Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Printables

January 10, 2025 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

There are a lot of ways to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. on King Day, from doing acts of service to listening to his speeches, reading his letters or talking about our own dreams for the nation.

These printables are a good way to start discussions or to use in the classroom as activities around King Day. And if you need more ideas check out my MLK Day for kids post from last year, or use the search bar to search fro more King Day posts.

The Keele Deal has a small printable book about King that gives some basic information about his life and legacy and also has some illustrations kids can color. They also have an I have a dream craft project kids can use to reflect on on their own dreams for the world. Print out, color and write on the pieces, then make it into a mobile to hang in the classroom.

Kids Craft Room has some lovely color by number coloring pages that are great to use this time of year. One of them could be King from the back, while another says Dream. There are hands reaching for each other, a raised fist, one that says Peace, a dove with a heart, a hand doing a peace sign with hearts and the peace symbol.

Another nice printable book is available from 123 Homeschool 4 Me. This one covers his early life, early work in civil rights and the Montgomery bus boycott, his work for equal rights and the “I Have a Dream” speech, his assassination and legacy. Some of the pages have vocabulary words that kids can trace and you can talk more about such as boycott, preacher and civil rights.

These King Day printables are great to use at home, too, if you kids have the day off and you want to make it more meaningful.

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Crafts from the Beach Kids Can Make

Whenever you go to the beach with kids, you’re sure to come home with some seashells and more than a little sand. Let’s use some of those treasures to make fun crafts.

This handprint craft is made with a sand-infused salt dough and some little shells from the beach. It’s a cute way to remember how little your kids were on that beach trip. Find the instructions at From Under a Palm Tree.

Here’s another take on sand dough that was used to make little ornaments and sculptures. Get the details from Pink Stripey Socks.

Moms and Crafters used air dry clay and seashells to make these cute necklaces. She used the storebought clay but you can also make your own air dry clay if you’d rather.

Crafts on Sea used a shell to make a whale, but I’m sure you could take this idea and make lots of different creatures. I love the idea of sea creatures made with shells like fish or a jellyfish or an octopus using the same method. They also have a seashell decoration made with salt dough that’s really cute and would be fun for kids to paint. Poke a hole before it dries for hanging if you want.

Or take a bunch of little shells and decorate a frame like these from Rhythms of Play. They used a handprint instead of a picture but you could also put in a picture from the beach trip.

This is probably one for the mamas to make because it uses epoxy, but I also wanted to share these cute and easy shell hair pins from Thrifty Mama Ramblings, which kids are sure to want for their mermaid pretend play.

Or how about some sensory play straight from the beach? Use store bought sand if you don’t have a beach nearby to make this beach sand slime from The Mama Notes. Thrown in some shells and kids will love playing with this one.

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