Egyptian art for kids

Celebrate King Tut Day with 10 Fun Ancient Egypt Crafts for kids – Mummies, pyramids, Pharoah’s headgear, jewelry, Hieroglyphics, and more!

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Challenge children to write their own sentences using hieroglyphics.

Learn how to draw the Pyramids with this fun and easy art project for kids. Simple step by step tutorial available. #howtodraw #artprojectsforkids #directdraw #pyramids

After pausing our Egyptian Unit study for a few weeks to discuss the election process, we are back in the saddle again. (This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for full details.) We recently read the books Hieroglyphs from A to Z by Peter Der Manuelian and Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs by James Rumford. After learning what hieroglyphs were and how they were deciphered, we decided to try our hand at this ancient script. Using…

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Learn how to write your name in Egyptian hieroglyphics! Great for an ancient Egypt lesson activity for kids of all ages.

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Kids learn about some hieroglyphic examples and the alphabet from Ancient Egypt including words, syllables, determinatives, numbers, and facts.

DIY Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Template - PDF is free to print.

I turned the kids into Pharaohs! Took photos of them and printed them out. Cut and pasted onto brown paper. Then, I had the kids use markers to draw clothing and color with oil pastels. We talked about geometric shapes like pyramids and triangles. And we talked about patterns like stripes that are found in textiles. We also talked about Egyptian paintings on papyrus. Aren't they great?

Use empty Pringles containers to make Egyptian-inspired canopic jars. SOTW Chap 4