DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Australia Day and General Australia Crafts

As many of you know... I'm Canadian, not Australian.  But I know how tough it can be to find stuff on "non-U.S. holidays" so I thought I'd try to put a few pages together for Australia Day.

To be honest, I'm not sure what "Australian crafts" I've made will be the best for Australia Day (it's hard to truly get the flavour of a holiday from books).  If any Australian viewers have thoughts on "best crafts" to recommend for the day, please let me know know and I'll make note of them on this page.

Australians have a national holiday called Australia Day every January 26th to remember their origins and celebrate their achievements.   Click here to learn more about the origins of Australia Day.

	Australia Coloring Pages
	Australian Flag Facts about the Australian Flag
	Australian National Anthem Lyrics and tune to the national anthem
	Recipes for Australia Day

Neat Facts:

When kids in Australia look forward to the Great Australia Day Barbie they're not talking about Mattel's 11 1/2 inch plastic blonde *grin*.  A "barbie" is a barbeque.  My 6 year old was so disappointed ;>)

AUSTRALIA THEMED CRAFTS
	Australian Animal Crafts
	Australian Friends Toilet Paper Roll Crafts use any of your favorite friend or animal tp roll crafts! Age 3+
	Australian Medal (you could also laminate it onto a CD Rom with clear contact paper to make a coaster or hang 4 or 5 of them up to make a mobile) Age 2+
	Australian Team Colours Toilet Paper Roll Crafts use any of your favorite friend or animal tp roll crafts! Age 3+
	Australian Wreath Age 3+
	Cave Drawings - Handprints Any Age Replicate Aboriginal cave handprints.
	Cave Drawings - Sand Paper Art Age 4+ Replicate Aboriginal cave drawings.
	Didgeridoo Age 3+
	Rainbow Eucalyptus Pencil Holder age 6+
AUSTRALIA THEMED PRINTABLES
	Australia Coloring Pages
	Australia Worksheets:  Anagram   Word Mining:  (version 1)  (version 2)   Word Search
	Dot Art Age 4+
	Kk is for Koala and Kk is for Kangaroo coloring pages or check out "The Wiggles" coloring pages (an Australian kids tv show)
OTHER AUSTRALIA LINKS
	Wiggles The Wiggles are a Sydney-based children's entertaining group.  They're television program has recently begun showing in the United States.

Neat Facts:

Australia is known as the "Land Down Under" because it is below the equator.  It is also the only continent that is also a country!

Other Sections you might like:

DLTK's Ocean animals crafts and coloring

DLTK's Reptiles crafts and coloring

Australian Themed Book Recommendations

Other Sites:

Aussie Animals information page (photos and facts about Aussie animals)

Ozfreebies is Australia's largest freebie site.  They even have a kid's section.