Kwanzaa Coloring Pages and Printable Activities

The celebration of Kwanzaa is an African American cultural holiday. It originated with Dr. Maulana Karenda and is observed between Dec 26 and Jan 1 of each year. During Kwanzaa, families celebrate on seven principles, one each day. As a part of your celebration and learning experience for your family, you may consider including Kwanzaa printable activities found on web sites, or doing Kwanzaa coloring pages with your children. Kwanzaa coloring pages or Kwanzaa printable activities may be found for different portions of the holiday observation. These activities may also be used in home school lessons on religious holidays. The following six websites offer activities to use during the holiday season.

1. Classbrain.com offers several Kwanzaa coloring pages. Two of the Kwanzaa coloring pages are of the candles with another showing an African heritage picture. Kwanzaa printable activities with word matches and puzzles are found on this site also.

2. Lil-Finger.com is a story book site for toddlers. Lil-finger offers a Kwanzaa printable puzzle and a readable story book which tells what each day symbolizes. The site also has Kwanzaa coloring pages which parents can use. The primary link for Kwanzaa printable activities on lil-fingers is http://www.lil-fingers.com/holidays/kwanzaa/ Users can also make a personalized holiday e-card on this site. Kwanzaa coloring pages at Lil-finger include several types of candles and decorative coloring pages.

3. Kwanzaaland.com is a web site full of resources for your Kwanzaa celebration. From Kwanzaa printable activities and Kwanzaa coloring pages to the history of the holiday and cookbooks and recipes. Kwanzaa land is one of the most extensive resources available. Kwanzaa coloring pages include the unity cup, candles, and a flag. Kwanzaa printable activities include word searches and puzzles along with word scrambles and cryptograms.

4. Crayola.com also offers Kwanzaa coloring pages for the holiday season. One of the Kwanzaa coloring pages contains both the candles and the name and explanation of each. Also on the crayola.com pages users will find Kwanzaa printable bingo boards. Kwanzaa printable gift tags are available at crayola.com also.

5. Coloringbookfun.com has one of the largest selections of Kwanzaa coloring pages. The site offers more than 20 Kwanzaa coloring pages and can be located at http://coloringbookfun.com/kwanzaa/index.htm

6. ABCteach.com offers Kwanzaa coloring pages and Kwanzaa printable pages like puzzles and word searches. ABCteach.com also offers writing prompts for the holiday season which can be used for school lessons. Activities can be found at the following direct link: http://www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalholidays/kwanzaa/

Kwanzaa printable pages and coloring pages can help parents provide a more memorable learning experience about this holiday. Booklets of the Kwanzaa coloring pages and printable activities can be saved as memories of holidays to look back on in years to come.