Your child’s imagination can take them anywhere — and with just scissors, glue, and a few printable pages, you can turn your kitchen table into a jungle adventure.

Whether you're a busy mom looking for screen-free fun or a teacher planning an animal unit, our Rainforest Cut & Collage Book is the perfect grab-and-go resource. From tropical trees to playful parrots and curious monkeys, the book includes colorful collage elements that inspire storytelling, movement, and hands-on creativity.

In this post, you’ll find 5 easy and exciting rainforest crafts to do with your child — using printables you can access instantly in the Pepper Printable Club or as a printed workbook shipped right to your door.

Let’s explore the wild!

1. Build a Rainforest Habitat Diorama

Instructions:

1. Cover the inside of the box with printed rainforest backgrounds or green paper.

2. Let your child choose and cut out animals and plants from the book.

3. Help them place animals in their correct rainforest layer (e.g. sloths in the canopy, frogs on the forest floor). You can glue them on some cardboard and fold a bit of the bottom to fix it on the floor of the box.

4. Add real twigs or leaves to give it texture! It's perfect to have a walk through the wood bevor to find something "similar" as in the rainforest - use your phantasy, you don't need to buy 100s of things for this craft, it should be fun!

5. Proudly display your jungle masterpiece.

Educational Tip: Talk about the four rainforest layers as you build!

2. Create Jungle Explorer Binoculars

Let your little explorer gear up for an imaginary adventure!

What You’ll Need:

• Two toilet paper rolls
• String or yarn
• Glue or tape
• Jungle textures or plant cut-outs from the book
• Optional: Explorer badge (you can create a printable!)

Instructions:

1. Tape the rolls side by side to make the binoculars.
2. Wrap or decorate them with printed leaves, vines, or bark textures.
3. Punch holes and tie yarn to create a neck strap.
4. Print or draw a “Rainforest Explorer” badge for them to wear.
5. Go on a pretend jungle walk around the house!

Play Tip: Hide cut-out rainforest animals around the room and have your explorer find them!

3. Make Printable Animal Masks

Transform into your favorite rainforest animal — no costume needed.

What You’ll Need:

• Animal faces from the Rainforest Book
• Cardstock or thick paper
• Hole punch + string, or a stick for holding
• Scissors + glue

Instructions:

1. Print and cut out animal faces (parrot, frog, toucan, etc.).
2. Cut out eye holes.
3. Glue to cardstock for sturdiness.
4. Punch holes on each side and tie string, or glue a stick to the back.
5. Have a jungle parade around the house!

Creative Tip: Ask your child to move like the animal they picked!

4. Rainforest Animal Parade (Story + Movement Activity)

Instructions:

1. Create a "jungle path" with a long strip of paper or on the floor.
2. Let your child color or decorate the path.
3. Cut out animal friends and tape them in a parade line.
4. As each animal joins the parade, your child can make its sound or movement.

Language Tip: Encourage your child to make up a sentence or story for each new animal that joins!

5. Paper Chain Jungle Vines

Decorate a corner of your playroom with hanging jungle vines.

What You’ll Need:

• Green patterned paper from the book
• Tape or glue
• Scissors

Instructions:

1. Cut the paper into strips.
2. Form the first ring and tape closed, then loop each new strip through to make a chain.
3. Once you have a few feet of vines, hang them over a doorway, shelf, or table.
4. Add cut-out monkeys or birds to “swing” from the vines!

Decor Tip: Perfect for turning a corner into a themed reading or learning nook.