Five Senses Smell + Art • 3-5 years
What Do You Smell? Five Senses Art
A two-day smell conversation and art project with nose shapes, children’s ideas, and scented flower painting.
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Letter + Classroom Art
P is for Parrot Classroom Art
A bright letter P craft where children decorate a parrot with colors, feathers, and simple art materials.
Best for: Letter P practice, bird themes, feather collage, color exploration, and classroom display.
Learning Goals
- Letter recognition
- Fine motor skills
- Creativity
- Vocabulary building
- Color exploration
Materials
- Letter P or parrot outline
- Feathers
- Glue
- Markers or crayons
- Construction paper
- Wiggly eyes
How to Do the Activity
- Prepare a letter P or parrot outline.
- Invite children to color the parrot.
- Glue feathers onto the body or wings.
- Add an eye, beak, and details.
- Talk about the /p/ sound and display the parrots together.
Questions to Ask Children
- What sound does P make?
- What colors are on your parrot?
- How do the feathers feel?
- Where might a parrot live?
- What other words start with P?
Teacher Tip: Place feathers in small trays so children can choose independently without the table becoming too busy.
