Day 2: 5 Cow Activities for Kids
Next up in our animal safari adventure is cow day! Let’s get moooooving and enjoy some farm animal fun with these 5 fun cow activities for kids. A fun-filled day awaits with these cow-themed snacks and games.
Fun Fact: Did you know that a cow has 32 teeth? A cow will chew about 50 times in a minute, making their jaws move about 40,000 times a day! That’s a lot of chewing!
Craft: Cow Mask
Snack: Cow Sandwich
Game: Farm Animal Match Game
Activity: Milk the Cow
Reflection: Cows symbolize nourishment and motherhood! This is a great opportunity to talk to your kiddos about how they were fed as a baby.
Bonus: Read Click, Clack, Moo before bedtime!
Pro Tips: Farm week is an excellent opportunity to discuss with your kiddos how are food is sustainably raised and produced. Interesting topics of discussion include: where do fruits & vegetables come from? What is harvest season? Where does meat come from and different types of eating preferences (vegan, vegetarian, etc.)?
Craft
Cow Mask
Kick the day off by making this awesome cow face mask from ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com. This one is super easy, just download, print, color in the template, cut it out and glue it together! You’ll be able to walk around Moo-ing all day!
SNACK
Cow Sandwich
Just wing it! There’s no right or wrong when it comes to food art, but this will be so much fun to try and recreate. Use whatever deli meats you have on hand, a little bit of bread, and let your kids help decide how to make the eyes with this awesome cow sandwich from shiningmom.com
GAME
Farm Animal Match Game
Download and print this GoodnightFox best-selling memory game card set! With 20 cards, this game is great for ages 3-6 and fun for the whole family. Make it more challenging by timing yourself!
ACTIVITY
Milk the Cow
This kid’s activity from mrsplemonskindergarten.com is super easy and so much fun! Simply mix some white paint with water (or you can use real milk if it’s going bad and you need to use it up) and fill up a glove. Use a black sharpie to draw on the glove and use a pushpin to poke a whole in the end of each finger.
BONUS
Click, Clack, Moo
Check out this awesome Cow Book for a fun bed time read to end the day! Or, if you already have a farm themed book, dust it off and continue to enjoy today’s theme =).
REFLECTION
Don’t forget to reflect on everything you’ve learned while you were horsing around today! Cows symbolize nourishment and motherhood! This is a great opportunity to talk to your kiddos about how they were fed as a baby. Were they breastfed, formula fed, something else? How do humans transition from milk to solids? When did it happen for your little one and how was the process?
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