November 12, 2022

World Elephant Day Activities and Crafts for Kids

Elephants are both enormous and exciting! Are you planning to celebrate World Elephant Day on August 12th. There are so many fun ways to celebrate these huge, beautiful animals and teaching kids about protecting animals! We have super cute elephant crafts and engaging elephant activities that are perfect for celebrating this fascinating, sadly critacally endangered, pachyderm. Try these elephant craft preschool, kindergarten, pre-k, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders too. There are so many fun elephant activities for kids, you may need to spend a whole week celebrating!

World Elephant Day

Are you looking for some fun world elephant day activities to celebrate on August 12? You will love celebrating elepahants for kids with these fun elephant actvities for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, and grade 4 students. Plus we have lots of cute elephant crafts for kids too! So take a day or week for an elephant theme or animal theme to explore the amazing elephant!

Elephant Activities

We have so many fun and exciting elephant activities for preschoolers and kids of all ages to re-recate one of kids favorite zoo animals.

There is no better way to celebrate World Elephant Day then with Elephant Coloring Pages. Easy Peasy Fun
Practice all the fine motor, gross motor, and visual development in a super fun way with these 3 Fun Elephant Activities that do just that. Your Therapy Source
Learn all about The Parts of an Elephant with an easy printable booklet! In Our Pond
Making a Cardboard Tube Elephant is so much fun that you may want to make two or even three! Creative Family Fun
With oversized elephant traits these Printable Elephant Puppets are a perfect learning tool. Ruffles and Rainboots
Check out these Hey Elephant Printables that make wonderful additions to circle time for preschoolers. My Storytime Corner
Try out some Sponge Painting Elephant fun that can be as colorful and vibrant as possible! Buggy and Buddy
Turn trash into treasure with a Cardboard Elephant made from a cereal box. Pink Stripey Socks
Enjoy reading? These Safari Inspired Bookmarks are perfect for saving places in all your favorite elephant stories! Red Ted Art
Use this template for a Printable Elephant to create a cute an enormous elephant that is great learning for kindergarten! Artsy Craftsy Mom
Bring on the science excitement when making Elephant Toothpaste that is seriously cool! Preschool Powol Packets
Learn all about colors and patterns with a Madhubani Elephant Bookmark that is simply beautiful. Artsy Craftsy Mom

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Elephant Craft Preschool

From an easy-to-make paper elephant craft to ideas for elephant craft preschool – you will love trying all these unique projects for kids!

Handprint Elephants are what every preschooler loves to create, and easy too! Red Ted Art
Make a Milk Jug Elephant with colorful tissue paper! The Imagination Tree
Get up and moving with an Elephant Stomp that is so much fun! Frogs Snails & Puppy Dog Tails
What excitement and silliness these free Printable Elephant Masks bring. Itsy Bitsy Fun
Use up any cereal boxes you have on hand for Elephant Pull Toys that kids can really get creative with. Hello Wonderful
Give a Cupcake Liner Elephant a try and the kids will love creating their own cuteness! I Heart Crafty Things
This Paper Plate Rocking Elephant is an adorable toy in the making. The Joy of Sharing
Reuse all the old newspaper and make a Recycled Elephant Craft your kids will adore! Buggy and Buddy
Explore all that is elephants and create an Elephant Zoo Craft with simple craft materials. A Dab of Glue Will Do
Create an Elephant Puppet that is perfect for story time or pretend play. Easy Peasy Fun
Check out this E Is For Elephant Template for learning the letter E and learning about elephants too! Schooling A Monkey
Craft and read all at the same time which builds both skills with an Elephant Activity like this one. A Dab of Glue Will Do
E is for Elephant and this Printable is ideal for dot stickers, markers, or even tiles. The Measured Mom

Plus don’t miss these super cute and FREE Letter E Worksheets with instructions to make an elephant hand art.

Animal Science

Are you My Mother? Matching Mom & Baby Farm Animals
Animal Homes Clip Cards
Farm Animals and their Homes Flip Book
Nocturnal Animal Game for Kids
Lots of FUN Zoo activities for preschoolers
Zoo Animal Reports
Jello Animal Cell Project
Animal Habitats Activity with Animal Cookies
Silly Animals and their Habitats Activity
Animal Habitats Worksheets to complete with circle stickers
Biomes Coloring Pages
Animal Cookie Matching Activity
Turkey Life Cycle Worksheets
Life Cycle of Salmon Worksheets
Life Cycle of an Ant
Ladybug Life Cycle Worksheets
How to Hatch Butterflies with printable observation book

Animal Printables for Kids

We have lots of fun, hands on activities to teach kids about animals! Whether you are completing a zoology lesson , supplementing your homeschool science lesson, or just learning about your child’s favorite animals, we’ve got some fantastic resources filled with cute clipart and engaging activities:

Animal Report Template
Free Animal Classifications for Kids Cootie Catchers
Zoo Scavenger Hunt (includes simple picture clues for Pre k and more complex animal classification, biomes, endangered threat, etc for older elementary age students
Animal Classification Worksheets to cut & paste
Free Animals that Hibernate Worksheets
Ocean Animals for Kids – over 240 pages organized into 7 lessons to study aquatic animals using easy-to-understand text, hands-on science experiments, fun worksheets, and more with K-8th grade students.
Animal Homes Clip Cards for kids
Life Cycles for Kids – a growing collection with over 20 different animals to explore from penguins to sunflowers, salmon, butterfly, and more!
Animal Habitat Worksheets – Do a Dot Printable
Biomes Coloring Pages
Jungle Writing Prompts Worksheets for kids
Animal Life Cycle Printables
Vertebrate and Invertebrate Worksheets
Finish the Pictures ~ Animals
Jello Animal Cells Project
Silly Puzzles Animal Habitat Activity
Animal Habitats Activity with Animal Cookies
Nocturnal Animals Printables
Forest Animals Themed Worksheets
Arctic Animals Themed Worksheets
Desert Animals Themed Worksheets
Pond Worksheets for Kids

Life Cycle Printables

Looking for more free printables to help you learn about life cycles? You will love these resources:

Life Cycle of an Ant
Plant Life Cycles Printable Emergent Reader and Worksheets
Life CYcle of a Bat Worksheets for Kids
Life Cycle of a Ladybird – Ladybug Lifecycle for Kids Reader
Pumpkin life cycle worksheet – lots of fun activities for learning about pumpkin life cycle
Apple life cycle printable plus worksheets for working on early literacy and math too
Life cycle of a sunflower worksheet – fun sunflower life cycle printables
Penguin life cycle worksheet – is a perfect addition to you winter theme!
Turkey life cycle – is fun to learn about around Thanksgiving
Spider life cycle worksheet is a fun way to learn about the life cycle of spiders with an insect theme or during Octoboer
Ladybug life cycle worksheet pages perfect for spring and summer
Bat Printables, Bat Notebooking Pages, Bat Counting Mats
Chicken Hatching eggs in the classroom worksheets
Learn about the Life Cycle of Frogs for kids and grab the life-cycle wheel
Life cycle of a frog worksheet
Plant life cycle worksheet or this Plant Life Cycle Printable Lift-the-Flap
Salmon Life Cycle Worksheet pack with not only life cycle of salmon, but math and literacy activities too
Hatching Butterflies with Life cycle of a butterfly worksheet
Sea Turtle Printable Books to learn about their life cycles
Learn math and literacy along with these Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheets
Watermelon Life Cycle Printable Spinner

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

Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!