Watermelon Day Crafts and Activities for Preschoolers

Celebrate watermelon Day on August 3rd with these fun and clever watermelon theme ideas for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders to try this summer. From cute watermelon crafts for preschoolers to fun, hnads-on watermelon activities for preschoolers – you will want to try all these watermelon activities 

Watermelon Day

Plan an epic Watermelon Day with these fun Watermelon Activities for kids of all ages. Or better yet, celebrate this juicy summer fruit with a whole week of summer fun exploring watermelon math and literacy activities sprinkled with cute watermelon crafts for kids and kids watermelon activities! These waterlemon crafts and activities are sure to be a hit with your toddlers, preschoolers,  and kindergarteners. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschool – you will love adding these fun watermelon projects to your watermelon theme!

Watermelon Literacy

• Kids will have fun practicing making both upper and lowercase letters using these FREE Alphabet Mats Watermelon Activities for Preschoolers
• Practice letter recognition with these Free Letter Matching Watermelon Printable Clip Cards
• Find the Letters A-Z  Watermelon Printables
• Watermelon Rhyming Words Activity for kids (Kindergarten Worksheets and Games)
• Watermelon Sensory Writing Tray is a fun hands-on way for kids to practice spelling and writing sight words (Fantastic Fun & Learning)
• Strengthen fine motor skills kids will need to start writing with these Free Watermlon Do-a-Dot Printables from ABCs to ACTS
• Have fun practicing writing sight words with these Free Watermelon Seed Sight Words (The Letters of Literacy)

Watermelon Math

From counting to nuber lines and geoboards, use watermelon as a springboard to practice a variety of summer math with kids.

• This 2-in-1 Watermelon Worksheets Counting Set allows kids to not only practice counting, but writing numbers too
• Watermelon Activities for Preschoolers – Number Lines are such a fun way for kids to practice identifying what number comes next
• Practice counting and identifying numbers with these free Count to 10 Watermelon Printable Clip Cards
• Printable Watermelon Fact Families make a low prep way for kids to practice seeing the relationship numbers have with each other
• Free Watermelon Printables Counting Puzzles
• Addition to 10 Watermelon Sorting Seeds Math Game
• How fun is this hands-on Watermelon Geoboard from Fun a Day
• Free Watermelon Addition Cards make practicing fun this summer (The Kindergarten Connection)
• This Watermelon Seed Spitting  is such a fun, silly math activity for kids! (Schooling a Monkey)
• Kids will have fun using playodugh to practice preschool math with these FREE Watermelon Seed Printable Playdough Cards
• Kids will have fun practicing number recognition with these Watermelon Roll & Cover Worksheets (Totschooling)
• Put away the white board and whip out this Watermelon Addition Activity instead (Dabbling Mamma)
• This Watermelon Seed Counting Worksheet is such a fun way for kids to practice counting while making their own emergent reader
• Watermelon Punch & Count –  this is such a fun motor activity that helps early learners practice counting (The Kindergarten Connection)

Watermelon Craft for Preschoolers

It will be hard to pick just one watermelon craft for preschoolers to try with all these cute projects from watermelon suncatchers to construction paper watermelon art, finger painting, watermelon puffy paint recipe, to cute paper popsicles on a stick and more!

• This super cute W is for Watermelon Craft made from hand art makes a great summer keepsake
• Fun to Play with Watermelon Sand Recipe
• Stunning Watermelon Suncatcher craft that makes a beautiful window decoration all summer long
• How cute are these Bubble Wrap Painted Watermelon Slices (Teaching Special Thinkers)
• These Popsicle Stick Watermelon Slices are super cute (Glued to My Crafts)
• Torn Paper Watermelon Craft is such a fun, easy-to-make preschool craft (Funtastic Fun & Learning)
• Beautiful, nature-inspired Watermelon Rock Crafts (Glued to My Crafts)
• Make any project you like with this Scented Watermelon Glitter Paint (Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails)
• Kids will have fun making this watermelon craft using sponges (Funtastic Fun and Learning)
• Watermelon Footprint Craft is such a fun summer keepsake (Crafty Morning)
• These Paper Mache Watermelon Bowls are so much fun to make! (Red Ted Art)
• I love the twist this Watermelon Popsicle craft takes (The Joy of Sharing)
• Fun Watermelon Windsock Craft is super cute to watch dance in the wind! (My Cakies)
• Adorable Button Watermelon Craft is perfect for working on color recognition (Glued to My Crafts)
• Stunning Watermelon Puffy Paint project for kids to add to their summer bucket list (Crafty Morning)
• Kids will go nuts over these Watermelon Purses made from paper plates (Love the Day)

Watermelon activities for preschoolers

• Explore potential energy with this EASY and outrageously FUN Exploding Watermelon
• Learn about the life cycle of a watermelon with this free printable watermlon life cycle spinner
• Explore the chemical reaction in baking soda with this fun Watermelon Volcano (Little Bins for Little Hands)
• Kids will want to dive right in to this Watermelon Sensory Bin (Funtastic Fun & Learning)
• Watermelon Soap Foam is a fun, hands-on sensory activity perfect for young kids (And Next Comes L)
• Use this Watermelon Playdough to make this favorite summer fruit into various shapes! (Parenting Chaos)
• Kids will love playing with this super cute Watermelon Slime Recipe (Coffee Cups and Crayons)
• Fun to play with Watermelon Squish Bags (Funtastic Fun and Learning)
• Create your own summer castles out of this amazing Watermelon Moon Sand (Growing a Jeweled Rose)
• So many yummy ideas in this 20 Watermelon Recipes to try this Summer

