shoebox diorama Archives

We started our dinosaur unit a few days ago, but we’ll be learning about farms soon too! So I put together a simple farm shoebox diorama printable pack that you can make with your kids in just a few minutes!

This activity is a super fun one for creating a farm unit study with young children. Kids can put together their own diorama while learning about common farm animals, equipment, and more!

Read on to see how to get your farm diorama printable pack free! And be sure to grab our free farm animal flashcards while you’re here!

On the Farm Shoebox Diorama Printable Pack

To use this printable pack, you’ll need: (Affiliate links provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Child-safe scissors
Glue
Shoebox (By the way, if you don’t have a shoebox, you can paste these scenes onto construction paper instead.)

In this pack, you’ll find diorama frames featuring farm objects, including a tractor, a barn, a fenced background, a cow, and a hen with chicks. Plus, there’s a sun you can paste onto the background.

Be sure to cut out the stand-up frames and the smaller squares underneath the pictures as one piece. You’ll fold the smaller square under the top picture to create a 3-d image.

Take a look at this pack in action with our Farm Shoebox Diorama Craft!

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Be sure to check out these other farm learning ideas!

And get more ideas for hands-on crafts on my Simple Crafts for Kids Pinterest board!

To get your copy of our free On the Farm Shoebox Diorama Printable Pack, click the image or the link below to download it!

>>> On the Farm Shoebox Diorama Printable Pack <<<

I’m originally from the coast and I miss the beach so much. In fact, I think it actually intensifies as I get older.

So when summer time approaches, my mind lightly turns to thoughts of warm sand, salt air, and waves.

Unfortunately, we live several hours inland now, so a trip to the beach is not always feasible.

But we can always head to the shore with a beach shoebox diorama activity!

This was such a fun summer activity and it only took a few minutes. Plus, it was a great tie-in for a beautiful beachy read-aloud!

If you enjoy this project with the kids, be sure to try our simple Coffee Filter Beach Ball Craft!

Beach Shoebox Diorama Activity

To make this beach shoebox diorama, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Empty shoebox
Crayons
Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Scissors
Glue stick
Cotton balls
Play sand (If you want to make your own, try our DIY play sand recipe!)
A copy of our Day at the Beach Diorama Pack (See below)

We decided to read the book Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz Ryan to introduce our beach theme.

I love this book. It’s very simple for young readers and the pictures are absolutely beautiful.

The poetry does an excellent job of capturing the feel of a day at the beach, right down to the taste of the salt water.

After we read the book, we decided to put together a shoebox diorama featuring a beach scene.

This was another of our super simple activities.

We only needed a shoebox, some crayons, scissors, glue, and our printable Day at the Beach Diorama Pack!

The kids colored the bottom and sides of the shoebox using the colors mentioned in the story: grey, blue, and green.

We cut out the background scenes…

and pasted them to the bottom of the shoebox.

Our background is all done, so it’s time to add a few props!

We cut out each upright scene image, including the bottom square, as one piece.

Then we folded the bottom square under to make the image stand up.

After we used a stretched cotton ball as a cloud, we poured a little play sand in the bottom and added our upright images to get a feel for the beach in our dining room! 🙂

Scroll down to get your printable beach shoebox diorama pack!

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To see even more fun summer crafts, follow my Summer Activities for Kids board on Pinterest!

If you’d like to complete this activity with your littles, grab our free Day at the Beach Diorama Pack by clicking the image or the link below to download it!

>>>> Day at the Beach Diorama Pack <<<<

This post is part of the “A Book and a Big Idea: Summer” linkup at iHomeschool Network! Click on over to read the great book activities of our fellow bloggers!