Lungs Activity Worksheet for Kids: Color, Cut, and Learn!

How to use this worksheet

Have your child color the lung cutout using their choice of colors, then help them cut it out carefully. Follow the model-building steps together: attach a balloon to one end of a straw with tape, and if the activity calls for it, attach a second balloon or bag to represent the diaphragm at the base. Once assembled, gently blow into or pull on the model parts as instructed to show the balloons inflating like real lungs filling with air. Talk about what's happening in your own chest as you both take a deep breath together.

Materials needed

• Crayons or colored pencils
• Scissors
• Straw
• Balloons
• Tape

Extension activities

• 1Take turns feeling your chest rise and fall while breathing deeply, then compare that movement to the model.
• 2Research and draw one other part of the respiratory system, like the nose, throat, or diaphragm.
• 3Time how many breaths you take in one minute while resting versus right after jumping around.
• 4Blow up a real balloon together and talk about how it's similar to how lungs fill with air.
• 5Read a simple book or watch a video about how the body breathes to add more detail to the lesson.