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Fun Easy Amazon Rainforest Crafts and Make a Bubble Wrap Pattern Anaconda

May 25, 2023 | 1 Comment
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I have some easy ideas for Amazon Rainforest crafts and a fun bubble wrap patterned anaconda. And I have more ideas on my pages Rain Forest – Amazon, Rain Forest – Animals of the Amazon, and Rainforest Amazon Activities for Kids.

Exploring the beauty and mystery of the Amazon Rainforest gives your child a chance to really dig in and learn a lot, spend extra time on their favorite parts, and can be enjoyed by everyone in the family.

You can focus on the flora or fauna, products that come from the rainforest, conservation, or the ecosystem.

Fun Easy Amazon Rainforest Crafts and Make a Bubble Wrap Pattern Anaconda

I have an easy and fun bubble wrap anaconda project for today that can be modified for everyone in the family, encouraging older children to make more complicated designs.

Creating your anaconda from craft foam instead of paper gives you a sturdier longer lasting rainforest craft that can even be taken outside.

Or perhaps in the bathtub, after all the scientific name for Anaconda is – Eunectes murinus, and it means “good swimmer” in Latin.

Rainforest Creature Facts

The green anaconda is the largest snake in the world, the record being 33 feet long, 3 feet wide at its longest point, and almost 900 lbs.
Anacondas are semi-aquatic, preferring the water, they are great swimmers, but will also climb trees in search of food and like to hang, waiting for prey.
The rainforest is home to many carnivorous plants, that is plants that eat insects and small animals.
Macaws are the largest species of parrot and are well known for their beautifully colored feathers.
There is an amazing lizard, the common basilisk, that is known as the Jesus lizard. Why? Because it can run on water.
Sloths spend 90% of their life hanging upside down.

Then, look at these rain forest crafts.

More Hands-On Rainforest Crafts

Make these Paper Chain Pythons and work on fine motor skills at the same time.

Sloths will forever get my vote as the cutest rainforest animal, just look at this Handprint Sloth Craft.

Not every craft has to look like what you think it should, there is much value in letting your child work through the process without working towards a perfect final product like in this Rainforest Process Art.

Rainforest Animals Do a Dot is a simple artwork that is ideal for when you need to give them a simple activity to work on.

I love these fun and colorful Twirling Parrots, they are a great rainforest craft to add to your list.

If you want to set the mood for a colorful rainforest unit study this DIY Tropical Garland makes for a great craft as well as a decor item.

These Amazon Orchids are a lovely way to learn about the Amazon Rainforest flora.

If you want something to create a simple diorama look with everything included in one box look at this 3D Amazon Rainforest Puzzle.

Then, look at these books for ideas for Amazon Rainforest crafts and animals.

16 Rain Forest Animals For Kids Books & Resources

Add these rain forest animal books, games, and toys to round out your study of the animals of the rain forest.

All the Way Down: Amazon Rainforest

This book explores the rainforest layer by layer and the creatures that make their home in each part of the rainforest.

Rainforest Animals (Who Am I?)

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.

Over and Under the Rainforest

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.

In the Rainforest (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

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.

Anacondas (Rain Forest Animals)

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

Learn to Draw Rainforest & Jungle Animals

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.

The Rainforest Grew All Around

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.

Wildlife Anatomy: The Curious Lives & Features of Wild Animals around the World

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.

The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

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.

Professor Noggin's Reptiles and Amphibians Trivia Card Game

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!

Hello, World! Rainforest Animals

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.

Where Is the Amazon?

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.

Canopy, Card Game, Features 25 Unique Species of Rainforest Animals and Plants

Compete to grow the most bountiful rainforest! Carefully select what grows in your forest, and give rise to a thriving ecosystem.

Afternoon on the Amazon

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?

Red-eyed Tree Frog (Scholastic Bookshelf)

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.

Protecting the Amazon Rainforest (Saving Earth's Biomes)

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.

More Rainforest Activities for Kids

Then make this fun bubble wrap patterned anaconda.

Rainforest Crafts – Bubble Wrap Anaconda

You will need:

A large sheet of green craft foam
Bubble wrap
2 to 3 paint colors.
Foam brushes
Scissors
A marker

Cut your bubble wrap to the same size or just slightly smaller than your foam sheet. I used large foam sheets-12×18, but you could also use construction paper or even a green poster board sheet.

