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Learning About Whales - Crafts

Crafts for Whale Unit Study

By Beverly Hernandez, About.com

There are four crafts for this lesson. Do all four of them or choose the ones you like best. Materials needed for each craft are listed here and on the master materials list.

Origami Whale

  • Square sheet of paper.

Whale Flip Book

Make this fun flip book, then watch your whale swim.

  • Flip-book page printed out
  • Crayons, markers or colored pencils
  • Scissors
  • Stapler

Killer Whale and Spinner

When dry, roll the straw or pencil in your hand to make the card spin back and forth.

  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Pencil or long straw

Whale of a Mobile

Make this mobile with "groups" of origami whales.

  • Square sheets of paper
  • Scissors
  • Black marker
  • Thread
  • Two straing sticks (about 30 cm. long)
  • Two pieces of string (about 30 cm. long)
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