Arts & Crafts
Habitat in a Box
Build a shoebox diorama of an animal’s home.
Ages 9 to 12
60 minutes
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Get ready
5 minutes. Find a shoebox.
What you’ll need
A shoebox, paper, glue, scissors, markers and things from the yard.
Let’s play
1. Pick an animal and look it up in a library book.
2. Paint or color the inside of the box as its habitat.
3. Add plants, water and shelter from paper or yard finds.
4. Explain the habitat to the family like a museum guide.
Your part in the adventure
Ask questions like a curious museum visitor.
What they’re discovering
They’re researching, building to scale and explaining what they learned.
Before you begin
Supervise scissors and hot glue if you use it.
Keep the idea going
Make a habitat for an imaginary animal.
Every child is different. Adjust activities for their age and abilities, and stay close by. These are play ideas, not medical or developmental advice.