Watermelon Activities

Looking for more watermelon activity ideas or two to make a week long watermelon theme or dive into the letter w is for watermelon? You will love these fun activities and free printables:

• Count playdough “seeds” with these adorable, Free Watermelon Printables
• Rows and rows of Watermelon Math Number Lines
• Fun-to-play with Fluffy Slime Watermelon Activities for Preschoolers
• Cute Suncatcher Watermelon Craft
• W is for Watermelon  HandArt Project
• Scented, Watermelon Kool Aid Play Dough Recipe for summer
• Slime Watermelon Activities for Kids
• Exploding Watermelon Science Experiment
• Watermelon Volcano Experiment – Summer Activity for Preschoolers
• Work on Counting with these Watermelon worksheet
• Hands-on Alphabet practice with this Watermelon Activity
• Watermelon All About Me Poster
• Find the Letter Watermelon Worksheets
• Watermelon Printable Counting Clip Cards
• Free Watermelon seed counting Activity with printable
• Hands-on Watermelon Activity adding seeds with kids fingerprints
• Watermelon Activities for Preschoolers
• Addition within 10 Watermelon Printable Math Activity
• Number Puzzles Watermelon Activities for Preschoolers
• Ryming Words Watermelon Activity
• Watermelon Letter Matching Game
• Fact Family Watermelon Worksheets
• Watermelon Life Cycle Spinner
• Squish Bag Watermelon Activities for Preschoolers
• Plus don’t miss these Watermelon Activities

See all our watermelon activities for kids, watermelon activities (for older kids) and our watermelon activities for preschoolers

Preschool Theme Ideas

Looking for more preschool themes? You will love our ever growing themes complete with themed crafts, activities, math, literacy, and more ideas!

• Back to School Theme Preschool perfect for the first week of school
• Animal Theme for Preschoolers filled with fun Preschool Animal Activities
• Robot Preschool Theme with lots of Robot Activities for Preschoolers
• Colorful Rainbow Theme Preschool
• Get ready for a hoppin good time with this Frog Theme Preschool
• Easter Preschool Theme perfect for celebrating Easter in the spring
• Fun Pumpkin Theme Preschool for October
• Spring is here and it’s time to celebrate with a fun Picnic Theme Preschool
• Lots of fun Earth Day Activities for Preschoolers with this Earth Day Theme!
• Summer watermelon theme filled with watermelon activities for preschoolers
• Spring Theme perfect for pre-k and kindergarten age students
• Dinosaur Preschool Theme filled with HUGE fun for little learners
• Bug Theme filled with fun insect activities for preschoolers
• See all of our preschool themes!

• Cute Alphabet Coloring Pages helps build vocabulary and work on beginning sounds and phonemic awareness
• Printable Alphabet Letter for Crafts – we have a printable letter craft for every letter of the alphabet A to Z
• Letter Recognition Worksheets – find and dab the upper and lowercase letters in these super cute ABC printables!
• Simple free alphabet worksheets to color and trace letters
• How cute are these letter find pumpkin worksheets for preschool
• Practice uppercase letter tracing with these super cute animal alphabet cards A-Z
• See all of our FREE ABC Printables here!

• Work on preschool colors with these free color worksheets
• Preschool Math is fun with one of our hands-on activities and free printables!
• Learn your shapes with these fun Preschool Shapes Worksheets
• Make one of our adorable printable hat crafts like this popular turkey hat printable
• Apple Worksheets Preschool help kids practice a variety of math and literacy skills with this September theme
• Practice a variety of skills with these super cute, FREE Construction Worksheets
• Work on shape recognition with these Road Shapes mats
• These Free Printable Animal Masks Templates are so much fun! Which animal will you choose?
• Learn by topic with one of our fun, free preschool themes!
• See all of our preschool worksheets here including math, alphabet, printable crafts, playdough mats, and more!

• Celebrate the letter of the week with these adorable, Free Alphabet Hats
• We have lots of themed worksheets like these super cute Frozen preschool worksheets
• Pirate Color by Number Preschool is a fun way to work on letter recognition while strengthening hand muscles
• Color, Read and Learn your letters with this printable alphabet book pdf for each letter A to Z
• Make science FUN for kids of all ages with over 100 Food Experiments to try
• Tons of Bingo Dauber Printables to use with bingo marker, do a dot markers, or circle stickers
• Shaped Alphabet Coloring Pages
• Free Playdough Mats to work on shapes, numbers, colors, alphabet letters, and more!
• Learn about other countries around the world with our free country coloring pages
• Super cute Transportation Playdough Mats are great for building hand muscles while having fun! Plus don’t miss all our free printable playdough mats for preschoolers
• Plus check out our huge list of recommended Books for Preschoolers by topic