African Animal Links

Of all the creatures on this earth, the most well-known of Africa's animals hold a particular allure for children. If you children love the zebra, the giraffe, the lion, the elephant, the rhino, the hippo and other African animals, explore the links below to enjoy a collection of activities themed around them.

Make

Cute giraffe fridge magnet
http://www.elmers.com/projects/viewproject.asp?
p=GiraffeReferigeratorMagne

Make this model giraffe from polymer clay (suitable for older children)
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_clay_figures/article/
0,,HGTV_3237_1396366,00.html

Wonderful leopard mask
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/projectsheet?pid=e00447

Great collection of fun lion crafts
http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/lioncrafts.html

Here’s a fun lion made from a wire coat hanger
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/craft_hanger_lionface.html

Make this easy paper plate lion 
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/melion.html

Make this fun monkey bucket (designed for Father’s Day, but can be adapted for anytime by leaving off the decorated tie!)http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/fathers-day/kids-crafts/monkey-bucket-for-dad.html

Reversible gorilla stick puppet craft
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/gorillatakehome.asp?themeid=14

Simple paper bag monkey puppet
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/takehomeprint.asp?themeid=1

A very simple zebra craft
http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/printcraft.cfm?CraftID=416

Make this zebra model from a plastic food tray
http://www.highlightskids.com/Express/Crafts/Toys/C0698_zebra.asp

Here is a great collection of snake crafts
http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/snakecrafts.html

Print

Lion stationery with lines
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/pdf/lionwol.pdf

And without lines (would make a super shape book)
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/pdf/lion.pdf

Print this fun giant giraffe height chart
http://h71036.www7.hp.com/hho/cache/350-0-0-39-121.html

Fun collection of elephant stationery
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/letterhead/elephant/

Nice selection of giraffe stationery
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/letterhead/giraffe/

 Print your own personalized stationery, huge selection of animals including gorilla, lion, elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe and many more
http://www.billybear4kids.com/stationery/printable/animals-pg1.html

Print out some sweet bookmarks – lion and elephant
http://www.geocities.com/cutoutsplus/bookmarks_animals.html

Print and make

Very cute Japanese-style animal puppets to print, color and cut out - includes some African animals NEW!
http://nurie.ciao.jp/nin/nin.html

Print and color this elephant mask NEW!
http://nurie.ciao.jp/om/om05.pdf

Print and make a super leopard mask
http://www.angelfire.com/dc/childsplay/Masks_Leopard.htm

Print and make this chimp mask
http://www.angelfire.com/dc/childsplay/Masks_Chimp.htm

Print and make these animals – includes elephants, giraffes, and crocodiles
http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/bio/html/zoo_papel/principa.html

Print and make models of these endangered animals, wonderful detail, suitable for older children – includes gorillas, elephants, zebras, lions and okapis.
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/entertainment/papercraft/animal-global/index.html

Print and make this sweet elephant finger puppet
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/puppets/twofinger/
Elephanttemplate.shtml

Print this pattern on cardstock and make a giraffe model
http://www.giraffehaven.com/gcrafts2.html

Do

Try this gorilla word search
http://www.gorillafund.org/pdfs/gorilla_games/GorillaGames_WordSearch.pdf

Help Turakora, the gorilla baby, find his way through the maze to his mother
http://www.gorillafund.org/pdfs/gorilla_games/GorillaGames_Maze.pdf

Can you help the elephant get through the maze to the water?
http://www.billybear4kids.com/worksheets/mazes/elephant.html

Have fun with this color the letter puzzle
http://www.kidsrcrafty.com/w-x_dot_puzzle.htm

An elephant dot-to-dot puzzle
http://pbskids.org/zoboo/mysteryanimal/connectdots/elephant.html

How many words can you make in this elephant puzzle?
http://www.thekidzpage.com/colouring_menus/activities/pages/mz0075f.htm

African savannah animals word search
http://www.leesburganimalpark.com/KC_SavannahWordSearch.pdf

Giraffe word search
http://www.billybear4kids.com/animal/whose-toes/word-search/print/giraffe.html

Elephant word search
http://www.billybear4kids.com/animal/whose-toes/ws-elephant.html 

Learn

Excellent fact sheets about a huge range of animals, many from Africa – also video clips of each animal
http://www.zoo.org/factsheets/facts.html

Learn and listen to gorilla vocalizations
http://www.gorillafund.org/gorilla_fun/gorilla_sounds.php

Listen to the sounds of various primates from East Africa, includes chimpanzees, gorillas and colobus monkeys
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eprimate/primates.html

Learn about endangered animals in Africa
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/
our_solutions/species_country/index.cfm

Here’s a simple worksheet on African animals
http://www.tlsbooks.com/africananimalfun.pdf

Learn how to draw an elephant
http://www.billybear4kids.com/Learn2Draw/sheets/elephant.html

Enjoy

Watch webcams from all over Africa
http://www.africam.com/

Send a gorilla e-card
http://www.gorillafund.org/gorilla_fun/gorilla_ecards.php

Send a lovely free e-card from this site
http://support.awf.org/site/Ecard?ecard_id=1101

Enjoy this on-line monkey story “Bananas for Lunch”
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/lunch.asp?themeid=1

Another on-line story – “The Lion and the Mouse”
http://www.kizclub.com/lionstory/mousenlion1.html

Lovely African animal clipart
http://download-free-pictures.com/animal/africa-african-animals.html

Have fun with Back Talk – fill in the photo caption then print!
Cheetah Chat:  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/
backtalk/backtalk_0303/backtalk_0303.html

Dressed-up Chimps:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/
backtalk/backtalk_0111/backtalk_0111.html

Elephant Balancing Act:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/
trythis/backtalk/backtalk_0207/backtalk_0207.html

Elephant Headstand:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/
trythis/backtalk/backtalk_0305/backtalk_0305.html

Play

Play this fun meerkat game on-line
http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/meerkat/maze/maze.html

An on-line monkey addition game
http://www.mymathgames.com/monkeyaddition.htm

Try this on-line African Safari game, and learn lots of facts too
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0611/
games/game_intro.html

Build-A-Beast and see how long it will survive in different environments
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/games/
flash_build_beast/flash_build_beast.shtm

Download

Brighten up your computer with some gorgeous wallpaper
http://www.awf.org/section/my_awf/wallpapers/

Lovely screensavers featuring photographs of wild African animals
http://www.awf.org/section/my_awf/screensavers/

Two fun cartoon elephant screensavers here
http://www.billybear4kids.com/screen/fandango/main-elephants.html

More lovely wallpapers – monkeys, giraffes and zebras
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/games/wallpapers/index.shtml

Color

Our links to animal coloring pages are here:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/animal_coloring_pages.htm

And some wonderful camouflage animals here:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/coloring_pages_camouflage_animal.htm

And links to monkey coloring pages here:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/monkey_coloring_pages.htm

Super collection of African animals to color
http://www.meandmephoto.com/Extras/ColorBk/ColorBk.html

Lovely collection of cheetah coloring pictures
http://www.cheetah.org/?html=kids-01

G is for giraffe
http://homeschooling.about.com/library/colorg8.pdf

L is for lion
http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha3_lion_b.htm

M is for monkey
http://www.mayfieldews.com/images/m.gif

Z is for zebra
http://www.mayfieldews.com/images/z.gif

Cook

Make some lion cupcakes
http://www.mssscrafts.com/crafts/recipes/cupcakes.htm

Marvellous monkey muffins
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/recipes_monkey.html

Try this cooling Pink Flamingo smoothie
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=14960

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