- Free Reptiles Lapbook for Kids Who Love Hands-on Learning
- Free Butterfly Lapbook For Kids Who Love Hands-On Learning
- Bioluminescence For Kids: How To Make A Fun Firefly Craft
- The World of Plants: The Educational Value of a Plant Lapbook
- Free Ladybug Lapbook for Kids Who Love Hands-On Learning
- How To Make A Shoebox Water Cycle Diorama With Free Printables
- 4 Weeks Free Plant Unit Study And Best Hands-On Ideas
- Beautiful And Colorful Amazonian Rainforest Animals Lapbook For Kids
- The Wonders of Nature: Free Color by Number Sloth Rainforest Habitat Page
- 10 Amazon Rainforest Lizards Facts and How to Make A Fun Iguana
- 8 Fun Facts About Harpy Eagles | How to Make a Paper Bag Puppet
- Wildlife in the Amazon Rainforest – Create Fun Macaw and Toucan Crafts
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