Give each student a cutout of a pig or encourage them to create their own, taking up as much space as possible on a sheet of white construction paper. Pour glue into a disposable bowl and allow the students to paint the glue over the entire pig. Then direct the children to attach various shades of pink tissue paper to the surface of the pig shape by tearing or cutting the paper into squares and placing it into the glue. Display the art on a pig-pen decorated bulletin board.
Study farmers as community helpers by discussing with the children the role of the farmer and how he is a help to each person directly. Have each child sprout a bean or flower seed wrapped in a wet paper towel and placed inside a plastic bag or grow the seeds in disposable cups of dirt. Use seeds that germinate quickly to avoid losing the children's interest. Encourage the students to care for their plants as a farmer would by watering them regularly and ensuring that they have adequate sunlight to grow.
Help the children create barn books by tracing a template of a barn onto two pieces of red construction paper and three pieces of lined paper. Staple one side of the sheets of paper together, and allow each student to use her creativity to decorate the front and back of the barn book. On each page, elementary students may write about the day's lesson or the actions they would perform if they were farmers. Adapt this activity to preschool students by encouraging them to draw images of farm animals that live in a barn.
Students can create their own pet sheep to take home from five corks and an empty toilet paper roll. Color the corks with a black marker or paint them with nontoxic tempura paint; have the students wear protective smocks to keep paint off of their clothing. Glue four of the corks onto one section of the cardboard tube to serve as legs before gluing cotton balls over the entire surface of the tube and attaching the last cork as the sheep's nose.