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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Whenever you go to the beach with kids, you’re sure to come home with some seashells and more than a little sand. Let’s use some of those treasures to make fun crafts.

This handprint craft is made with a sand-infused salt dough and some little shells from the beach. It’s a cute way to remember how little your kids were on that beach trip. Find the instructions at From Under a Palm Tree.

Here’s another take on sand dough that was used to make little ornaments and sculptures. Get the details from Pink Stripey Socks.

Moms and Crafters used air dry clay and seashells to make these cute necklaces. She used the storebought clay but you can also make your own air dry clay if you’d rather.

Crafts on Sea used a shell to make a whale, but I’m sure you could take this idea and make lots of different creatures. I love the idea of sea creatures made with shells like fish or a jellyfish or an octopus using the same method. They also have a seashell decoration made with salt dough that’s really cute and would be fun for kids to paint. Poke a hole before it dries for hanging if you want.

Or take a bunch of little shells and decorate a frame like these from Rhythms of Play. They used a handprint instead of a picture but you could also put in a picture from the beach trip.

This is probably one for the mamas to make because it uses epoxy, but I also wanted to share these cute and easy shell hair pins from Thrifty Mama Ramblings, which kids are sure to want for their mermaid pretend play.

Or how about some sensory play straight from the beach? Use store bought sand if you don’t have a beach nearby to make this beach sand slime from The Mama Notes. Thrown in some shells and kids will love playing with this one.

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