Shadow crafts preschool

Learn how to make this easy DIY Paper Roll Shadow Projector featuring the book characters from Unlimited Squirrels: I Want to Sleep Under the Stars!

A full lesson plan for preschool or home school elementary about light and shadows. Includes crafts, song, and recommended books as well as experiments.

Today we read Shadow by Suzy Lee. This is a mostly wordless book about a girl playing in a dark attic. Her imagination comes to life with the click of a lightbulb. The black and yellow illustrations are brilliant and we just can't stop looking at this book. Each time we pick it up, we find another detail. I could not resist doing some simple art with C and R after reading this book. I began by googling blank paper doll template and printing up one that I found. I don't know exactly where I…

Shadow craft for preschool and kindergarten students.

Making shadow puppets is a quick and easy boredom buster. Although, I have always found it a little tricky to use my hands to make shadow puppets, this is an easier way to make shadow puppets with …

I found this very cool art piece from Dilly-Dali Art. They sprayed their hands with white paint onto black paper and it looked awesome! So I tried that with my kids today. Although I loved the look of having a bunch of hands on one big sheet of paper, I also wanted each of them to have their own to take home. So I put white paint in a spray bottle and added a little water. Then the kids took turns spraying each other's hands on black paper. When they took their hands away, they loved what…

Here is a flashlight craft using black and yellow construction paper and a paper fastener.

Shape Learning Flashlight Craft. Learning preschool activity. Get the printable template.

All of the preschoolers enjoyed learning about the history of Ground Day itself, groundhogs, the way weather functions, and what shadows are. The kids all had a blast when they created shadows for their groundhogs via a fun craft activity!

Discover our enchanting shadow craft! 🌳✨ In this video, watch how students create a self-portrait and a tree on white paper, then teachers cut and flip them down to form whimsical shadows in the...