Rainforest art projects

These Henri Rousseau Art Projects for Kids help us learn more about the artist's work, his love for jungles and lessons from his life - about never giving up!

Elements of the Art Room: 3rd Grade Painted Paper Henri Rousseau and Cassie Stephens inspired Tiger Collage

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step How to Draw a Toucan Tutorial Video and Toucan Coloring Page. Stop by and download yours for free.

Celebrate wildlife and warm tropical weather! Cut and color a flock of these bright winged creatures!

The steps to draw the snake are fun and easy but creating the grass can be challenging for many second graders.

Paper chain snake craft for kids based on 2 real species of python found in Australia's Daintree Rainforest. Printable template available.

I'm working on developing several Animal Themed art projects for my Art Camp this Summer. I have always thought a Rousseau inspired project would be fun so I decided to give it a try. Rousseau's Paintings are very dreamlike and primitive. He painted several jungle scenes even though he never traveled outside of France. He wasn't formally trained in art and simply taught himself how to paint. I'll show the students a few examples and then we'll do a directed drawing of the Tiger in pencil on…

This is a fun way to build a textured canvas. Children use black glue on black construction paper to outline the frog. Then use colored oil pastels to fill him in. The results are stunning

Create a random ink blot on construction paper, then cut and paste pieces to make a dart frog. Simple project idea has directions and photos.

It’s very easy to make a paper bamboo tree with some beautiful leaves, flowers and a bird. Whole thing created a forest scene.