Desert animals activities for preschool

Preschoolers love sensory activities and here's an awesome one to add to your next preschool desert theme. We're going to have lots of fun creating a desert oasis and talking about how people and animals cool off in the Sahara!

Popsicle Stick Camel Craft

Desert Animals Cut and Paste Activity

It was definitely a creative challenge for me to do a craft inspired by where I live, as suggested by Kim. Because I live in Dubai, and the sights and sounds here are amazing! But to most people, the word Dubai would bring images of the sand dunes and camels. The truth, in fact, is very different. This glamorous city is more of a concrete jungle (a beautiful one, though!) and to see the desert, you have to go to the outskirts.

Camel Handprint

Specially for the younger kids, here's a camel tracing page for some pencil control practise and colouring fun!

Make this easy paper mosaic cactus craft for kids using our free cactus template. Perfect for practicing easy scissor skills too!

Free printable number recognition activity is great for your math center or small group activity. It also helps develop fine motor skills.

Preschoolers can learn a lot from deserts. It teaches them about different animals, like spiders, snakes, and camels; and plants, such as cactus and elephant trees. Topics on deserts also help the little ones understand the weather and how water is important to all living things. Teaching preschoolers about deserts can be fun and exciting ... Read more

Your children will enjoy process art with animal tracks! For one of our last activities we did in our "not-alike" unit, we had fun painting with animal tracks... If your children love process art and pretend play with animals, they are sure to love this! Preparing