I can't wait for you to make this craft!
This fun Watermelon Fractions Activity helps prevent the summer “brain drain” during the school break.
Grab your supplies!
– 3 white dinner-size paper plates – Green paint – Red paint – Black marker or paint – Paint brush – Scissors – Metal brad – Hole punch
Paint the center of each paper plate red. Paint the outer circle of the paper plate green, leaving white between the two colors. Using black paint or a permanent marker, draw seeds on each plate. Leave one plate whole but cut the other two with one being in half and the other in quarters.
Step 1
Label the pieces of plates you cut with the correct fractions.
Step 2
For the halves and the quarter plates, punch a hole in the middle.
Step 3
Place the two halves together and thread a brad through the holes. Fasten the brad on the back. Do the same to fasten the quarter pieces of the paper plate watermelon together.
Step 4
Once you have made this watermelon fractions activity, you can reuse it throughout the summer. Have the children twist the watermelon pieces around the brads to represent 1/4 and 1/2. This visual representation makes it easy for them to learn or remember how fractions work.
Step 3