Children will have fun learning about their body parts with a life-sized image of themselves. Have children lie down on butcher paper. Using a black colored pencil, trace around their entire bodies, creating a life-sized image of each individual. Have children decorate their body outlines using crayons, markers, paint or any other art medium. Most importantly, help children label their different body parts--elbows, knees, shins and so forth. Hang the completed body artwork on a wall. Have children stand next to their pictures and review the different parts, pointing to the part you mention on their pictures and discussing what each body part is used for.
Children learn about their five senses and the body parts that are used for these senses in this art activity. Provide children with mirrors, paper and crayons. Have them create self-portraits by looking in the mirrors and drawing what they see--inform them to include their eyes, nose, mouth and ears. On the same or another piece of paper, have children examine their hands and create images of them with crayons. Once they have completed their drawings, discuss the five senses and what parts of the body are used for each sense. Help them label each body part on their drawings--for example, write "sight" next to the eyes, "smell" next to the nose and so forth.
One of the largest and most important parts of the human body is the skeleton. Teach children about their skeletons by having them create a skeleton out of Q-tips. Provide each child with a handful of Q-tips and a piece of construction paper. Each will glue the Q-tips onto the paper to form the skeleton. Some Q-tips will be used full length, some cut in half and some cut smaller to represent the different bones. Print out images of the skeleton of the head and have children attach them to the top of their Q-tip skeletons. Once their skeletons are complete, review where each bone is located and discuss why the skeletal system is so important.