Kids will have fun celebrating National Carnival Day on February 26th with these fun, Carnival Crafts and Carnival theme Activities for kids. These carnival crafts for kids are perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students. From clowns and elephants to circus tents and cotton candy playdough, we have cool carnival theme crafts for everyone!
Carnival Crafts
Right in the middle of winter we have one day of festivities and fun to celebrate: National Carnival Day! National Carnival Day falls on February 26 and is the perfect faux holiday to bridge the gap between Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day. Plan lots of fun crafts about carnivals with this list of carnival crafts, carnival activities, carnival printables, and carnival books you can use on that day to make it special. Who knows, National Carnival Day for kids might just become one of your new favorite holidays! These carnival theme crafts are perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, and grade 2 students. The hardest part is picking which carnival crafts and activities to try first!
Carnival Crafts for Kids
Celebrate this unique holiday in a fun and educational way with these fun ideas.
Carnival crafts for preschoolers
Pick a carnival craft to have your kids giggling and laughing all day long, no matter how cold it is outside!
- Make a clown face puppet from Crafts by Amanda.
- Paper plate elephant puppet from I Heart Crafty Things.
- Make a circus tent from Sugar Aunts.
- Paper plate lion mask from Fun Crafts Kids.
- Build your own circus tent from Schooling a Monkey.
- Clown puppets from Kids Activities Blog.
Carnival crafts for toddlers
Try these fun carnival arts and crafts will have you celebrating the magic of carnivals.
- Put on your very own carnival magic show from Schooling a Monkey.
- Make your own balance beam from The Chirping Moms.
- Cotton candy play dough from Mama Miss.
- Make your own cracker jacks from Pint Sized Treasures.
- Carnival LEGO mosaics from Childhood 101.
Carnival Printables
These carnival-themed printables will make learning a lot more fun.
- Carnival preschool pack from Homeschool Creations.
- Carnival worksheets from 3 Boys and a Dog.
- Carnival math worksheets from Meaningful Mama.
- Carnival math and language printables from Homeschool Creations.
- Carnival coloring sheets from 123 Homeschool 4 Me.
 
 
 
 
Carnival Books
Read these books on carnival day or in the days leading up to the holiday.
- Circus Fun
- Carnival of Animals (book & cd)
- The Carnivorous Carnival: A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Olivia and the School Carnival
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Carnival Crime
- At the Carnival!
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
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