Connected Hands NAIDOC Activity Pack

Encourage meaningful conversations around connection, community and belonging with our Connected Hands NAIDOC Activity Pack.

This collaborative craft activity invites children to decorate their own paper hands using colours, patterns and symbols inspired by themes of storytelling, Country and togetherness. Perfect for classrooms, OSHC, vacation care and community events, these hands can be displayed together to create a beautiful collaborative mural or group display.

Children can use the included dot stickers along with markers, paints or other craft materials to design patterns and symbols that are meaningful to them - encouraging creativity, self-expression and respectful learning through hands-on play.

Perfect for NAIDOC Week discussions and activities centred around:
• Community and connection
• Storytelling and identity
• Respect and belonging
• Nature and Country
• Creativity and collaboration

Kit includes:

• 5 x 18-unit packs of white paper hand cutouts (90 hands total)
• Enough hands for up to 30 children to decorate 3 hands each
• 30 x shared earthy-toned dot sticker sheets for decorating 

Children can decorate their hands individually or combine them together to create a striking community artwork display.

Ideas to inspire:
• Create patterns and pathways using dot stickers
• Draw symbols inspired by nature, water, journeys or meeting places
• Use colours and designs that feel meaningful to you
• Add drawings of animals, plants or community connections

A simple, engaging and low-prep activity designed to encourage creativity, inclusion and meaningful conversations during NAIDOC Week celebrations.

Add-on option: For extra creativity, decorate using paints and markers or craft materials (sold separately)