Art ideas for farm theme?

Cotton Ball Sheep

Have your child glue cotton balls onto a piece of paper. Then draw on the feet and heads as if the cotton balls were the sheep bodies.

Black Sheep

Cut out sheep designs out of white construction paper. Let your child glue black yarn onto the paper, or let them use a black crayon to color the sheep.

Sponge Print Farm

You can find already shaped sponges at most art and craft stores, or you can make your own. Obtain sponges shaped as cows, pigs, farm houses, fences, clouds, etc. Have your child dip the sponges into paint and press on a piece of paper to create a farm scene.

Pig Painting

Cut a pig shape from pink construction paper. Let your child paint on the "mud" with black or gray tempera paint.

Cows eat Grass

Cut out cow shapes. Explain to your child that cows like to eat grass. Go outside and have your child pick some blades of grass. Have them glue the cows, and the blades of grass onto a piece of blue paper.

Haystack art

On a piece of construction paper, have your child draw Little Boy Blue. Then supply tan or yellow pieces of yarn to glue onto the paper.

Grain and seed Collage

Supply your child with different kinds of seed and grain that animals would eat. Allow them to glue them to a piece of paper.

Baby Chicks

Give each child one egg cup cut from an egg carton and two cotton balls. Put a mixture of baby powder and yellow powdered tempera paint into a plastic bag. Allow each child to place two cotton balls and shake for a minute or two. Then carefully take them out of the bag, and gently tap the extra powder off. Have your child glue their cotton balls in their egg cups, one on top of the other. Then let them add an orange construction paper beak, and black construction paper eyes.

Scarecrow Fun

Cut shirt and pants shapes out of fabric and face shapes out of construction paper. Let the children glue the shapes on pieces of construction paper to make scarecrows. Have the children draw on facial features on the scarecrow. Set out 1-inch pieces of straw, and have the glue the straw pieces around the edges of the scarecrow.

Corn Cob Printing

Allow your child to use a dried corn cob as a brush or roll the cob in paint and onto a piece of paper.

Turkey Hand Print

Paint your child's palm and thumb brown, then each finger a different bright color. Then press onto a piece of paper. After the paint dries, draw on legs, and eyes and facial features, as if the thumb is the neck and head.

Cow Spots

Supply each child with a piece of white paper and black non-toxic stamp pads. Show the child how to make fingerprints on the paper, using only one finger at a time.

Corn Collage

Use corn kernals for this project. First draw the outline of a corn cob on a piece of paper. Then put glue inside the outline and have your child place the kernals inside the shape.

Corn Pictures

Use corn kernals for this project. Let the children glue the kernals on the paper.

Duckies

Trace a duck shape on a piece of paper and have children glue on different colored feathers onto the duck.

Potato Prints

Cut a large potato in half from the top to bottom, so it's a really long oval. Supply the children with the potato half, different colored paints, and paper. Have the children dip the potatoes in the paint and press them firmly onto the paper. If the potatoes are not cut evenly, the shape will not appear clearly.

Farm Animal Spray Paint Art

Obtain a few clean spray bottles. Add water and a little bit of liquid or powdered tempera. Then, place a large piece of animal-shaped paper on an easel, and have the children spray the colored water onto the egg-shaped paper.

You have probably already done the drawings of hands as turkeys.

How about a pine cone turkey?

My old teacher did a pig out of small clay pots.

Hobby stores have little bales of hale. 4" long - that you can put sticks into to form a cow body.

Small gourds, the decorative kind with long necks, can look like a duck with the stem forming the bill.

A mural. Put a long sheet of paper on the wall, let them draw barns, tress, fences, etc. If feasible, they can paint it too. At the tables, they can cut out the animals, then glue them onto the mural. I did this with my K4 class for Columbus Day - it was a great success.

Try http://www.toddler-net.com/Games_art_crafts.html I do not remember if they have the farm themed art though.

Have you checked www.enchanted learning.com for ideas. There will be stories, songs, physical activities, games, play & learning in all kinds of themes.