If you’re learning about the respiratory system, this lung craft for kids is a fun hands-on human body activity. Also, I have this Human Body Crafts page for more hands-on ideas. And this Beautiful Human Body Lapbook and Fun Unit Study.
Make a simple working lung craft for kids to demonstrate how our lungs work along with the trachea to draw in oxygen and dispel carbon dioxide.
Especially for young children, it is hard to imagine what you can’t see inside your body.
Understanding the process and the makeup of our respiratory system is much easier to understand when you create a hands-on demonstration.
That is exactly what we are doing with just a few simple items that you are sure to already have around the house.
Very little prep is needed, and you will be on your way to explaining the respiratory system in no time.
Human Body Resources
16 Human Body Books & Hands-on Resources
Add a few of these fun resources whether you do a couple of lesson plans about the human body or a unit study.
One of the resources we used as a reference for this activity was The Way We Work, it covers a lot of interesting topics on the human body.
Vivid Human torso organ structure: 15 Pcs Removable Organs including: Torso, Brain (2-part), Heart, Esophagus and Aorta, Lungs (4-part), Cranial Cap, Stomach, Diaphragm, Liver, pancreas and spleen, small and large intestine. The torso structure showing the relative position, morphological features, anatomy of the head, neck and internal organs, especially the respiratory, digestive, urinary and nervous systems.
[HUMAN ORGANS SILICONE MOLD]: 8 Pcs Human Organs Mold With Different Shapes, Include 1 Human Heart Mold, 1 Brain Silicone Mold, 1 Liver Mold, 1 Intestinal Mold, 1 Lung Mold, 1 Stomach Mold, 1 Brain Stem Mold, 1 Kidney Mold.
This human body with squishable organs is another great way to identify the organs and become familiar with their layout in the body, it has that gross factor that so many kids love.
8PCS Human Organ Figures Set:Human organ anatomy parts display model children learning toy include small intestine, large intestine, lung, brain, stomach, heart, liver, kidney. Suitable for boys and girls over 6 years old,good for brain ability and imagination.
Complete labeled illustrations of over 1,400 anatomical identifications.Loaded with beautifully illustrated diagrams clearly and concisely labeled for easy identification.
Basher Science: Human Body, A Book with Guts! Created & illustrated by Simon Basher, written by Dan Green
From the best-selling team that brought you The Periodic Table, Physics, Biology, and Astronomy comes a topic that's close to our hearts-literally! Meet the characters and processes that that keep the human body chugging along. From the basic building blocks like Cell, DNA, and Protein, to Bones, Muscles, and all of the fun-loving Organs, readers will cozy up with the guys on the inside. Trust us-Liver has never looked better!
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HUMAN ORGANS LEARNING: Marvel at the rich complexities of the human heart muscle! Every piece has a unique shape designed to outline each major part of the heart organ, making these an exciting challenge to assemble. Each puzzle includes an Anatomy Reference Guide, so you can learn as you build!
- Authentic x-ray images
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- Matching facture card
- Detailed teaching guide
- Set of 4 Posters Made in the USA
- Posters are 18" x 24” in size
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Discover the workings of the body's most complex organ! How does the brain control the rest of the body? How does it enable the senses to function, regulate speech, affect balance, and influence sleep and dreams? These 25 illustrations to color explain every aspect of the brain's important jobs, from communicating with the central nervous system to retaining memories. Suitable for ages 8–12.
Enjoy This Coloring Book with 34 Beautiful Human Skull Anatomy Coloring Pages.
The Human Skull Anatomy Coloring Book Provides A Means Of Learning About The Structure And Function Of The Human Skull Anatomy Through A Process Of Coloring-By-Directions.
Coloring The Human Skull Anatomy And Its Nerves Is The Most Effective Way To Study The Structure And Functions Of Human Skull Anatomy. You Assimilate Information And Make Visual Associations With Key Terminology When Coloring In The Human Skull Anatomy Coloring Book, All While Having Fun.
Fall is a grea time to grab a set of hands at Dollar Tree but also here is a pair if you're doing a unit study and need one now.
This poster makes a great reference and can be used with older children to help them add more detail to their project.
Our bodies contain a super highway of blood vessels that carry nutrients, waste, and much more from our heads to our toes. This network is the circulatory system! Beginning with a deep breath in, this fact-filled title uses easy-to-follow text and diagrams to allow readers to dive inside the bodys circulatory system!
The human body is a complex being made up of systems that keep us alive and moving! In this series, readers will dive into the bodys systems though engaging, leveled text and related diagrams that follow the parts and functions of each system. Get a microscopic view inside the body with A Closer Look, and put new knowledge into action with a hands-on activity. Check out what is happening inside the body with each title!
Also, add these lung craft resources.
Lung Craft For Kids Resources
Here are a few more fantastic resources for teaching about the respiratory system.
- Quick Study Respiratory System is a great small-sized reference poster to keep on hand or on the wall while learning about it.
- The Respiratory System For Kids on YouTube is a very informative video highlighting the functions of each part.
- Here is a simple and cute Lung Craft for Kids that is perfect for preschoolers and early elementary.
- You could also create a Working Lung Model using a two-liter bottle and some balloons.
- Your Respiratory System Works is a colorful book full of fun facts, interesting text, and infographics to help further explain.
If you are looking for something for older kids this Senses, Nervous & Respiratory Systems book is recommended for grades 5-8 and contains hands-on experiments, crosswords and word searches, as well as quizzes
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- Simple and Easy Circulatory System Hands-on Activity for Kids
- How to Turn a Pizza Into a Fun Edible Human Cell Model
- How To Make A Fun Bones Of The Hand Labeled X-Ray Craft
- 7 Human Skull Facts and Cool Human Skull Anatomy Activity
- How to Make a Fun Hands-on Playdough Brain Activity
- Major Organs of The Human Body Labeled Fun Felt Anatomy Activity
- Fun Resources and Books About The Human Body For Preschoolers
- 8 Eye Facts & Human Body Activities Middle School & Fun Eye Model
- 12 Human Body Games For Middle School & High School
- Craft a Fun Hand Straw Model to Explore Human Anatomy Muscles & Tendons
- How to Make a Human DIY Heart Model Easy Craft for Kids
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- 7 Human Body Facts and Kids Human Body T-Shirt Project
- Fun Edible Spine
- Making Blood + What Are the Components of Blood
- DIY Heart Pump
- Kids Stethoscope Activity
- Build An Edible DNA Model
- Edible Skin
- Rigid versus Flexible Bone Activity.
- Pregnancy Belly Female Study of Human Anatomy Kids Fun Craft
- Look at my Beautiful Human Body Lapbook and Fun Unit Study
Finally, look how to make this fun lung craft for kids.
The Respiratory System Lung Craft For Kids
You will need:
- 2 brown paper bags
- 2 straws
- tape
- Black marker
- Red marker
Start by having your child use a black marker to draw the bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli on each paper bag.
It doesn’t have to be perfect, you just want them to cover each of the different parts of the lung.
Next, have them use a red marker to label each of these parts as well as the right and left lung to reinforce what they are learning.
Slip a straw several inches down into one bag, bunch it closed, and tape it closed tightly around the straw. You want to be sure it is sealed so the air doesn’t leak out.
Repeat on the other side.
Hold the straws close together and wrap the tape around them to form the trachea(windpipe).
Now they can label the trachea by writing it on the tape.
The lungs are ready to use. To demonstrate how lungs inflate and deflate your child will hold the straws in their mouth and inhale and exhale.
You will want to explain that the paper lungs are doing the opposite of what the lungs inside of them are doing as they are exhaling to fill them and inhaling to retract.
