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Home > Arts and Crafts Projects for Kids > Columbus Day Crafts for Kids
Columbus Day, which is celebrated on the second Monday of October, remembers Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492. Many Countries in the New World celebrates this anniversary. The event is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Día de la Raza in many countries in Latin America, as Discovery Day in the Bahamas, as Día de la Hispanidad and Fiesta Nacional in Spain, as Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural (Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity) in Argentina, as Day of the Americas in Belize, and as Día de las Américas (Day of the Americas) in Uruguay.
There are quite a few Christopher Columbus craft children can make. They can make a globe, a New World map, a ship, an earth pendant, a spyglass telescope, and much more! Below you will find Christopher Columbus Crafts Projects and Activities for Kids. Find out how to make Christopher Columbus activities with the following arts and crafts decorations, instructions, patterns, and activities for children
Use this craft to make cute little replicas of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. You will need 2 or 3 empty half walnut shells, enough clay, melted paraffin, or plaster of Paris to fill shells, 2 or 3 round toothpicks, and enough white paper for sails. With parental assistance, fill empty shells with clay, wax, or plaster. Stick a round toothpick into the clay, wax, or plaster. Cut triangular sails and stick on toothpicks.
Aztec
Maize Diorama Columbus Day Craft for Kids - Learn about the Aztec culture by making this amazing diorama.
Begin
With A Buffalo Columbus Day Activity for Children - This buffalo craft makes a great Columbus Day project for kids.
Big
Round World Box Activity - Learn how you can make this big homemade globe with your children.
Birch
Bark Canoe Making Instructions - Make this miniature birch bark canoe from a brown paper bag, crayons, yarn, scissors and a hole punch.
Christopher
Columbus Countdown Calendar - It took Christopher Columbus 69 days to sail across the Atlantic
Ocean create a countdown calendar to help your children understand
the length of time it took Columbus to get to the New World.
Christopher
Columbus Day Hat Craft- Pretend you are Christopher Columbus with a fun kids hat craft. You
will be able to pretend you are the great explorer while wearing his
hat.
Christopher
Columbus Kids' Map - Spend some time exploring like Christopher Columbus did by using
your own map. Create this fun Christopher Columbus Kids Map Activity
and you are ready to explore.
Columbus
Day Hard Boiled Egg Ship - Create Christopher Columbus ship using a hard boiled egg. This is a
great food kids’ craft. Who says you can't play with your food?
Columbus
Day Ship - Turn an ordinary egg carton into Christopher Columbus ship. This
kids craft is fun and easy to make and a good learning tool.
Columbus
Day Ships Craft - Celebrate Columbus Day with your children by making this Columbus Day ships with them.
Columbus
Day Telescope - Act like the explorer Christopher Columbus with a Columbus Day
Telescope. This kids craft is as fun to make as it is to play with.
Columbus'
Voyage: Map and Ships - This is a great craft that teaches children about Columbus' voyage.
Dream
Catcher - Find out how you can make a dream catcher using a twig, wire, twine, beads and feathers.
Earth
Pendant - Follow these instructions to make your own earth pendant or a window light catcher.
Easy
Spyglass Telescope - A fun and simple spyglass telescope your children can make.
Fun
Fact Christopher Columbus Ship - Create a Christopher Columbus ship while learning some fun facts
about this holiday.
Milk
Carton Spanish Galleon - Learn how to create a Spanish Galleon out of a milk carton.
Newspaper
Sailors Hats - Learn how to make your own sailor's hat using a newspaper.
Ocean
in a Bottle - You don't have to live near the ocean to see it. Now you can create
your own ocean waves in a bottle.
Paper
Mache Globe - Use the paper mache technique to create your own homemade globe.
Papier-Mâché
Globe -Find out how you can make a globe using newspaper and a balloon.
Parrot
Toilet Paper Roll Craft - Make a cool parrot using a toilet paper roll, your printer, glue, scissors, crayons and paper.
Quetzal
Toilet Paper Roll Craft - Find out to make the Quetzal, Guatemala's national bird, out of toilet paper roll.
'Round
the World - Help Columbus sail the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria around
the round world with this easy craft project.
Rainstick - Learn how you can make a rainstick using a long paper towel roll, aluminum foil, small dried beans, brown paper, crayons, glue and scissors.
Reeds
and Rainwater Baskets - Make a beautiful basket using glue, markers, paper pads and scissors.
Spyglass
Telescope - Find out how you can easily make your own spyglass telescope.
Totem
Pole - Learn how you can make a mini totem pole from a paper towel tube by following these instructions.
Voyages
In A Bottle - Celebrate Columbus Day by creating Christopher Columbus voyages in a bottle display.