African Animals Puzzle Sheets
Africa has so many of the best loved and most famous of the animals including lions, rhinos, cheetahs, giraffes and hippos. We have included all of these animals and so much more in our African animal section. Take a look at all our colouring pages, puzzles and printables all free to download.
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Can you guide the baboon through the maze to reach the yummy banana treat?
Can you find the correct path to get the camel to the oasis in this fun maze?
Can you find the correct path to get the camel to the oasis in this fun maze? You can also colour in the pictures to make it extra special.
Can you guide the cheetah through the maze to get to its home within the trees?
Follow the numbers from 1-16 to find your way through this fun maze. Great for improving number ordering and recognition skills.
Can you work your way through the maze shaped like a cute elephant from top to bottom?
This elephant has lost her friend in this cute maze. Can you find the correct path so that she can be reunited with them?
Help the elephant through the maze to find the water hole so it can take a nice bath and a refreshing drink.
Can you help the giraffe through the maze to find some yummy leaves to eat from the tree?
Can you guide the hippo through the maze to find its friends in this fun maze puzzle?
Can you help the hyena through the maze to get to his pack?
Can you solve this baboon word search by finding the 12 baboon related words? We have made this easier and only put words horizontally and vertically to make it perfect for younger children.
Find the 20 words relating to baboons in this fun word search.
Find the 18 words in this fun camel word search. You have to look diagonally as well as horizontally and vertically to find them all, good luck.
Find the 12 words relating to camels in this fun word search. We have made it easier for younger children by only including horizontal and vertical words.
There are 18 cheetah related words to find in this fun word search. Don't forget to look diagonally as well as vertically and horizontal. We have provided a solution just in case you get stuck.
Can you find the 12 cheetah related words in this fun word search? We have made this easier for younger children and have only included horizontal and vertical words.
Can you find all the elephant related words? Don't forget to look diagonally as well as vertical and horizontal.
There are lots or words to find in this elephant word search. This is perfect for younger children as we have made it easier by only including horizontal and vertical words. There is even a cute little elephant to colour.
Can you find all 18 words relating to gazelles in this fun word search? We have added a solution sheet that you can download if you get stuck.
There are 12 words to find in this gazelle word search. We have made this easier with only horizontal and vertical words included to make it suitable for younger puzzlers or those new to word searches.
Can you find the 12 giraffe related words in this fun word search? We have made it easier for younger children and those new to word searches by only including words listed horizontally or vertically.
There are 18 giraffe related words to find in this fun word search. There is also a cute little giraffe to colour while you are trying to find the words.
There are 18 hippo related words to find in this fun word search and even a cute hippo to colour while you are searching!
We have a fun hippo word search with 12 words to find all either horizontal or vertical to make it easier for younger children or those new to word searches.
There are 18 words to find in this fun hyena word search, we have also included a downloadable solution sheet in case you get stuck. How quick can you find them all?
There are 12 words relating to hyenas to find in this fun word search. We have made this easier by only including vertical and horizontal words to make it easier for younger children.
Can you find all 18 monkey related words in this fun word search puzzle? We have included a solution sheet in case you get stuck.
We have created this easier monkey word search where we have only included vertical and horizontal words making it easier for younger puzzlers.
Can you unscramble the letters in these ten monkey anagrams to reveal the monkey related words? There is also a cute little monkey to colour while you are thinking.
Use the rules printed on the sheet to find as many words as you can from the grid. Total your score and see if you can beat your friends, don't forget yo give yourself double points for any baboon related words.
Use the rules provided on the sheet to make as many words as you can. Why not challenge your class or friends and don't forget any words relating to camels get double points!
This is a variation on the game Boggle, find as many words as you can, the rules are on the sheet. Don't forget to give yourself double points for any cheetah related word.
This is a fun version of the traditional Boggle game. Find as many words as you can using the rules provided, don't forget to give yourself double points for any elephant related words you find. Why not challenge your friends or class to see who can score the most points?
Find as many words as you can in this great version of the traditional Boggle game. If you find any words relating to gazelles they are worth double points. All the rules are provided on the sheet.
Use the rules provided to find as many words as you can in this fun word puzzle. Why not challenge your friends and don't forget to give yourself double points for any giraffe related words.
Find as many words as you can using the rules provided in this fun word puzzle game. Why not challenge your friends to see who can get the highest score and don't forget to give yourself double points for any word relating to hippopotamuses.
Find as many words as you can in this fun word puzzle. All the rules are provided on the sheet. If you do find any hyena related words don't forget to give yourself double points for these. A Great game to play in the classroom.
Use the rules provided to make as many words as you can in this fun word puzzle game. Don't forget to give yourself double points for any monkey related words that you find.
Can you match up each of the monkeys with their correct shadow in this fun monkey shadow match puzzle?
Use the grid provided to copy the baboon doing one square at a time to build up the full picture. Great for improving observational and drawing skills.
Use the completed picture and the grid provided to draw your own camel. Why not colour it in to make it extra special?
