Desert toddler activities

My daughter loves creepy crawly creatures. Yesterday, we had a family photo shoot with a photographer in a nearby field. There was a snake slithering through the field where our photos were being taken. While the rest of us tried our best to avoid the snake, my daughter went towards it. “I want to see the […]

Throughout this summer we were super hot and learning about the desert made us hotter! We created our own desert scenes in order to learn more about such an arid and unforgiving place! You may need…

Build your own desert with this fun play dough activity for kids! We love adding interesting things to play dough – it makes it a whole new activity every time. This is perfect for a unit on desert animals. I mixed up some homemade play dough and added real play sand. You can find the […]

Don’t Sit on a Cactus Preschool Desert Activities

This Coloring on Sandpaper Activity for Toddlers is a great process art activity that encourages proper grasp on crayons by providing a rough surface.

Cactus Craft Students created a sensory cactus craft by adding dyed rice to a cactus made from green construction paper. At the bottom of the paper, students sprinkled orange “sand” (dyed salt). They used tissue paper to make fruit for the cactus and black poppy seeds for the seeds of the fruit.

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Desert sunset painting for kids

Make this easy paper mosaic cactus craft for kids using our free cactus template. Perfect for practicing easy scissor skills too!

Desert Animals Cut and Paste Activity

This Water the Desert Activity is perfect for exploring earth science and practicing fine motor skills with your preschoolers.

I knew cactus could store a lot of water, but I had no idea how much! Did you know that a fully-grown saguaro cactus can soak up and store up to 200 gallons of water during a good downpour? A…

Learn how to make these easy cactus rocks. This is a simple tutorial and a fun craft for kids! Make a whole cactus rock family too!

Venture into creative lands with these fun ideas for Wild West art for toddlers! From horse crafts to cactus silhouettes, explore the process of art!

Preschoolers can learn a lot from deserts. It teaches them about different animals, like spiders, snakes, and camels; and plants, such as cactus and elephant trees. Topics on deserts also help the little ones understand the weather and how water is important to all living things. Teaching preschoolers about deserts can be fun and exciting ... Read more

Mix up some 3 ingredient SAND SLIME! We’ll show you how to make it! This is a fun slime vacation for summer, although it’s fun anytime. We love making slime, and we love Safari Toob animals. Recently we combined the two with a simple sand slime recipe. It’s perfect for playing with desert animal toys, […]