For this activity, you will need a box of green gelatin and copies of one of the grasshopper coloring pages. Make sure the copies are on white paper, so the green jello color will show up. Mix the gelatin with a few tablespoons of cold water. This should create a gritty and gel-like substance. Place a spoonful on a grasshopper print and allow the child or children to rub their fingers in it on top of the paper. The gelatin will stain the grasshopper a green color.
The youngest of children can begin to experiment with working puzzles, even two-piece puzzles. This activity calls for construction paper, glue, and grasshoppers cut out from a coloring page. Cut the grasshopper copy right down the middle into two equal pieces. Allow the toddler to see both pieces on the construction paper as it should go. Take the pieces off the paper and apply glue to the back of the two pieces. Allow the child to paste each piece on the paper.
For this activity, green, yellow, and white construction paper is needed, as well as glue. Print out a copy of a grasshopper coloring page and cut out the grasshopper. Place the grasshopper to use as a stencil to cut out a plain green one on construction paper. Cut out wing shapes from the yellow construction paper and cut out eyes from the white paper. Put glue on the backs of the wings and the eyes, and allow children to paste them onto the green construction paper. The final product is a very colorful grasshopper.
This activity requires dark green and light green tissue paper, a spray bottle of water with a little glue mixed in, and a grasshopper coloring page. Cut out the tissue paper into miniature rectangles, squares, and triangle shapes. Have the child or children put the shapes on the grasshopper coloring page. Once it contains several pieces of tissue paper, spray the glue water onto the grasshopper. Make sure to wet the tissue paper well. When it dries, some of the tissue paper may fall off, but the colors and shapes will remain.