If you’re looking for Egypt crafts for kindergarten, you’ll love this kid sized mummy. Grab my other craft ideas on my kindergarten homeschool curriculum page.
Here is a fun hands-on way to teach younger children about Egyptian mummies.
This activity literally puts them in the middle of it and they are able to complete it mostly on their own from start to finish.
Those types of activities have a lot of value for learning as well as enjoyment.
Also, add in a few Ancient Egypt activities to make your day a fun learning day.
More Egyptian Crafts for Kindergarten
- Apple Mummies teach the drying process of mummification.
- Learn about another step in the mummification process and make Canopic Jars
- Make a beautiful Cleopatra Collar and Cuffs to wear.
- Continue learning about mummies with these adorable Mummy Rocks.
- These Pipe Cleaner Wrapped Mummies would also make great pointers for new readers.
- Ancient Egypt for Kids from Homeschool Pop is about 7 minutes long.
Make a fun mini sensory bin to explore more.
I have some great figures below that would go perfectly with this activity.
Then, below are some facts for you to share with your eager learner.
Fun Egyptian Facts
- What is a mummy? The body of a person that has been preserved after death.
- Why did Egyptians make mummies? They believed that preserved bodies could be used in the afterlife.
- Was everyone made into a mummy? No, just those who were rich and could afford it.
- Who did Egyptians believe was the god of mummification? Anubis with a human body and the head of a jackal was the god of mummification.
- Were mummies buried with anything else? Yes. Often they were often buried with personal items, games, food, and more so they could use them in the afterlife.
- Where were the mummies placed? In a Sarcophagus, which is an elaborate stone coffin.
- Do people still make mummies today? Mummification is not very common but there are a few places that still practice it like Papua New Guinea.
Also, add in more kindergarten learning ideas below.
Other Tips and Crafts for Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum
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Finally, look at these hands-on ideas.
- Ancient Egypt Toobs are perfect for sensory bins.
- And how fun is this excavation dig for finding ancient treasures?
- Who Was King Tut from the Who Was Series can make for great reading aloud for a younger child instead of a textbook.
- Unwrap a mummy with the Inside out Egyptian Mummy book.
- Excavation Dig Kit for Kids Egyptian Mummy
- Who Was King Tut?
- Inside Out Egyptian Mummy: Unwrap an Egyptian mummy layer by layer!
In addition, you can grab a roll of shipping paper at Dollar Tree (well the $1.25 Tree now) as well as a 4 pack of toilet paper and the paper plates to complete this project with plenty left over to spare for other crafts.
All three come in handy for many things so it is totally worth the few dollars investment to have them on hand.
How to Make a Kid Sized Mummy
You will need:
- An excited little learner
- Brown roll of paper
- Toilet paper, crepe paper, or torn copy paper
- 2 paper plates
- Gold paint
- Scissors
- Markers
Roll out your brown paper as long as your child and trace around them with pencil.
If you have more than one child you might let them take turns tracing one another.
Darken the lines with a black sharpie marker so that it is easier to cut around the lines later on.
Have your child brush glue all over one section of the outline.
It’s okay if they go over the lines, this will be cut out later.
Have them press pieces of toilet paper all over the glue, pressing in well.
Tear off different lengths of squares from 1 piece to longer strings of 5 or 6 with your child to cover different areas.
Again don’t worry if it overlaps the outline.
Repeat the glue and papering process until it is completely covered.
They can put on one layer or more, just keep adding glue.
Allow your “wrapped” mummy to dry.
While you are waiting for it to dry completely, cut the center out of one paper plate and cut out the curved strips of the ruffled edges.
Paint one paper plate gold all over as well as the two strips you made.
Let the gold paint dry.
When dry, have your child draw on the death mask details with a marker or paint pen.
Add the two strips underneath the sides of the full plate and let them hang down, glue in place.
Cut out your completely dried mummy or let your child cut it out on their own.
Apply a mask over mummy’s face.
Your child’s mummy is all ready to go on display.
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