Did you know that February is National Children’s Dental Health Month? This is a great time to teach little ones the importance of taking care of our teeth and gums. A fun way to teach preschoolers about our mouth and teeth is by making a model mouth with marshmallows!
Materials for Model Mouth:
*construction paper (pink and red)
*20 mini marshmallows (non-food alternatives could be white pom poms or pony beads)
*glue
*scissors
To start, cut the pink paper into the shape of a mouth. Then cut a tongue and glue it. Next, draw 20 circles where the marshmallows will go.
Have your little one squeeze glue into each circle.
Next, add marshmallows! While drying, have your child practice counting them. If you want to be really technical, you could shape some of the marshmallows to look like real teeth.
There you have it! A cute model of the mouth. Try it out and let me know how it turns out!
A simple, fun, non-messy craft to teach kids good dental hygiene.
I like the teeth idea, but we can’t use food as a craft because the administrator says it’t misleading the children, so is there anything else that I can use?
Hi,
I have cut out sponges in the shape of teeth. The children use white paint and stamp the teeth on the marked mouth.
Why not do it during snack time so they can eat the marshmallows as well while they craft.
I liked the D for craft… Other letters can be used to help kids learn and they will njoy the craft work also. Thanks
FYI you don’t need glue! Have the child lick it and place it on construction paper the sugar bonds it like super glue almost impossible to take off.
Hi,
I like the mouth craft, however if you don’t want to go and buy marsmallows can you suggest anything to use for teeth?
Maybe white pony beads.
White pompoms