Ancient Egypt for Kids

Ancient Egypt is a fascinating subject for children, who love to learn about the Sphinx, the pyramids, the tombs, and mummification (and all the gory details of how it was done!) You will find many ideas to explore the theme below, as well as jigsaws to download and play, printables to use in your school and home projects, and links to keep the kids amused.

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Design a Sarcophagus

Ancient Egypt coloring pages
A large collection of 14 coloring pages on all aspects of Ancient Egypt, including a sphinx and sarcophagus.

Ancient Egypt printables
Writing paper and frames to use in your school and home projects and for notebooking.

Ancient Egypt word search
Try your hand at this word search with an Ancient Egyptian theme.

Ancient Egypt printable alphabet and numbers
Suggestions for using this for alphabet games and activities are on our alphabet games page. We used this particular alphabet to make the new file folder anagram game, instructions here.

Ancient Egypt crafts
Make canopic jars, mummify your fashion doll, and build a sugar lump pyramid!

More Ancient Egypt Activities

General

Excellent website with lots of information about Ancient Egypt, also stories and on-line challenges
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

Make

Make your own pyramid model with drinking straws and sandpaper! NEW!
http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/ys/crafts/Pyramid.htm

An excellent collection of Egyptian costume crafts
http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/egyptian_crafts.html

A good selection of Egyptian crafts here
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_egypt/directions.htm

Try making a wonderful Mummy mask
http://www.art-rageous.net/MummyMask-LP.html

Make a hieroglyphic cartouche pendant using Shrinky-Dinks
http://www.art-rageous.net/Hieroglyphiccartouchependants-LP.html

Make a variety of Mummy cases – from life-size to miniature (complete with model Mummy)
http://www.dia.org/education/egypt-teachers/mummies/

Make an Egyptian tomb model
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/egyptiantomb/

Make your own Mummy
http://www.rom.on.ca/schools/egypt/activities/mummy1.php

Print

Gorgeous bookmarks to print
http://www.neferchichi.com/images/downloads/bookmarks.pdf

Printable hieroglyphic chart
http://www.neferchichi.com/images/hieroglyphs/hierotrans.pdf

Print and color these Ancient Egyptian paper dolls
http://www.touregypt.net/kids/activity2.htm

Print this huge poster of the pyramids at Giza (9 A4 sheets)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/printaposter/
pdfs/poster_05809_1005.pdf

More Egyptian bookmarks
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/egypt/book/

Print and Make

Print and make this Pharoah’s Death Mask
http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/mask/rose3d.html

Print and make a scale model of the Great Pyramid
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/geometry/model.html

Print, color and make these Ancient Egyptian jigsaw puzzles
http://www.kingtutone.com/kids/puzzle/

Print, make and play this Ancient Egyptian game of Mehen
http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/siteactivities/mehen.pdf

Print, make and play the game of Seega
http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/siteactivities/seega.pdf

Print and make this wonderful model of the Great Pyramid (suitable for older children)
http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/building/pyramid_e.html

Print and make this fabulous model of the Sphinx (suitable for older children)
http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/building/sphinx_e.html

Do

An Ancient Egypt themed crossword
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_egypt/printable2.htm

And another crossword
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_egypt/printable3.htm

Try this Egyptian Mummy word search puzzle
http://www.printactivities.com/Word_Search_Puzzles/
Mummy-Word-Search.html

And another
http://www.printactivities.com/Word_Search_Puzzles/
Mummy_Word_Search_Puzzle.html

Guide the mummy to his pyramid
http://www.printactivities.com/Mazes/Shape_Mazes/
Mummy-Maze.html

Try this amazing(!) maze based on Ancient Egyptian cat sculptures
http://www.amazeingart.com/img/mazes/egyptian-cat-maze.pdf

And another maze
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/egypt/maze/

Another word search puzzle here
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/egypt/search/

Learn

Take a tour around some of the greatest monuments of Ancient Egypt
 
NB: please do not allow your children to visit video sharing sites unsupervised.

Find out all about hieroglyphics with this printable challenge
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/Gr3H18.htm

Excellent collection of lesson plans and activities suitable for elementary/primary school ages.
http://www.geocities.com/sseagraves/ancientegyptlessonplans.htm

Lots of student activity sheets on various aspect of Ancient Egypt
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/egypt_activity.htm

Try this Ancient Egyptian math challenge
http://www.flushing.k12.mi.us/fjh/brust/egyptmath.html

More Egyptian math problems, easier than above
http://webinstituteforteachers.org/99/teams/egyptmath/mathproblems.htm

Try this experiment to see how Ancient Egyptians used natron in the mummification process
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?mummy

Here is a video you can watch about what happened on the death of a Pharaoh

NB: please do not allow your children to visit video sharing sites unsupervised.
 

Enjoy

Send a free e-card
http://www.guardians.net/egypt/postcards/postcard.html

Have fun with this mummy quiz (NB. not all questions relate to Ancient Egypt)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/tv/mumquiz/mummyquiz1.html

Translate your name into hieroglyphics
http://www.guardians.net/egypt/hieroglyphs/hiero-translator.htm
http://www.horus.ics.org.eg/en/FunCorner/hieroglyphics.aspx
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/cartouche/cartouche.html

Read this story on-line set in Ancient Egypt (suitable for older children)
http://www.ashmolean.org/gri/9chario0.html

Send a free e-hieroglyphic card
http://www.discoveringegypt.co.uk/ecards/

Have fun with this “Who Wants To Be An Egyptian Millionnaire?” quiz
http://www.west-borough.kent.sch.uk/6fquiz1.htm

Huge collection of clip art here
http://www.neferchichi.com/clipart.html

More super clip art
http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/egypt.htm

Send a buried message for a friend to retrieve
http://www.mos.org/quest/message.php

Enjoy this animated Egyptian creation story
http://www.mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/myths/
english/2_egyptian_full.htm

Create an Ancient Egyptian sticker book on-line (NB. you will be asked to register on site but can skip this by clicking ‘Maybe Later’)
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=StickerBook

Play

Join in this Egyptian Tomb Adventure - great fun! NEW!
http://www.nms.ac.uk/education/egyptian/index.php

Play this version of Senet on-line
http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/senet.html

Play Hounds and Jackals based on an Ancient Egyptian game, similar to modern-day Snakes and Ladders
http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/houndjacks.html

Try this Ancient Egypt themed on-line Hangman
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_egypt/hngmn.htm

Help prepare the body of Ramose for burial
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/
launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml

Can you save the Mummy’s ruby from the ruby eating scarab in this on-line maze game?
http://www.seaworld.org/fun-zone/fun-guides/egypt/
mummy-maze.htm

Download

Download a free screen saver
http://shop.discoveringegypt.com/screensavers.html

Download free wallpaper with images of Ancient Egypt
http://shop.discoveringegypt.com/backgrounds.html

Color

Our Ancient Egypt coloring pages are here

Our Ancient Egypt coloring page links are here

Cook

Try some Ancient Egyptian recipes, including videos
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_egypt/recipes.htm

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