Crafts and Activities for St. George’s Day

I find it hard to believe but it seems to be true that in all these years I’ve never written about St. George’s Day, celebrated on April 23. St. George is the patron saint of England, who was believed to have lived around the 3rd century. He’s usually depicted as a knight, and it’s thought he was in the Roman Army.

He’s associated with dragons because, according to legend, a kingdom was being terrorized by a dragon, and George offered to help if the king would allow his people to be baptized. The king agreed and after a long battle, George killed the dragon. You can learn more about his story and find some good printables to use in the classroom at Twinkl.

Twinkl also has this cute printable story spinner, as well as a knight mask craft and more fun crafts and activities.

Teaching Ideas has a fun St. George’s Day activity pack including a printable banner with the St. George’s flag (white background with a red cross), word search, coloring pages and more. Don’t miss the retelling of St. George’s story in Lego embedded in the post; it’s spectacular.

Grab some St. George’s Day coloring sheets from Hodgepodge Days, which includes the one of St. George shown here, a flag, design your own shield and St. George and the dragon.

Kiddy Charts has a great printable activity book that includes bingo cards, a word search, acrostic poem worksheet, a mindmap for writing the story and a worksheet to write the story on.

And of course you’ll want some crafts, too! I love the St. George shadow puppets from My Baba, though the post just says to draw the characters you could probably trace them from the images in the blog post or find a castle, dragon, horse and knight clip art to use.

I love this simple wooden spoon dragon from The Gingerbread House, and these gorgeous paper plate dragons from Pink Stripey Socks. This St. George made out of a spoon and craft foam is really cute, too. Get the tutorial from Baker Ross.

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I don’t know why tropical animals feel like something you should learn about in the summer, because these tropical bird crafts and activities are great to do any time of year. Let’s take a look.

Homeschool Giveaways has a printable tropical birds copywork book kids can use to practice cursive or print writing. They also have links to more fun printable activities, mostly about parrots, toucans and cockatoos.

Homeschool Share has a printable lapbook all about parrots. This one is a lot of fun because it includes things like the pros and cons of owning a pet parrot and some parrot jokes alongside information about where parrots live, why they have hooked beaks and their lifespan, among other things.

Use colorful bird puzzles to reinforce number order with this free printable puzzle collection from Craft Play Learn. It includes five different bird puzzles that are each eight pieces.

And if you want to look at toucans in particular, check out this toucan study guide aimed at elementary students from Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus. This isn’t a free resource but it’s 31 pages all about toucans, their life cycle, anatomy, what they eat, role in the rainforest ecosystem, activities and more well worth the cost.

How about some tropical bird crafts? This 3D macaw parrot from The Craft Train is a great one, also not free but super cute and easy to make with the printables.

I Heart Crafty Things has a super cute parrot made with cardboard and card stock. If you hang it from the ceiling it will even spin.

Or try the cute cardboard tube parrots from Kids Craft Room, which kids will love to decorate (you could even use feathers if you have some). You can also make a parrot (or whatever other tropical bird you like) from a paper plate with these instructions from Crafts on Sea.

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