Kangaroos are one of Australia's most recognizable animals and can be introduced to preschoolers when educating them about various locations around the world. We've put together a list of 21 adorable kangaroo crafts and activities to help you do just this! Delve into our collection now to find the perfect accompaniment to your next kangaroo lesson.
1. Make Kangaroo Masks
This kangaroo mask template can be printed onto cardstock before cutting out holes for your preschooler to see and speak through. We'd recommend stringing two holes on either side of the face to tie a piece of elastic through so that it can sit comfortably on your child's face.
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2. Toilet Roll Kangaroo And Joey
This craft is a great way to reuse old toilet rolls. It's super easy to make and would make an adorable mother's day gift. Simply cut out the kangaroo's tail, legs, pouch, joey, and face and glue them onto a toilet roll.
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3. Pot Plant Holder
Add some fun to your planters by attaching a cute cardboard kangaroo. You can certainly add some flare by gluing on a few sequins or glitter. All that's required to bring this little guy to life is cardboard, a pair of scissors, glue, a black button, googly eyes, and glitter.
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4. Dotted Kangaroo Painting
This a perfect activity for preschoolers. Teachers can draw or print out an image onto a kangaroo. Learners can then get creative by painting the background and covering their page in different colored spots.
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5. Letter K Craft
This letter craft is perfect to introduce when teaching your students how to form the letter "k". They'll have a blast creating it and will be more likely to remember how to form the letter in the future.
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6. Kanga Craft
This craft is great for teaching your students about how a mother kangaroo carries her baby in a pouch. Kids will love painting their paper plates and then decorating and gluing on the appendages before popping the little joey into its pouch.
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7. Paper Plate Kangaroo
Another paper craft to add to the list is this adorable pouch-like creation in which to place a fluffy toy kangaroo. Simply have your learners paint one and a half paper plates and staple them together once dry.
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8. Dot To Dot Drawing
This dot-to-dot template of a kangaroo is an awesome opportunity for your preschoolers to work on holding a pencil correctly- developing their fine motor skills in the process. They'll also have to employ good concentration skills in order to join the dots correctly.
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9. Felt Hand Puppet
Not only will your class enjoy making this kangaroo puppet, but they'll also relish being able to play with it afterward. To bring this creation to the life you'll need brown, black, pink, white, and blue felt as well as a glue gun.
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10. Kangaroo Candy Holder
Print out a template of a kangaroo's body, arms, and legs, a pouch as well as a head and ears onto a piece of construction paper. Students can then use safety scissors to cut them out before gluing all the pieces together and popping a sweet treat into the pouch.
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11. Make Kangaroo Cookies
Get your young ones stuck in the kitchen with a baking activity. You can help them mix up a simple sugar cookie recipe and then they can use this adorable kangaroo-shaped cutter to cut them out. Once the cookies have cooled they'll be able to ice and decorate them as well.
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12. Complete A Kangaroo Block Puzzle
Employing skills of spatial reasoning and problem solving are just two of the many benefits of young learners' building puzzles. This kangaroo block puzzle is an easy introduction to the world of puzzle building and is sure to give your child a sense of pride once complete.
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13. Read A Book
Reading a book is the perfect activity for preschoolers to wind down to. Reading aloud to young children has also been proven to improve comprehension, information processing, and vocabulary. This lovely tale is all about a kangaroo and the consequences of indulging in too many sweet treats.
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14. Cut And Glue Paper Kangaroo
This cute cut and glue craft exercises many skills. Firstly your learners will need to carefully maneuver their scissors around the template pieces to cut them out before working out where the pieces should be glued to correctly form their kangaroo.
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15. 3D Foam Cut Out
This activity is in essence a 3D puzzle. Your students can piece their creations together as many times as they'd like and even take them home to place in their room as decoration.
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16. Paper Kangaroo Pouch
All that's needed for this simple activity is a brown cardstock pouch cut out, an office punch, and a piece of string. Your learners may require some assistance to correctly punch holes into their pouch, but will certainly manage to weave the string through the holes to join the front to the back.
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17. Sing A Kangaroo Themed Song
Kangaroo songs are a great way to teach your learners about how a kangaroo gets around. Another added bonus is that they'll be able to release some pent-up energy as they follow the actions and hop around the classroom.
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18. Letter Match
This letter game is another awesome way to incorporate kangaroo activities into your lessons. Lowercase letters can be placed on a picture of a joey and students can then slide them into the mother kangaroo's pouch which depicts the uppercase counterpart.
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19. Sound Matching
Sound matching is a fantastic literacy activity. Teachers can decorate assorted paper cups with pictures of objects or animals that start with a specific letter. Students will then be required to place pictures that begin with the same sound into the cup.
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20. Draw A Line Worksheet
This is a great activity to check your student's understanding after a lesson based on the letter ''k''. They should be instructed to help the kangaroos on the left hop across the page to the images on the right that start with the letter ''k''.
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21. Watch A Fun Factual Video
Assorted crafts, fun matching activities, and letter learning are awesome for consolidating information taught throughout a class, but students should also be given some facts. A fun way to educate your learners on kangaroos is by showing them a captivating video.
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