Copy the cheetah one square at a time to create your own masterpiece.
This cute little elephant is all ready to be copied onto the grid provided. Draw one square at a time and you will soon create your own masterpiece. Perfect for younger elephant lovers.
This more realistic drawing of an elephant is more suitable for older children. A great way to learn how to draw this majestic animal.
This cute gazelle is all ready to be copied to the squares on the right in this fun grid copy.
Copy the Gazelle onto the empty grid, take your time and copy one square at a time to make it easier.
This cute giraffe grid copy is perfect for younger artists as there is less detail. Copy the image onto the blank grid to create your own masterpiece.
Copy the giraffe into the empty grid by doing one square at a time to build the full picture.
Use the grid provided to make a copy of this cute hippo. If you complete one square at a time it's a lot easier and you soon have a finished picture all ready to be coloured in.
Can you make a copy of the hyena in this fun grid copy. The picture is quite detailed so makes a great challenge for older children.
Draw your own cute little monkey with the help of the grid provided. Take one square at a time and the completed picture soon builds up.
Cheeky Monkey How Many Words Puzzle
How many words can you make from the letters in "cheeky monkey"? A perfect sheet if you are studying monkeys and a great sheet to work on as a class or small group.
Monkey Mayhem How Many Words Puzzle
Monkeys are very mischievous creatures so we have created a monkey mayhem how many words puzzle, why not challenge you class or friends to see who can find the most?
Join the dots from 1 to 32 to compete the baboon. Why not colour it in to make it extra special?
Can you join the dots to complete the picture of this cute camel? Great for helping with number ordering and recognition skills.
Join the dots to complete the picture of the cheetah. Great for helping with number ordering skills.
This sweet little elephant isn't quite finished, can you join the dots to finish him off?
Join the dots to reveal this cute giraffe which can be coloured in to make it extra special.
Can you join the dots to complete the picture of the giraffe?
Join the dots to reveal the hippo in this fun puzzle.
Join the dots to reveal this cute little hyena, why not colour it in to make it extra nice?
Join the dots to complete this cute monkey hanging upside down. Why not colour it in to make it extra special?
Did you know that squirrel monkeys are considered to be one of the cleverest monkeys due to having a large brain compared to the size of their body? We have a cute little squirrel monkey dot to dot ready for you to complete.
Join the dots to reveal this cute little tamarin in this fun dot to dot puzzle.
Print out the sheet and cut up the pieces to make your own fun baboon jigsaw puzzle. How quick can you solve it?
Print the sheet and cut out the strips. You now need to mix them up and try and put them in the correct order to reveal the baboon. Great for improving number ordering skills.
Print out the sheet, cut out the pieces and solve this fun camel jigsaw puzzle. Even better if you laminate it as it can be used again and again.
Print out the sheets and cut into strips ready to solve this fun camel number jigsaw puzzle. Put the numbers into the correct order to reveal the camel. This is great for 1-10 number recognition and ordering skills.
Print out the cheetah jigsaw puzzle, cut out the pieces and try to solve it. It works better if printed on thin card, why not laminate it to use again and again?
Print out this great sheet, cut up the pieces and you have a great cheetah number jigsaw. Great for helping children with their number ordering skills.
This lovely colourful scene of an elephant makes a great jigsaw. Just print out onto thin card, cut the pieces out and you are all set. This is even better if you laminate it, as it can be used again and again.
This jigsaw puzzle is best printed on thin card. Cut out the jigsaw into the strips, mix them up and then try to solve the puzzle by putting the numbers into their correct order. Great for improving number ordering skills.
Print out this colourful gazelle jigsaw puzzle onto some thin card and cut out the pieces all ready to solve. It is even better if you laminate it as it can be used again and again.
Print out this great number jigsaw onto some thin card and cut into strips all ready to be solved. A great way to improve number ordering skills.
Print out the page and cut out the pieces to solve this great jigsaw puzzle with a scene of a giraffe eating from the trees. It works even better if printed onto thin card.
Cut the sheet into the thin strips labelled from 1-10 to play this great number jigsaw puzzle. The tall giraffe picture is so cute and the puzzle helps with number ordering skills.
Print out this colourful hippo scene and cut out the pieces to make your own great jigsaw puzzle. Why not laminate it so it can be used again and again?
Print out the sheet and cut into the ten strips. If you put the strips in order from 1-10 you will reveal the cute hippo. Great for number ordering practice for younger children.
Print out this jigsaw puzzle and cut around each of the pieces. Can you solve it by putting it back together? This is great if you laminate it as it can be used again and again.
Cut out the picture into strips and then try and put back together by ordering the numbers from 1 to 10. This is a great puzzle for early years learning number recognition and ordering.
Print out this bright monkey picture and cut into the various pieces before putting them together to solve this fun monkey jigsaw.
Cut out the pieces of the monkey and arrange them in number order to reveal the picture in this fun number jigsaw puzzle. Perfect for helping to improve number ordering skills.
