Desert activities for kids

Cactus Craft

Make this easy paper mosaic cactus craft for kids using our free cactus template. Perfect for practicing easy scissor skills too!

Learn about racing camels as you create this Camel Race STEAM Activity with your child. Discover this tradition in world culture through a storybook inspired by the lives of the Turkana people of north-west Kenya. Here's how we made this Camel Race STEAM Activity...

Preschoolers can learn a lot from deserts. It teaches them about different animals, like spiders, snakes, and camels; and plants, such as cactus and elephant trees. Teaching preschoolers about deserts can be fun and exciting with the right activities.

Build your own desert with this fun play dough activity for kids! We love adding interesting things to play dough – it makes it a whole new activity every time. This is perfect for a unit on desert animals. I mixed up some homemade play dough and added real play sand. You can find the […]

My daughter loves creepy crawly creatures. Yesterday, we had a family photo shoot with a photographer in a nearby field. There was a snake slithering through the field where our photos were being taken. While the rest of us tried our best to avoid the snake, my daughter went towards it. “I want to see the […]

Preschoolers love sensory activities and here's an awesome one to add to your next preschool desert theme. We're going to have lots of fun creating a desert oasis and talking about how people and animals cool off in the Sahara!

Desert Sand Art: Day 2 Hands-on Learning (Colors of the Desert)

Create a captivating Torn Paper Camel Collage Craft using torn brown paper from magazines and brown paper bags. Express your creativity by piecing together a textured artwork in this fun and engaging craft activity.

I knew cactus could store a lot of water, but I had no idea how much! Did you know that a fully-grown saguaro cactus can soak up and store up to 200 gallons of water during a good downpour? A…

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Desert Animals Free Printable File Folder Game for Kids

Learn How to Make Your Own Quicksand with this easy tutorial. It's a fun and educational activity for kids as they set toys on the sand and watch them sink.

These Cactus Crafts come with a Free Printable Template! Make a cactus craft as a desert activity with your preschoolers or just for fun. Get the Free Cactus craft Template and instructions for this fun desert Activity for Kids! I show you step-by-step how to make the supplies and even include lots of tips to make crafting easier for groups of kids. Great for Preschool, Kindergarten, Daycare and scouts! #daycareCraft #preschoolcraft #kidcraft #CraftingJeannie

Desert Animals Cut and Paste Activity

Venture into creative lands with these fun ideas for Wild West art for toddlers! From horse crafts to cactus silhouettes, explore the process of art!

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Mix up some 3 ingredient SAND SLIME! We’ll show you how to make it! This is a fun slime vacation for summer, although it’s fun anytime. We love making slime, and we love Safari Toob animals. Recently we combined the two with a simple sand slime recipe. It’s perfect for playing with desert animal toys, […]

Easy Desert Cactus art Activity is great for your students at school or children at home. Students will create a doodle cactus with pens.

How to Make Sand Slime - 3 ingredients. This stuff feels so cool! Fun for playing with desert animals or sea shells.