Wet and Wild

crayola supplies

• Crayons
• Colored Pencils
• Construction Paper

household supplies

• none

Why

Imaginations take a walk on the wild side when you create your own rainforest.

Steps

1. 1. Find out about tropical rainforests and jungles, such as what kinds of animals and plants inhabit these places. Visit zoos or museums with rainforest or jungle displays. Look at the details in famous jungle art, such as "The Waterfall" by Henri Rousseau. Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are is a children's book that can inspire your own wild things. Talk with someone who has been to the rainforest to get their impressions, too.
2. 2. Use your imagination to create a rainforest or jungle on paper. Use Crayola Colored Pencils and Crayons to recreate your own ideas of a rainforest with bursts of brilliant color.

When & Where

"Kids can have wild imaginations. It's great when they put it down on paper."
- Beatriz L., mom of kids ages 7, 9, and 11.

"This different activity really held the kids' interest. I brought along books about the jungle to read first."
- Marc C., teenage babysitter.

Interesting Info

In the Amazonian rainforest, a piece of land the size of a suburban lawn is home to more than 300 different species of trees. One tree in a rainforest can host between 1,500 and 2,000 different species of insects.

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