Activity Description: Create a mural showing simple ways youth can help take care of animals.
Items Needed:
- Mural-size sheet of paper
- Paper to make your own pictures OR Printed Mini Coloring Sheets to color
- Coloring tools
- Glue or tape
- (Optional) Scissors
- (Optional) Assorted craft materials
Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 22–32 min):
- Show the mural paper and explain the project. (2 min)
- Explain they will learn small ways they can help animals stay safe, healthy, and loved. Ask them to each draw one way they can help and add it to a big mural.
- Brainstorm easy animal‑care tasks. (3 min)
- Write down ideas from the youth such as feeding, brushing, or giving water. (See list of ideas below instructions).
- Choose one task to draw. (2 min)
- Each youth picks one simple action they can help with to draw or color.
- Draw and add drawings to the mural. (15 min)
- Youth spend time drawing and coloring their chosen scene. Let them glue or tape their drawings onto the large mural.
- (Optional) Decide where to display the mural. (10 min)
- Suggest places like a school or library to inspire other kindergarteners.
- (Note: This step is required to make this activity a Kinder Take Action Project.)
Ideas for Simple Visual Scenes (At Least 20):
- Filling a pet’s water bowl
- Pouring food into a pet dish
- Brushing a dog’s fur
- Brushing a cat’s fur
- Helping an adult clean a cage
- Picking up dog poop with an adult
- Walking a dog with an adult
- Playing with a cat using a toy
- Giving a pet gentle love and attention
- Helping close a gate to keep a pet safe
- Putting toys away so pets don’t trip
- Helping refill a bird feeder
- Helping an adult clean a fish tank
- Helping plant flowers that bees like
- Drawing a sign that says “Be Kind to Animals”
- Helping recycle to protect animal habitats
- Turning off lights to save energy for wildlife
- Picking up litter at a park with an adult
- Making a poster about protecting endangered animals
- Making a safe home for an endangered animal
- Putting a collar or tag on a pet
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- Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. “Meeting : 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheers for Animals! Pt. 1” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
- Takahama, Valerie, et al. How to Guide Girl Scout Daisies through 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheers for Animals. Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 2010, p. 30.
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