Mardi Gras Printable Learning Activities for Kids

Mardi Gras is a fun holiday that you can use in the classroom even if you don’t talk about what it is really about. Bringing in beads and the colors of purple, green and gold is great if it’s winter where you are, and there are lots of fun printable Mardi Gras learning activities for kids out there to use in the classroom or at home.

Play a printable memory game as part of a Mardi Gras party or just for fun any day around Fat Tuesday with this free printable from The Purple Pumpkin Blog. These images are so fun!

Learn more about Mardi Gras with this word search printable from Rock Your Homeschool. It includes words like Shrove Tuesday, Rex and doubloons, so get ready to explain some Mardi Gras lore if you use this one.

Homeschool Preschool has a great printable activity set for Mardi Gras that includes color and trace pages, matching, handwriting practice, color by number, color and count and more.

In the Playroom has a downloadable activity mat for Mardi Gras that include a word search, tracing, coloring and more.

Or grab the coloring pages from Homeschool of 1. These include some facts about Mardi Gras icons like masks, beads, king cake and the baby that goes into the cake. The Artisan Life also has a fun collection of do a dot coloring pages.

It’s not Mardi Gras without some fun masks, so grab the printable masks from Kitchen Table Classroom and have kids color and decorate them. You can even have your own indoor parade to get some movement in.

Speaking of getting some movement in, you’ll also want to download the Mardi Gras motor activity cards from Pink Oatmeal. These include things like marching around the room, standing on one foot or jumping from side to side, which kids are sure to have fun with.

Need more ideas for Mardi Gras activities to do with kids? Check out my list of Mardi Gras activities and class party ideas from years past.

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Mardi Gras Activities for Kids

Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks.

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game.

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more.

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet.

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.

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