Can you think of a word beginning with each of the letters of the alphabet that relates to a baboon? You might have to get a bit creative with some of the letters.
Can you think of a word relating to camels for each of the letters of the alphabet? Some letters may be very tricky so you may have to get a bit creative!
Can you think of a cheetah related word for each of the letters of the alphabet? This isn't easy for some of the letters, you might have to get a bit creative!
Can you think of a word relating to elephants for each of the letters of the alphabet? There are a few harder letters where you might have to be a bit creative.
Can you think of a word relating to a gazelle for each of the letters of the alphabet? Think of the habitat in which they live and any descriptive words you can think of to describe gazelles.
For each of the letters of the alphabet can you find a word relating to giraffes? These can be descriptive words or what the giraffe eats or anything about its habitat. You may have to get a bit creative with some of the letters!
Can you think of a word relating to hippopotamuses for each of the letters of the alphabet? It isn't that easy for some of the letters so you might have to get a bit creative.
Can you think of a word relating to hyenas for each of the letters of the alphabet. Think about where they live and how you might describe them. Some letters might not be that easy so you may have to get a bit creative.
Can you think of a monkey related word for each of the letters of the alphabet in this fun alphabet challenge puzzle? Think about the different species of monkey, where they live, what they eat and what other animals they may meet.
Use the completed picture of the baboon to help you colour your own. Can you match the colours?
Use the completed picture of the camel to help colour your own.
Get your crayons at the ready and colour the cute little chetah to match the completed picture.
You will need lots of shades of brown crayons to complete this cute little monkey colour match sheet.
How cute is this little elephant? You can colour your own by using the colours on the completed picture to colour your own.
Use the finished picture of the cute gazelle to create your own masterpiece using the same colours.
Get your orange and brown crayons at the ready to make a copy of this cute giraffe.
Copy the colours from the smaller giraffe into the bigger version, why not cut it out and use on a display after you have finished?
Get your crayons at the ready and make a colour copy of this hippopotamus.
Colour the hyena to match the finished one. when you have finished you can cut out your drawing and use on a card or display.
Mandrills are one of the most brightly coloured mammals with the red stripe running down their nose and the bright blue ridges either side. We have a a cute mandrill head all ready to be coloured in, just copy the colours from the finished one to create your own masterpiece.
Use the colours from the completed cute little monkey to colour in your own in this fun colour copy sheet.
Noodle Monkey Colour Copy Sheet
This monkey looks like he is enjoying a big bowl of yummy noodles. Why not colour in your own little monkey by matching the colours from the finished picture?
Colour the tamarin to match the finished one in this fun colour copy sheet.
Can you find the 5 differences between the two scenes containing this cute baboon?
Can you spot the 5 differences between the two pictures of the camel?
Can you find the 5 differences between the two pictures of the cheetah?
There are 5 differences to find between these two pictures of elephants. Can you spot them all?
Can you find the 5 differences between the two giraffe scenes?
Can you find the 5 differences between these two hippo scenes in this fun spot the difference puzzle? Once you have found them all why not use as a colouring page and colour one of the scenes in?
Can you find 5 differences between these two pictures of a hyena having a rest on a rock?
Monkey Find the Difference Puzzle
Can you find all 5 differences between the two pictures of monkeys in this fun spot the difference puzzle?
Cut out the different parts and stick them down to create your own cute little elephant.
Cut out the shapes and glue them in the correct place to reveal the giraffe. Perfect for younger children first practicing their scissor skills.
Cut out the pieces and glue them into the correct place to create your own hyena. Great for improving scissor skills.
Cut out the different shapes and stick them down in the correct place on the picture, to complete the rhino scene, in this fun worksheet.
Rhino Shapes Cut and Glue Page
Cut out the various shapes and stick them down in the correct place in this fun rhino cut and glue worksheet.
Fill in the gaps in the picture to draw your own baboon.
We have removed some of the sections from the camel, can you fill them in using the completed picture as a guide?
Use the completed picture of the cheetah to fill in the spaces and draw your own. Why not colour it in to make it extra special?
Fill in the blank boxes to create your own picture of a giraffe. A great way to improve observational and drawing skills.
Use the completed picture of the elephant to fill in the gaps and complete your own version.
Complete the picture of the gazelle by filling in the blanks, great for improving observational skills.
Fill in the missing squares of the hippo drawing using the completed picture as a guide in this great observational puzzle.
Use the completed picture of the hyena to draw your own by filling in the missing boxes.
Mandrill Complete the Picture Puzzle
Complete the picture of the mandrill using the completed picture and grid as a guide in this fun complete the picture puzzle.
Monkey Complete the Picture Puzzle
Use the grid and the completed monkey to draw your own, filling in the missing squares, in this fun complete the monkey picture puzzle.
Tamarin Complete the Picture Puzzle
Use the grid and completed picture of the monkey to fill in the missing squares and draw your own cute little tamarin in this fun complete the picture puzzle.
