Daily Discovery: Storytime in the Home – Daytime Nighttime Diorama

Follow along with FCMoD’s live stream Storytime in the Home – Daytime Nighttime: All Through the Year. Then gather your supplies to make a nature diorama!

Supplies:

• Cardboard Box
• Construction Paper
  o Daytime Paper (light blue and yellow for the sun)
  o Nighttime Paper (dark blue and white for the moon)
• Glue
• Scissors
• Rocks, sticks, moss, pine cones
• Air dry clay
• Animal coloring page

Instructions:

1. Place all your supplies on a clear surface with plenty of room to work.
2. Choose whether you want to make a Daytime or a Nighttime animal diorama.
3. Use the Daytime or Nightime paper to make your sky and sun or moon.
4. Color and cut out your animal. Glue a paper tab to the back of your animal to make it easier to stand up inside the diorama (like a tripod).
5. Fill your scene with clay, rocks, moss, and sticks. Be creative! You can add any supplies you want to this!
6. Share your creations with us using #dailydiscovery on social media! We love to see what you are making!

Image Credit: Taiga biome diorama – via Pinterest