Covered wagon craft

Perfect for homeschool children in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade, this simple caredboard craft helps them create a covered wagon to learn more about Westward Expansion in the United States. For this craft, we’ll make our own mini covered wagons using cardboard and felt.

Westward Ho! All you explorers, have fun coloring and building your own paper covered wagon with this printable project.

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Print this covered wagon cut out (medium size) that's already colored and ready for use on posters, scrapbook pages, and cards. In this download there is one PDF page with two medium-size

Print this covered wagon template (medium size) that you can trace or cut out. You can use this download for a wild wild west western theme party or project - whatever you like! In this

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft. It's National Prairie Day and I have a popsicle stick wagon craft. Also, look at my Westward Ho unit study and lapbook page. Since June 3rd is National Prairie Day, it’s the perfect time to bring out a simple craft that celebrates one of the greatest periods of growth in our nation. Brave families drove covered wagons westward through the prairies looking for adventure, wide open spaces, and new lives.

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On this page you'll find lots of free Pioneer Crafts and Activities for kids! Great for learning about The Oregon Trail, Westward Expansion, Lewis and Clark, and Early America. We used these crafts alongside our

Recently, the second grade teachers asked me to come up with an art project related to the Oregon Trail. This is what I came up with. The wagons are made of milk cartons, which are cut in half. We painted the carton with brown tempera paint. The cover to the wagon was just a piece of paper, which we slid into the carton. I let my students decorate the wagon covers with crayon. I know, the real pioneers did not have colorful wagons, but I decided that the wagons would be more fun this way…

Are you ready to roll across the prairie in a covered wagon like Laura Ingalls Wilder? Learn about pioneers as you create your own paper wagon with this digital download.