Summer is almost over, but here in Florida, the weather doesn’t really change much until later on in the year. So, that is why we decided to create a fun summer Easy Paper Plate Watermelon Craft on a very hot and sunny day! For more fun summer Paper Plate Crafts check out our entire list in one location.

Easy Paper Plate Watermelon Craft

We love making easy crafts that don’t take too long, but are still really fun to make!

Plus, this would make the perfect paper plate craft when learning about the letter W.

You don’t need a lot of supplies and they look so cute hung up.

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Supplies Needed For Paper Plate Watermelon

• Paper plate
• Red and Green Paint
• Small black beans or black pom poms
• Craft glue
• Brushes
• Scissors

How To Make A Watermelon Craft

• Cut your paper plate in half. I went ahead and drew a line with my pencil where I wanted the girls to stop with the red and start with the green. 
• It doesn’t really matter what color you paint first, so I had one of them paint the red while the other painted the green section. Then they switched. 
• I then gave my girls each a cup of black beans and a bottle of craft glue to glue on their beans as their watermelon seeds. If you don’t have black beans you can also use black paint with a Q-tip. Having your child print down with the q-tip each seed. Or if you do have watermelons at home then save them. There is nothing better than using the real thing.

Educational Lessons And Activity Ideas

Be creative when using crafts into lessons.

Kids love to learn, but sometimes adding a little bit of fun will make it so much more worth it.

There are so many ways that you could turn a craft into an educational lesson for math, science, reading, and even sensory play

Here are a few educational ways to use this watermelon craft into your weekly lesson:

• The perfect crafts for a science lesson about watermelon and how fruits and vegetables grow.
• Create a sensory bin to go with the theme as well.
• Find books about watermelon or growing fruits.
• Add math into the equation by opening up a watermelon and counting the seeds. By the way, this activity covers also sensory, observation, and science.

Making the craft into a well-rounded theme will make learning so much more fun!

There are so many ways that you could tie in this watermelon kids craft into an alphabet activity for the letter W or even when learning about growing seeds in the spring.

Fun Books About Watermelon

Watermelon Craft For Kids

Yield: 1

Prep Time: 2 minutes

Active Time: 15 minutes

Additional Time: 4 hours

Total Time: 4 hours 17 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Estimated Cost: $2

A fun and easy watermelon craft perfect for summer fun!

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Materials

• Paper plate
• Red and Green Paint
• Small black beans or black pom poms
• Craft glue

Tools

• Brushes
• Scissors

Instructions

1. Cut your paper plate in half. I went ahead and drew a line with my pencil where I wanted the girls to stop with the red and start with the green.
2. It doesn’t really matter what color you paint first, so I had one of them paint the red while the other painted the green section. Then they switched.
3. I then gave my girls each a cup of black beans and a bottle of craft glue to glue on their beans as their watermelon seeds. If you don’t have black beans you can also use black paint with a Q-tip. Having your child print down with the q-tip each seed. Or if you do have watermelons at home then save them. There is nothing better than using the real thing.

Recommended Products

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