Celebrate the varied culture, monuments, flora, and fauna of Australia with these simple Australia Day Crafts for Kids! Includes koalas, kangaroos and more!

Australia is one of those countries I’ve always longed to visit. I think I absolutely fell in love after watching Master Chef Australia!! The food, the beautiful sights, the people – all so lovely!

That’s why it was so heartbreaking to hear about the recent bushfires, which caused such devastation, especially for the animals. Australia has such a rich diversity of wildlife, on farms, in forests, and of course, in the Great Barrier Reef.

Since Australia Day is coming up on the 26th of January, I think it’s the perfect opportunity to celebrate this amazing country and all that it has to offer. It’ll also help spread some awareness about what’s happening there and why we need to care about our wildlife. And the best way to do this is through some Australia Day crafts for kids, featuring a variety from landmarks to animals to plants to art!

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30 Amazing Australia Day Crafts for Kids

1. Australia Animals Printable Paper Crowns

Would you like to turn into a platypus for a day? Or how about a wombat? You can, with this easy-to-make paper crown! This would also work well for a jungle party or an Australia theme party.

2. Recycled Koala CD Craft

You can’t have a list of Australia Day crafts for kids without featuring koalas, icons of Australian wildlife! We’re all familiar with images of these cuddly animals swinging on branches and chomping on leaves. Try out this koala craft with the kids and raise awareness on how koala numbers are fast dwindling.

3. Toilet Paper Roll Kangaroo Craft

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Australia? It has to be kangaroos! Here is an absolutely adorable Mamma and baby kangaroo craft that’s sure to delight little kids!

4. Numbat CD Craft

Like the koala and the kangaroo, the numbat is an animal that calls Australia its home. With bands or stripes all over its body, this animal is easily identifiable. Learn more about this unusual animal with a recycled CD craft.

5. Australian Animal-Themed Sudoku Game

Australia has 600,000–700,000 native species, and most of these aren’t found anywhere else in the world! Find out what these are as you play this cool Australian animal-themed sudoku game.

6. Australian Aboriginal Rock Painting

These Australia Day crafts for kids are a great way to learn about Aboriginal art, a kind of indigenous Australian art. There are many types of Aboriginal art, such as rock art, which includes painting, engraving and carving. We try our hand at some simple Aboriginal rock painting in this project.

7. Koala Paper Crown Printable

If you’re looking for Australia Day crafts for kids that require minimal effort, this koala paper crown has to be it! Simply download, print, assemble and you’re ready to be a koala for the day!

8. Printable Australian Animal Bingo Cards

These printable Australian animal bingo cards are great for kids who are learning about Australian wildlife or about endangered animals. Many of Australia’s fauna is under threat, such as the wombat, leathery turtle and orange-bellied parrot.

9. Paper Bag Kangaroo Craft

Here’s an adorable little kangaroo craft featuring a mother and a joey in her pouch! If you’re ever putting on a puppet show and need an Australian character, you have one!

10. Aboriginal Dot Painting for Kids

The most identifiable parts of Aboriginal art are dots, hand signs and symbols. Baker Ross celebrates the 20,000-year-old Aboriginal dot art with this simple yet beautiful painting project for kids.

11. Sydney Opera House Collage

What’s one iconic landmark of Australia that you can identify? I’m sure it’s the Sydney Opera House! Kidspot uses paper plates to recreate this icon that’s a part of UNESCO’s World Heritage List and a worthy addition to our list of Australia Day crafts for kids!

12. Great Barrier Reef Light Up Craft

What is the single biggest structure in the world that is made by living things? Yes, it’s the Great Barrier Reef of Australia! Home to nearly 2000 species of creatures, this amazing structure is visible from space. The Craft Train has a multimedia project that lights up and looks amazing in the dark!

13. Australian Paper Flowers

Australia is home to all kinds of gorgeous flowers, many of which aren’t very common in other parts of the world. Lotta Magazine puts in a lot of effort to make paper versions of popular Aussie blooms like Banksia, Grevillia, Waratah and Wattle, and the result is amazing!

14. Australian Wattle Painting

While all the flowers in Australia have their own importance, the Australian Wattle is considered the country’s national flower. The Craft Train celebrates these gorgeous blooms with a fun pom pom painting project.

15. Australian Flag Collage Craft

A list of Australia Day crafts for kids would be incomplete without featuring the Australian flags! Yes, we said ‘flags’, since Australia has an Aboriginal flag, which is also considered an Australian national flag. While most people are familiar with the Australian flag that shares common features with the flags of the United States and the United Kingdom, Teach Starter helps us learn more about the country’s other flags too.

