A Week of Dr. Seuss Inspired Art Projects

One fun thing to do if you’re celebrating Seuss for a whole week in your classroom or at home is to devote each day to a different book. At my daughter’s school they would do this and have kids dress the theme if they wanted, but I think it would be fun to have a book each day to read and do activities around. So with that I’ve collected a week’s worth of art projects from different Dr. Seuss books.

You can pick one for a book your kids love or do the whole week!

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: make some colorful fish with mini cupcake liners, like these from I Heart Crafty Things. Don’t have liners handy? Cut or punch circles out of construction paper or poster board. Or you can make a fish out of a paper plate, like these from Oh Hey Let’s Play.

The Lorax: There are so many great craft projects out there related to The Lorax. Here are a few to get you started. Make truffula trees and learn about color mixing with this craft from Schooltime Snippets, or make them with yarn with this idea from 3 Dinosaurs. Grab the Lorax template from Mom Brite and you can make a scene with your trees and the Lorax itself.

Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Make a hot air balloon like the one of the cover of this classic book. Preschool Inspirations made this into an open-ended process art activity where kids could pick what they wanted to use to decorate their own balloons.

If I Ran the Zoo: This book full of nonsense animals gives you lots of options for imagining what some of the animals might look like or designing your own funny animals to go in the zoo. Check out the Tizzle Topped Tufted Mazurkas from The Elementary Art Room for inspiration.

Green Eggs and Ham: Of course you can make green eggs and ham to eat if you have access to a kitchen, but you can also make egg art. Play Teach Repeat has a simple green eggs stamping activity, while Glued to My Crafts has a fun craft for eggs on a paper plate painted silver.

Bonus projects: Looking for some more open-ended project

Design Your Own Socks for Dr Seuss Week

Dr Seuss -3 Dimensional Cat In The Hat

Free Dr Seuss ‘The Lorax’ Printable

Dr. Seuss books are part of the school curriculum because they help early readers develop essential literacy skills in a fun and engaging way. His books use simple rhymes, repetitive language, and imaginative storytelling, making them ideal for teaching phonics, vocabulary, and reading fluency. Many of his stories also contain life lessons on topics such as perseverance, environmental awareness, and acceptance.

Dr. Seuss Week is celebrated annually during Read Across America Week, which coincides with Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2nd.

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Most schools seem to embrace the bunnies, chicks and eggs part of Easter even if they don’t talk about the religious aspects of the day. Here are some fun Easter activities for preschoolers you can do at school or at home.

I love this bunny hop gross motor activity from Teaching Littles, because you can do it inside or outside (though you’ll want to laminate the bunnies if you’re going to use it outside). You can also set it up like hopscotch, with the spots in a line or a zig zag or place some closer and some farther apart to do some hopping and bigger jumps.

Virtual Book Club for Kids has a week full of bunny activities that is inspired by the book Knuffle Bunny. It includes sensory play, alphabet activities, math activities, a snack and art activities. Within the post you’ll find links to other bunny themed book activities including Peter Rabbit and The Runaway Bunny.

Fizzing activities are always fun, and this one using plastic Easter eggs from Busy Toddler is easy to set up and littles will love it. If you need more ideas for what to do with plastic eggs, check out my post on learning activities using plastic eggs.

Practice scissors skills with these Easter eggs with different lines on them to practice curves and zig zags. They come from Taming Little Monsters. You can also make cut and past Easter eggs like these from Planes and Balloons to practice cutting, pattern matching, gluing and coloring.

Simple Mom Project has a cute cut and paste bunny your kids can make for even more cutting practice.

Or if you want a craft that’s a little more involved and personalized, you can make these pretty salt dough Easter eggs from Kids Activity Zone. Each kid can make their own ornament and paint it as they like for a sweet Easter gift.

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