The crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc. See a page about color mixing to see how to combine paint to make all the colors of the rainbow.
African Countries: A Coloring Book to Print
Good Luck Hand (Khamsa) Craft: the khamsa is an African symbol of good luck. Make a simple version out of paper.
Print out the pages to make a Kwanzaa activity book for beginning readers.
In this craft, make candles (called mishumaa in Swahili) containing treats to decorate your Kwanzaa celebration table.
Kwanzaa Crafts and Activities for kids. Kindergarten, preschool, and elementary school crafts. Make wonderful, simple crafts with things found around the house.
Print out the following pages to make a Kwanzaa Activity early reader book.
This Kwanzaa placemat craft is made from construction paper, and represents a straw placemat (called mkeka in Swahili).
This ‘String of African Flags’ flag is a great Kwanzaa decoration, which is simple and educational.
Learn about Africa and African-Americans
Maps, quizzes, flags, and more on the continent and countries of Africa.
Color Africa according to simple directions, such as, “Trace the path of the Nile River in dark blue.” Or go to the answers.
Label the countries of Africa.
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Label the countries and bodies of water of Africa, given the first letter of the places.
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An outline map of Africa to print.
An outline map of Africa’s major rivers to print.
A labeled outline map of Africa’s major rivers to print.
Use a pictorial interface to get information on Africa. including maps, quizzes, animals, explorers, and printouts on Africa.
Use the list of words to answer simple questions about words related to Africa. Words: Africa, continent, equator, Sahara, Victoria, Cape, Nile, South, Egypt, Sudan, countries, Madagascar. Or go to the answers.
World Flags: Africa - A collection of flag printouts, and activities for students.
Biographies of Some Great African-Americans.
Biographies of Some Great African-American Inventors.
Black History Calendar 2025.
This printout helps the student do a short report on an African country, prompting the student to draw a map of the country, locate it on a map of Africa, draw the country’s flag, and write the country’s continent, capital city, area, population, name of currency, and language(s).
This printout helps the student do a short report on an African country, prompting the student to draw a map of the country, locate it on a map of Africa, draw the country’s flag, and write the country’s continent, capital city, area, population, name of currency, language(s), climate, type of government, and major industries.