8 Amazing Totem Pole Crafts For Kids

We searched all over the internet to bring you the best free Totem pole kids craft activities and projects. All of these kids craft projects are for Native American Totem poles. Perfect for class activities and lesson plans.

Did you know that November is National American Indian Heritage Month.

We Understand and respect that there are believed to be over 550 tribal affiliations in the USA. They are all diverse and have different languages and different cultural customs. This is why it is important to do your research before teaching your kids or class. Do not lump everyone together. If you do not know the answer don’t assume.

Totem poles are monumental carvings, a Native American Art consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures. They are usually made from large trees, mostly western red cedar.

These kids craft project use paper, card and recycled materials.

Check out these children’s stories about totem poles

.Totem Pole Kids Craft

Cut out Totem pole by DLTK

Paper Craft Totem Pole Art Project

Native Indian Totem Pole Kids Craft Activity

Recycled Jugs and Container Totem Pole Craft Project.

Art Studio Totem Poles

Kids Craft Paper Totem Poles by Kiwico

Paper Roll Totem Poles

I did a post earlier this year with activities and ideas for teaching the alphabet, but a lot or learning letters and recognizing them just has to do with seeing them and working with them a lot.

That means coloring, tracing, identifying things that start with different letters and more.

One way to reinforce the letters is through little activity books like these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs.

These are available for free when you subscribe to her newsletter, and I’d say that’s well worth it if you have a little one (or a group of little ones!) working on the alphabet and letter recognition.

Each mini book includes a collection of things that start with that letter to color, color and read with words that start with the letter, tracing the letter, finding the letter in a grid and other coloring pages with objects that start with that letter.

These little books are super useful reinforcing the different letters and giving kids different activities related to the letters.

If you do a letter of the day or letter of the week you can use a new book for each one, and then keep the copies in your reading center or in a basket where kids can look at them again.

And of course you can add in all the other letter activities you like, go on a scavenger hunt for items that start with that letter, read alphabet books, practice writing letters in rice or with pompoms or playdough or whatever sensory activities you like.

You can grab the free printables when you enter you email address at Life Over Cs, and check out her other great alphabet resources and activities while you are over there.

Do you have favorite activities for teaching letters to kids? I’d love to hear about them!

[Photo: Life Over Cs]

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