Use coloring sheets to teach children about fire safety. Draw pictures of unsafe situations that could result in fire. For instance, show a small child reaching for the stove or an unattended candle near a curtain. If you don't have any artistic talent, you may also be able to find coloring sheets from a fire-prevention website or from your local firehouse. Have children color the sheets, then ask them to point out all the potential dangers they see.
Puppets can teach children about a variety of safety topics, such as stranger danger and dealing with pets. Have children make puppets out of clean socks or paper bags. They can glue beads, buttons and yarn onto the puppets to create faces. Make your own puppets to resemble animals and people. Do some role-playing with the children. Make your adult puppet ask the children puppets to get in his car, or have a dog puppet bark and try to bite a child puppet. Ask the children to make their puppets respond to yours. Encourage them to run away or find a safe adult to ask for help.
Most preschoolers enjoy pretending, so use pretend cardboard cars to talk about vehicle safety. Bring in a large cardboard box. Cut the top flaps off of the box. Have children work together to paint the box so it looks like a car or bus. When the paint is dry, have one child sit inside and pretend to drive while you push him. Staple a piece of ribbon inside that he can pretend is a seat belt. While he drives, have other children pretend to be pedestrians. Talk about looking both ways before crossing the street, staying with adults and walking on the sidewalk.
Use old magazines to create collages. Give each child a few magazines and two pieces of paper. Ask him to look through the magazines and pull out pictures of safe and unsafe situations. Give some examples. For instance, a child walking without adults may be an unsafe picture, while a child holding his parents' hands would be safe. If you have any safety coloring sheets in the classroom, these may have small illustrations you can cut out and give to children as well. Have children glue the pictures onto the papers to make "safe" and "unsafe" collages.