Help the kids make themed foods that feature rainforest birds. Bake a cake, and help them use frosting to draw various types of Amazon birds on top. They can also draw smaller birds on cupcakes or cookies. Make sandwiches and use bird cookie cutters to create a sandwich that resembles a toucan or macaw. The kids can paint yellow, green and red food coloring on the bread to match the colors seen on rainforest birds. Small, thin paintbrushes work well for this activity. They can do the same thing with sugar cookies. Create the bird shapes with cookie cutters, bake the cookies then add the colors to the baked cookies with frosting or food coloring.
Feature craft projects that highlight the distinctive appearance of rainforest birds. Buy decorative feathers, colorful paper and glitter to use for crafting. Encourage the kids to make paper birds that look similar to rainforest birds shown in books. You can focus on the toucan species or blue and yellow macaws. Show the children pictures of the birds, and encourage them to paint different species. Help them add blue, red or yellow glitter to a dried painting for more-dramatic effects. Older kids can create a collage with pictures of all sorts of rainforest birds, along with facts about the birds' habitats and diets.
Rainforest birds are found throughout the world in various rainforests, but kids can still observe these birds by visiting the local zoo. Take the kids to the zoo, and encourage them to write down all the rainforest birds they see during they day. They should spot several different species. Take them to a bird show if there is one going on at the zoo. The kids can then write a report about what they learned about the zoo, and younger kids can draw pictures of the birds when they get back to class. If you don't have access to the zoo, watch videos with the children about rainforest birds.
Read books to the children about rainforest birds, and encourage them to talk about the story afterwards or write a report, depending on the age group you are teaching. Read stories or educational books. Choose from books such as "The Rainforest Grew All Around," "Exotic Pets: Macaws," "Rainforest Birds" and "Birds of Australian Rainforest."