Prickly Pear Cactus K - 2 Activity - Teacher Directions The
Prickly Pear Cactus is found throughout this region. The prickly
pear is the official state plant. It is green in color. Its
“pads” are actually branches and its needle like thorns are
“leaves.” It does bloom with either yellow, red, or purple
flowers; and produces a fruit. The pads have been cooked and
eaten as a vegetable for hundreds of years in Mexico! The fruit
is cooked and eaten too! - One toilet paper roll for each child
- Crayons or markers - Copies of cactus parts for each child
Cactus Parts (PDF 51.4 KB) - Several flat wooden toothpicks
broken into thirds, for each child - Have students color each
part of the cactus green. - Glue the large rectangle piece
around the toilet paper roll. - Glue the tabs of each “pad” of
the cactus to the outside of the toilet paper roll, two on one
side and one on the other. - Glue three or four broken pieces of
toothpicks to each pad. Create a Panhandle Landscape on a
bulletin board or wall by taping or glui