16. Paper Plate Cassowary Craft

Often referred to as the world’s most dangerous bird, Cassowaries are a common part of Australian wildlife. These birds actually stay away from humans, attacking only when provoked. The Craft Train has a beautiful craft that captures the cassowary in all its glory.

17. Aboriginal Handprint Art

It’s interesting to know how early Aboriginals made hand prints – they would hold a mixture of colored water in their mouths, and then blow it over their hands! The handprints were often a symbol of peace and also used as a signature. Tatjana Knudsen shows us how we can recreate this Aboriginal art form, using brown paper as a base.

18. Sydney Harbor Bridge Craft

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of those constructions that looks gorgeous when photographed, especially at night, with its reflection in the water! Try making your own version of the bridge, with this project from Danya Banya.

19. Uluru Outback Scene

Next on our list of Australia Day crafts for kids is a project from Micador, which bears a striking resemblance to the actual Uluru rock from Australia! This is a huge sandstone rock with spiritual significance and has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

20. Duck Bill Platypus Bookmark

The duck-billed platypus is a mammal – but one that lays eggs! The platypus is an important part of Australian wildlife, and even features on the 20-cent coin! Baker Ross celebrates this animal with a cute bookmark that’ll remind you of Australia every time you open your book.

21. Boab Tree Mosaic Art

Look at this mosaic art from Simple Living Creative Learning – what do you see? It may look like a vase or bottle with twigs in it, but it’s actually a tree! With their bottle-shaped trunks, the boab tree is one of Western Australia’s most iconic trees and now it’s a part of our list of Australia Day crafts for kids!

22. Fairy Bread Craft

It’s time to include some food in our list of Australia Day crafts for kids and we’ve got something that is just what it sounds like – bread fit for fairies! Oh Creative Day creates a project that celebrates the sprinkle-topped bread dish of Australia, which is a hit at kiddie parties in the country.

23. Southern Corroboree Frog Craft

We’re sure you haven’t heard of the southern corroboree frog – a species that’s native to southeastern Australia and instantly identifiable by its bright yellow and black stripes. This species is considered to be one of Australia’s most critically endangered ones, with only 30 frogs believed to exist in the wild. Danya Banya helps us learn more about this special creature with a paper plate craft.

24. Ayers Rock Landscape Collage

Ayers Rock is another name for Uluru, the massive sandstone monolith in Australia. It is one of Australia’s most iconic natural landmarks, attracting over 400,000 visitors a year. Kid World Citizen shows us how to create a beautiful mosaic of this gorgeous structure.

25. Printable Sydney Paper City Craft

Which major city gets to celebrate the New Year before anyone else? It’s Sydney!! In fact, the city makes a huge deal out of it, spending about $7 million on the celebration every year! Learn more about this amazing city as you make this fun paper craft from Made by Joel.

26. Aboriginal Clapping Sticks

Clapsticks are a traditional Aboriginal instrument, used to make clapping noises during their sacred rituals and ceremonies. They’re traditionally made of hard timber, but Laughing Kids Learn shows us how to make our own version with wooden paint stirrers.

27. Australian Flying Birds Craft

Besides ostriches, cassowaries and emus, Australia has its share of flying birds too – cuckoos, frogmouths, nightjars and others! These names may sound new, so let’s use these Australia Day crafts for kids to learn more about them – especially with this project from Lotta Magazine!

28. Cardboard Tube Aboriginal Rain Sticks

Ancient Aboriginal tribes that lived in the dry parts of Australia used rainsticks to pray for rain. They made their sticks using bamboo or dried cacti, filling them with beans or pebbles. Savy Activities shows us how to make one with something that’s easily available – cardboard tubes!

29. Aboriginal Flag Color Matching Activity

The Australian Aboriginal flag is one of Australia’s three national flags, and was designed by Aboriginal artist Harold Thomas. It has red and black rectangles, with a yellow circle in the middle. The black represents the people, the yellow symbolizes the sun, and the red represents the earth. Find out more about the flag as you make this craft from Taming Little Monsters.

30. Australia Sensory Bin

Finally, in our list of Australia Day crafts for kids, we get our hands messy with a sensory bin from Taming Little Monsters! This is a wonderful exercise to learn more about Australia, including the terrain, wildlife and trees.

Learning about another country and its culture is as rewarding as it is interesting. It opens our eyes to how similar we all are, yet how beautifully diverse at the same time! We hope these Australia Day crafts for kids have helped in introducing you to the history, wildlife and heritage of Australia, and maybe you can visit it one day!

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