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Indigenous Animal Crafts & Writing Activities | Native American Art Projects
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❤️Looking for a creative and culturally appropriate way to celebrate Native American Heritage or Indigenous Peoples' Day in your classroom? Your students will love learning about the meanings of animals and creatures in Native American cultures, while making beautiful Pacific Northwest-inspired crafts and writing projects!
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✏️Use the teaching materials to educate your students about traditional Pacific Northwest art, various creatures, and their meanings in Indigenous cultures.
✏️Students can choose from 27 creatures and the traits they represent. Works great as a social-emotional learning (SEL) activity!
✏️Crafts are differentiated! There are several ways make them including, coloring, drawing, painting, or decorating (cut and paste).
✏️Students can also choose from a variety of writing prompts, and writing project options (dotted vs. single lines etc.)
✏️Use these projects to meaningfully decorate your bulletin board, classroom, or hallway, while displaying your students' creativity!
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⭐️Great for centers (literacy, writing, art, social studies), whole group lessons, independent work, partner work, indoor recess, sub tub, intervention programs, and more!
⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print and go!
⭐️Check out the preview and video for more details!
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✅ Includes: (122 pages)
Teaching Materials: (5 pages)
☑ Cultural information guide (2 pages)
☑ Creature Meanings guide (3 pages)
Craft Projects: (92 pages)
☑ Craft directions (3 pages)
☑ Craft pieces (8 pages)
☑ Craft examples (27 pages)
☑ Craft body templates (27 pages)
☑ Craft body art pieces (27 pages)
Writing Projects: (25 pages)
☑ Informative writing - brainstorming sheet (1 page)
☑ Creature name tracing - dotted lines (6 pages)
☑ Creature name or trait - blank dotted lines (2 pages)
☑ Creature name or trait - blank solid lines (2 pages)
☑ "I chose the _______" - blank dotted lines (3 pages)
☑ "I chose the _______ because" - blank solid lines (3 pages)
☑ "My Animal Symbol" - dotted lines & solid lines (2 pages)
☑ "All About Animal Symbols" - dotted lines & solid lines (2 pages)
☑ "Animals in Native American Cultures" - dotted lines & solid lines (2 pages)
☑ Full blank page - dotted lines & solid lines (2 pages)
✅ Bonus: (124 pages)
☑ What you need to know (1 page)
☑ Table of contents (1 page)
☑ Black and white set (122 pages)
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✅ Creatures included: (27 animals)
☑ bear
☑ beaver
☑ bee
☑ blue jay
☑ buffalo
☑ coyote
☑ crab
☑ deer
☑ eagle
☑ fox
☑ frog
☑ heron
☑ hummingbird
☑ kingfisher
☑ loon
☑ moose
☑ otter
☑ owl
☑ rabbit
☑ raven
☑ sabe
☑ salmon
☑ seal
☑ thunderbird
☑ turtle
☑ whale
☑ wolf
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Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Wishing you a wonderful school year!
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Teacher reviews
“I did this as part of my Native Americans unit. It was so fun to see the students choose their animals and write about how they connected with the animal spirit.”
“This is a nice cultural activity to supplement our native american studies.”
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For Indigenous Animal Crafts & Writing Activities | Native American Art Projects
October 23, 2026I did this as part of my Native Americans unit. It was so fun to see the students choose their animals and write about how they connected with the animal spirit.
Reply from Kimberly's Classroom
Hi Sarah! It means the world to me that this activity was a good fit for your 5th graders. Thank you for including it as part of your Native Americans unit! I hope you have a wonderful rest of the school year! :)
Sarah P.
Grades taught: 5th
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For The Seven Grandfather Teachings Activities - Native American, Indigenous People
October 14, 2026Super easy to use and straightforward for the students. It has everything I need to teach about the Seven Grandfather Teachings.
Reply from Kimberly's Classroom
Hi Jennifer! Thank you for the very kind feedback! It makes my day to know that this activity was helpful for your students. I hope you're all having a great school year so far! :)
Jennifer S.
Grades taught: 2nd, 3rd
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For History of Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Passages Pilgrims Native Americans
September 30, 2026Great resource to help bring the Thanksgiving holiday to the classroom! It kept my students engaged and they enjoyed learning more about the Thanksgiving season!
Reply from Kimberly's Classroom
Hi Sarah! Thank you for choosing to use this activity with your students! I really appreciate the kind words and hope that you have a great rest of the school year! :)
Sarah F.
Grades taught: 3rd, 4th, 5th
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For Winter Olympics Reading Comprehension Passages - Sports Games Writing Activities
September 30, 2026Great resource to bring the Olympics into the classroom setting! It kept my students engaged and they enjoyed learning about the Olympics!
Reply from Kimberly's Classroom
Hi Sarah! Thanks again for supporting my little shop and for leaving kind feedback! It means a lot to me. Have a wonderful rest of your day! :)
Sarah F.
Grades taught: 2nd, 3rd, 1st, 4th
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For Hispanic Heritage Leader Reading Comprehension Passages Sample FREEBIE
September 29, 2026It was great. My students love the amazing work in this packet.
Reply from Kimberly's Classroom
Hi Sofia! Thank you for choosing to use this activity with your students! I really appreciate the kind words and hope that you have a great rest of the school year! :)
Sofia M.
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For FREE Indigenous Animal Craft & Writing Activities | Native American Art Project
September 24, 2026My second graders love learning about the native Americans and what their culture was like and the different signs stand for.
Reply from Kimberly's Classroom
Hi Wanda! I love hearing that your second graders enjoyed this activity! Thank you for sharing and for the kind words. I appreciate all you do for the education community! :)
wanda B.
Grades taught: 2nd
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For Indigenous Animal Crafts & Writing Activities | Native American Art Projects
September 23, 2026This is a nice cultural activity to supplement our native american studies.
Reply from Kimberly's Classroom
Hi Rebecca! Thank you for the kind words! I'm thrilled that this activity was helpful in your classroom and hope you and your 5th graders have a wonderful school year. :)
Rebecca L.
Grades taught: 5th
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For Winter Olympics Reading Comprehension Passages - Sports Games Writing Activities
September 6, 2026Great additional source to help me kids review their skills
Reply from Kimberly's Classroom
Hi Ogechi! Thank you for the kind words! I'm so glad that this resource was helpful for your students and hope that you all have a wonderful school year! :)
Ogechi N.
Grades taught: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 2nd
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For FREE Indigenous Animal Craft & Writing Activities | Native American Art Project
August 20, 2026This was a great support for my class' Native American research projects.
Reply from Kimberly's Classroom
Hi Marina! Thank you for choosing to use this resource with your 5th graders and for leaving kind feedback! It means a lot to me that this activity was a helpful addition to your classroom. Wishing you a great start to the new school year! :)
Marina S.
Grades taught: 5th
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For The Seven Grandfather Teachings Activities - Native American, Indigenous People
August 5, 2026I actually used this when I was absent. The kids loved the activities. It connected really welld with our over-arching concept of "Environment Shapes Culture."
Reply from Kimberly's Classroom
Hello! Thanks again for supporting my little shop! I'm thrilled that your kiddos enjoyed these activities and that these were a good fit for your "Environment Shapes Culture" unit! Really appreciate all you do for your students :)
Mrs E.
Grades taught: 5th
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