World History Kids Crafts
Crafts on All World History Eras
These crafts could be adapted for almost any theme that you are teaching in your history curriculum. Find lots of suggestions for classroom activities here, from making books, to food ideas for various cultures, to art techniques.
Use these craft ideas to make history fun for kids! And the best part is that most of these are absolutely FREE!
Activity Books
101 Social Studies Activities for Curious Kids by The Learning Co.
Hands-On History: World History Activities by G. Sundem & Kristi Pikiewicz. Shell Education, 2006.
Books You Create
Make a miniature 6-page book out of a sheet of paper with this folding technique! Then write and illustrate your theme.
Coloring pages
Find many different categories here: famous people, Geography, History, Military, etc. This is the most thorough coloring page resource available!
Write Reports the Easy Way!
For a younger child, it is easier to dictate reports and have you write or type them out. Use the handwriting fonts at this link, and have your student copy his/her own words after the report is printed out. (This company charges a fee, but offers all major handwriting styles.)
Food
Lots of choices and recipes at The Food Timeline let you taste typical food from Prehistory to the Present.
Games
Download this gameboard and personalize it for your topic! Ideas for making game cards and dice, too!
Create your own BINGO Boards on any topic with this software!
Jumbo Book of Learning Games by Teacher Created Resources.
Lapbooks
Tobin's Lab gives simple instructions to make lapbooks out of file folders folded a special way. Lapbooks are an impressive way to showcase your child's work on any topic -- sort of like a mini-reportboard.
Notebooks
Hold That Thought offers materials on CD for your student to make their own history notebook. Choose and print out from over 350 worksheets in Vol. 1 and over 600 in Vol. 2 to create attractive reports and other creative activities (including maps). Covers both World and American history from a Christian perspective. The Beginner's Set contains 400 sheets with large-ruled lines for the younger student. Order through our link and receive FREE shipping!
Another Notebooking Resource has been put together by a homeschooling mom and includes everything she has used in her own History Unit Studies. These are very thorough! Her website offers coloring pages, maps, suggested projects, etc., and lots of these are printable pages. Many historical topics to choose from, ranging from Prehistory to Mesopotamia to the Civil War.
Paint
Make some Sandy Glue Paint and create artwork on any theme.
Paper Dolls & Historical Figures
These Historical Paper Dolls are not just for girls! Print and color these free figures from many different eras.
Puzzles
Make your own puzzles--word searches, crossword puzzles, and more--about the topic you are studying!
Radio Programs
Old Time Radio presents You Are There, programs simulating news reports of various notable days in history. Each segment originally aired between 1947 and 1950, and is about 30 minutes long.
Soldier Figurines to Paint
This company offers soft plastic soldier figurines from throughout history--from Ancients to Medieval to Modern! Buy enough for the whole class!
Please e-mail us with any links to add to this collection!
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