Australia Activities For Kids

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arts, crafts & activities about Australia

We love Australia!

I might be slightly biased (as Sydney, Australia is where we call home), but I believe Australia is an absolutely fascinating place. We have amazing animals, stunning native flora, some pretty cool buildings and landmarks, all wrapped up in a quirky larrikan culture.

You’ll find below some of our Australian art, craft, recipe and activity ideas. I’ve also included a couple of our ideas that use particularly Aussie materials, like gumnuts and magpie feathers. We’ve found activities like this are a great hands-on way for our kids to learn about this country of ours.

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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi, Oi, Oi!

Australian Activities for Kids

 

Here are some more of my favourite Aussie ideas from around the web. (I’ll be adding to this list as I go, so feel free to shoot me suggestions…)

Australian and Aboriginal Flag Activities

 

Aussie Animal Crafts & Activities

 

Aussie Flora, Landscapes and Buildings

 

Aussie Picture Books

 

Classic Aussie Food for Kids

 

Excursion Ideas for Kids to Learn About Australia

New South Wales

  • Visit the Australian Museum, next to Sydney’s Hyde Park. In addition to their stellar natural history exhibits, they also have a large anthropological collection focusing on indigenous Australian artifacts.
  • Sydney Aquarium at Darling Harbour features a huge variety of Australian marine and fresh water aquatic creatures from various Australian water habitats, including the world’s largest Great Barrier Reef display, outside of the reef itself, of course! There are lots of sharks, sting rays, dugongs (yes dugongs!), and much more..
  • Manly Sealife Sanctuary is a smaller, but more manageable aquarium for those with little kids. It focus specifically on the sea life found in Sydneys’ harbour and beaches, including (adorable!) little penguins. Plus there’s a lovely beach just outside for sand play afterwards.

Queensland

  • If you’re ever in far north Queensland, I highly recommend a visit to Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas. It’s has four distinct exhibits, each focusing on one of North Queenslands natural environments: the woodlands, wetlands, savannah and rainforest. Most of the exhibits are walk through – so you are in amongst the animals! Tickets are valid for several days, so we usually visit a couple of times per trip. Call ahead to check when the crocodile feeding is on. And don’t forget to purchase a small bag of pellet food, so you can hand-feed the magpie geese, emus, kangaroos and wallabies.

 


arts, crafts and activities for kids about Australia

 

Do you have any other Aussie activity suggestions or recommendations? I’d love to hear them!

 

You can find all the above posts (and more) on our Australia for Kids Pinterest board.

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xx Danya