Provide the students with green pieces of construction paper and ask them to create textures by crumbling and crinkling the papers. Staple the textured paper on to a classroom wall in the shape of a tall vine. Students can then decorate individual leaves to add to a classroom beanstalk by coloring, marble painting or collaging on them. Ask them to share what treasure they would like to find in a magic beanstalk, add their answers to the leaves and staple them around the beanstalk.
Children can use a variety of tools to paint their own magic beanstalks. Provide them with small paint rollers or large brushes and ask them to paint long stalks on a big sheet of butcher paper. They can then use small brushes to paint details, such as vines and leaves on the beanstalks. Preschool children will enjoy a sensory experience by using hands and feet to paint a beanstalk. Dip their feet in paint, have them walk in lines to make a beanstalk and add leaves with painted hand prints.
Working with three-dimensional objects helps preschool children visualize objects from lessons and stories. They can make a three-dimensional beanstalk using a cardboard paper towel tube, pipe cleaners, paint and tissue paper. Ask the students to paint the paper towel tube and collage small tissue paper squares on it for texture. When it dries, they can cut pipe cleaners into small sections and poke them through the tube with your help. The students can then bend the pipe cleaners to create leaf and vine shapes.
Work with preschool students to make a batch of green-colored playdough for molding beanstalks. The children can roll the playdough into a long cylindrical shapes or carve beanstalk shapes out of flattened playdough with plastic butter knives. Provide them with materials to add on the beanstalk, such as small silk leaves, green feathers or tiny plastic branches. They can also form beanstalks with clay and salt dough, then paint them green.