Creative Ideas for Green Color Day with Preschoolers

Ah Green. The color of grass and grapes and a whole host of things that don’t start with the letter G…but apparently that is what I have on the mind.

Working our way through the rainbow of colors, we are now on Green!

Below are some fun ideas for playtime, snack, and more. I also threw in some extra ways to practice numbers because that some how became the focus of our green colored day.

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Books About the Color Green

Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
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This is a beautiful book full of different shades of green. The sparse words are perfect for young children, but the themes appeal to a much great range of ages. 2+

Little Green Peas: A BIG book of COLORS by Keith Baker
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From the author of LMNO Peas comes a darling book about colors. Bright colorful illustrations, repetitive text, and those adorable, playful peas.

Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
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Blue and Yellow are the best of friends. They play happily together until one day they get stuck together and neither family recognizes their new joint green personality.

Have You Seen My Dragon? by Steve Light
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This is one of our alltime favorites. The black and white illustrations are splashed with one bright color per page and the details encourage you to look closely. I’ve raved about it before, but for Green day is played a large role in our counting activities.

Green Themed Activities

Wear Green

Part of the fun of a color week is finding an item of clothing or two to wear for the day. We decked out in Green and then snapped some selfies before we headed out for the morning. (Cognitive)

Green Body Paint

Painting with the color of the day is a wonderful way to truly explore it. For green we did this with our whole bodies!

Green Grape Kabobs

Our snack for Green day was Green Grape Kabobs. You will need, bamboo skewers and green grapes. We froze ours in the morning by placing them in a tupperware in the freezer. At snack time we pulled them out and then threaded them onto our skewers. Consider adding some Purple Grapes and making patterns on your skewers for some extra Math fun. (Fine Motor)

Missed the Start? Begin with Rad Red Day.