Free Kwanzaa Activities for Kids

Celebrate with Online Puzzles, Word Games and Printables

Dec 26, 2007

The following websites offer free Kwanzaa activities, puzzles, coloring projects, printables and word games for children.

December 26th marks the beginning of Kwanzaa, an African-American festival. The holiday, celebrated by millions, lasts 7 days. “Kwanzaa and the 7 Principles: Willing the Well-Being of the World" is the Kwanzaa theme for 2007.

From online coloring and printable projects, to fun word-search games and online story books, the websites listed below offer a wide variety of child-friendly Kwanzaa activities and projects for children.

Kwanzaa Puzzles:

Word Ladders are puzzles that are fun and educational. To play, print out the puzzle, fill in all the ladder rungs by completing the words based on provided hints. Easy, medium and difficult versions are available. Available in color or black and white. Print according to directions. Click on “answer key” for answers.

3 different online puzzles are available on the BillyBear4Kids website. ava is required (free download).

DLTK-Kids offers 6 different interactive puzzles for children of all ages. Choice of difficulty levels.

Kwanzaa Printables:

Holidays.Kaboose.com offers 4 different Kwanzaa-themed printable coloring pages. 2 different sizes are available.

This printable project from BillyBear4Kids is for younger children inspires creativity and writing. To make, simply print out the pages, cut along solid black lines, and staple booklet.

Make personalized Kwanzaa placemats in this printable project from Better Homes and Gardens. Free registration is required. Print the template, color, and laminate for added strength and durability. Adobe Acrobat required (free download).

BillyBear4Kids offers a set of 3 printable bookmarks for Kwanzaa. To make, simply print the bookmarks, cut along solid black lines and laminate for added strength and durability.

Kwanzaa Discovery, from BillyBear4Kids, is an online java applet word-search game. To play, Kwanzaa-themed words are all jumbled up in the box either diagonally, horizontally, vertically or backwards. Find the words from the list provided, and circle by dragging the computer mouse from beginning to end of word.

This fun and educational online java applet word-search puzzle from BillyBear4Kids focuses on endangered and threatened animals of Africa. Words are all jumbled up in the box either diagonally, horizontally, vertically or backwards. Find the words from the list provided, and circle by dragging the computer mouse from beginning to end of word.

Find all the words in this fun online word search game from Apples4TheTeahcer before times runs out. Words are all jumbled up in the box either diagonally, horizontally, vertically or backwards. Find the words from the list provided, and circle by dragging the computer mouse from beginning to end of word. Circling the wrong word will deduct points. Puzzle can be printed. Macromedia Flash plug-in is required (free download).

Other Kwanzaa Activities:

Play against the computer in this online tic-tac-toe game from BillyBear4Kids. Click on "holidays" and "Kwanzaa" to easily locate tic-tac-toe game.

Apples4TheTeacher offers 14 interactive Kwanzaa-themed online coloring pages for children. Macromedia Flash is required (free download). Follow specific directions for printing.

PrimaryGames provides this short online story explaining the meaning of Kwanzaa.

CassOnline offers 3 Kwanzaa online coloring pages. Use standard painting colors or create personalized colors. This online coloring activity requires Java (free download).

The child-friendly Kwanzaa projects and activities listed above entertain and educate children of all ages about the Kwanzaa celebration.

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