Add 2 to 3 colors to your paint palette. A paper plate works wonderfully for this.

Then have your child dab the color all over the bubble wrap side and be sure to give it a good coating.

Turn the bubble wrap over and press it firmly all over the paper. You can press it by sliding your hands along but make sure you hold it in place, so it doesn’t smear.

Carefully lift the bubble wrap to reveal your snake scales.

Allow it to dry completely.

Flip your craft foam over and somewhere near the center draw a simple, triangular snake head. You can draw the entire coiled snake body if you like but I prefer to give it a little more freehand shape for the body.

Cut the head out first and then spiral around, cutting a shaped body from the head to the tail.

Use markers to put on round eyes with slits.

Add a little forked tongue cut out of red craft foam and glue in place.

Because your anaconda is made of craft foam it is more durable and would be a fun part of outdoor play.

Blue Morpho Butterfly Adaptations In The Tropical Rainforest and Fun Symmetry Craft

May 23, 2023 | Leave a Comment
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Today we’re learning about Blue Morpho Butterfly adaptations in the tropical rainforest and making a fun symmetry craft. And I have more ideas on my pages Rain Forest – Amazon, Rain Forest – Animals of the Amazon, and Rainforest Amazon Activities for Kids.

And look at my page Free Kids Insect Unit Study for more hands-on activities.

If you have ever seen a book, video, or an image of the Amazon Rainforest chances are you have seen the bright flitting wings of the Blue Morpho in action.

Blue Morpho Butterfly Adaptations In The Tropical Rainforest and Fun Symmetry Craft

Besides the fact that they are beautiful, the Blue Morpho butterfly adaptations in the tropical rainforest are an amazing design.

From egg to full-grown glorious butterfly the Blue Morpho has developed ways to protect itself in all its stages.

Blue Morpho Butterfly Adaptations In The Tropical Rainforest

Look at the adaptations.

Egg stage- Pale green blends into the leaf it’s been laid on.

Larval stage-Patches of bright yellow/green with patches of purple and large tufts of hair break up the shape of the larva and make it less of a target for predators. Too, the hairs on the caterpillar are irritating to potential predators. Also, they can adapt to eating different types of plants so if one is scarce, they don’t have to go hungry, and will sometimes eat poisonous plants to make themselves inedible.

Pupal/chrysalis- During this vulnerable stage the pupa turns to light or dark green to blend in with the leaves surrounding it.

Adult- The bright blue wings have several adaptations. When fluttering the flash of color startles possible predators and when at rest the wings are closed showing the dull brown underside. The dull underside helps to camouflage them. They are also very powerful and erratic fliers, helping them to avoid predators. Finally, they can lay a large number of eggs, ensuring their numbers increase.

Isn’t that amazing? No wonder it is one of the most represented creatures of the Amazon Rainforest.

We had to create a craft to highlight this beautiful insect so we are going to make a Blue Morpho that can also be a lesson in symmetry as well.

8 Blue Morpho Butterfly Facts

The Blue Morpho is one of the largest butterflies in the world and their wingspan is from five to eight inches.
Only the males are blue and the females are generally various shades of brown, yellow, and black.
The underside of the Blue Morpho Butterfly is a dull brown color with eyespots. This protects them by camouflaging them from predators when the wings are closed.
Blue Morphos are severely threatened by the deforestation of tropical forests, habitat fragmentation, and by collectors.
When the wings open and close in flight it looks as if the blue morpho is appearing and reappearing as it flashes from the bright blue to the dull brown underside.
Blue Morpho butterflies’ diet depends on the life stage it is in. Caterpillars enjoy a variety of leaves but prefer plants from the pea family. However, the adult butterfly uses its proboscis as a drinking straw. It is used to sip the juice of rotting fruit, the fluids of decomposing animals, and tree sap.
The Blue Morpho will fly through all layers of the forest from the forest floor all the way up to the emergent layer.
The lifespan of this beautiful butterfly is just 115 days.

Also, look at these fun books and resources to study about the rain forest.