THEME Australian Flora and Fauna

Take these toilet paper roll craft ideas and projects and let your kids turn TP rolls into planters, toys, decors, and so much more!

Paper plate color changing chameleon craft for kids! brilliant!

Naidoc

It is NAIDOC Week. A time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements. Dot painting is a fun and creative craft to do with your kids. It is quite repetitive and the beauty is in its simplicity. We all found it very relaxing and really got into the rhythm of it.Read More

Frilled Neck Lizards are a unique reptile found mostly in the tropical Northern half of Australia and parts of Papua New Guinea. When they are feeling frightened or defensive they puff out the frill around their neck, earning them their name. I don’t think I have ever been lucky enough to spot one of these creatures in it’s natural habitat in the wild, but one day I would like to. They are

Planting a Pattern. Using seeds to teach patterns.

My kids are getting older (currently 5 and 3) and it’s getting easier to craft with them. They can follow instructions and we can craft with a bit more purpose (rather than the random painting or gluing). Jacob comes home with some great craft projects from school, and a paper-bag platypus was one of his […]

Free printable templates and instructions for making a whale paper plate craft or mask.

Today’s inspiration of ‘Platypus’ fit in beautifully with my teaching! I has a Year One class recently and they were learning all about Australian Flora and Fauna. Here is a platy…

Your little kitchen helpers will love getting hands-on to make these fluffy little koala biscuits. There’s no baking involved - just whip up some grey icing and get busy decorating those cute little koala faces.

Indigenous Australia early handwriting activities. www,teachezy.com www.earlychildhoodteachezy.com

Paper plates are cheap to buy and easy to store - making them an easy choice for short notice crafting in the house or for group or classroom crafts. You can see how much we like using paper plates by the many, many paper plate crafts we have below.

Possum Magic, Australia map experience

Wombat stew dramatic play for Investigations. The kids were re-enacting wombat stew with the kinetic sand last term, so I lifted it up a notch.

Keep your kid's hands busy by printing these free animal finger puppets. Just imagine the fun they'll have going wildlife with these!