Have a blast celebrating Kwanzaa this December with all these fun, clever, and unique Kwanzaa Crafts. There are so many creative Kwanzaa crafts for kids. Kids will enjoy these kwanza crafts to celebrate this African holiday celebration with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and elementary age students.
kwanzaa activities for elementary students
Kwanzaa, which began in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, is a week long celebration that honors those of African heritage. It ends with a gift giving and a feast. The kwanza celebration begins on Wednesday, December 26 and ends on Tuesday, January 1, 2020. These super cute and easy kwanazaa crafts contain the traditional three colors. The black represents the people, red represents their struggles, and the green signifies the future.
Which of these kwanzaa crafts for kids will you try first with your toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students.
We have lots more kids activities and free worksheets to choose from plus science experiments, free math worksheets, fun preschool worksheets, and alphabet worksheets too.
kwanzaa crafts for kids
Each Day of Kwanzaa celebrates one of these principles (names in Swahili)
- Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
- Printable Kwanza Paper Doll
- Kwanza Hat Craft – this cute hat craft can be worn all through the week-long celebration and celebrating day 1 and the unity of the community including common roots including dress style.
- Kwanza Flag Craft
- Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): To define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak for ourselves.
- Hand Print Kinara – capture your child’s handprint in this keepsake craft that helps kids realize what day 2 is about – to be themselves and speak for themselves.
- African Statue from TP Roll
- Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility): To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers’ and sisters’ problems our problems and to solve them together.
kwanzaa activities for preschoolers
These are a great Kwanzaa crafts for kindergarten for in the classroom, at home, or for homeschoolers!
- Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
- Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
- Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
- Imani (Faith): To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
- Free Kwanzaa Coloring Pages – tells of each day / what they mean
- Free Printable Kwanzaa BINGO
Kwanzaa Books for Kids
- Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story (Albert Whitman Prairie Paperback) by Angela Shelf Medearis
- Kwanzaa (Rookie Read-About Holidays) by Lisa M. Herrington
- My First Kwanzaa (My First Holiday) by Karen Katz
- Together for Kwanzaa (Pictureback) by Juwanda G. Ford
- The Sound Of Kwanzaa by Dimitrea Tokunbo
- Li’l Rabbit’s Kwanzaa: A Kwanzaa Holiday Book for Kids – A Picture Book About the Spirit of Helping and Community for Kids (Ages 4-8) by Donna L. Washington
- Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Kwanzaa: With Candles, Community, and the Fruits of the Harvest by Carolyn B. Otto
Fun Holidays
We love celebrating fun holidays and fun days throughout the year! We have lots more special days throughout the year with activities to inspire you to create memories with your kids:
- Did you know there is a national Dice Day on December 4th? Try these dice games for kids
- Try these candy cane activities for National Candy Cane Day on December 26th
- After Christmas comes Three Kings Day for Kids on January 6th
- Celebrate Penguin Day on January 20th with these penguin crafts and activities
- Fun crafts and activities to celebrate Chinese New Year for Kids
- Carnival Crafts and Activities for National Carnival Day February 26
- These moon activities for kids will take you out of this world for National Moon Day on July 20th
- National Honey Bee Day is August 17th, celebrate with these bee activities for kids
- Learn about author Roald Dahl on September 13th with these roald dahl craft ideas
- Enjoy National Chocolate Day in Octoboer with these chocolate activities
- Become a super hero on Batman Day this September 15th with batman crafts and activities
- August 3rd is Watermelon Day, celebrate with these watermelon activities
- Sweeten your next July 15th with these gummy worm games for Gummy Worm Day
- Happy Birthday Donald Duck! Join in on the celebration this June 9th with these Donald Duck Day activities
- Head down to Seasame Street for these sesame street crafts for Sesame Street Day on November 10th
- Eat up on October 4th and celebrate Taco Day with these taco crafts
- Kids will love celebrating the largest living land mammal with these elephant activities to celebrate World Elephant Day on August 12th
- Mark your calendar for one of two donut days on June 7th and try these fun donut activities
- Celebrate Eric Carle’s birthday March 2nd with these hungry caterpillar crafts
- We celebrate Dr. Seuss day on his birthday on March 2nd with these fun dr seuss activities
- The 2nd week of mark is Bubble week! Join in on the fun with these bubble activities
- Let’s hear it for National Popcorn Day on January 19th with these poporn crafts
- Stay in your pjs for the Festival of Sleep Day on January 3rd and try one of these pajama day activities
- Grab some candy and try one of these activities for National Candy Day on November 4th.
- Make one of these mad hatter hat ideas to celebrate Mad Hatter Day on Octoboer 6th
- Show your patriotism by celebrating Flag Day on June 14th with one of these flag day activities
- Kids will go nuts over these jelly bean crafts for National Jelly Bean Day on April 22nd.
- Teach kids about our amazing planet on Earth Day this April 22nd with these Earth Day crafts
- Learn about frogs on Save the Frogs Day this April 30th with these frog activities
- May the 4th be with you on Star Wars Day! Try one of these star wars crafts today
- Celebrate Dental Health Month in February with these clever dental crafts
