Effective Preschool Art Activities
Rabbit Art Activities

This preschool rabbit activity will stimulate the children's fine motor - , and visual observation skills.

The children will have to follow the step by step instructions closely, in order for them to experience success!

Activity 1:

Creating Pom-Pom Rabbits:

Materials needed for the Activity:

1. Ball of White or Yellow Wool.
2. Circle Templates to Trace onto Paper.
3. Cardboard.
4. Scissors and Glue.
5. Triangular Shaped Pencils. (for improving the child's grip)
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Procedure:

• The children will start by tracing the circle templates onto the cardboard.
• Cut out two circle templates and glue it onto the cardboard.
• Cut out the circle templates once again, but this time from the cardboard.
• Glue the two pieces together, in order to create one a firm template.




• The children will start by gluing the end of the wool to the inside of the circle template.
• Wind the wool round the templates, quite tightly together, covering the whole template.
• The children are advised to work in a clockwise direction.
• Fasten the end of the wool into a knot.
• To remove the pompom from the template, cut the wool around the edges loose working the scissors between the two templates.
• Loosly knot the wool ends.
• Carefully draw the loose pieces of wool together until the wool lifts from the templates.



• Make a tight knot to secure the wool.
• Now cut the template away form the pompom.
• The children should make a few pompoms and decide how to make and decorate their rabbits, combining two pompoms, creating a rabbit.

Activity 2: Creating a Fun Rabbit Card:

The fun rabbit card is a simple activity but is always a favorite!

The preschool children will stimulate and develop their fine motor skills and improve their eye-hand-co-ordinationwhen doing the activity.

Materials needed for the Activity:

2. Yellow Cardboard for Card.
3. Scissors.
4. Paint and Paintbrushes.
5. Black Marker Pen.
6. Rabbit Template.
7. Triangular Shaped Pencils. (ideal for improving the child's pencil grip)
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Procedure:

• The children will start the activity by tracing the rabbit template onto the yellow cardboard.
• Cut out the rabbit after it has been traced onto the cardboard.



• Next, fold the cardboard rabbit card exactly in half.
• Add color and effect by using the paint and the paint brushes to further decorate their rabbits.
• They should draw whiskers, eyes and noses, using the black marker pen. Have fun!