Cactus Template (Free Printable PDF)

Our cactus template is perfect for helping you to make some easy and fun summer crafts and it’s totally free for you to download.

This printable design makes a great cactus coloring page for kids but I’ve also shared some easy cactus art ideas using this that you could try out at home or in a classroom.

Cactus Craft Ideas

Coloring

This template is perfect to use as a cactus coloring page too so grab your colored markers, crayons or coloring pencils and you’re ready to start. You could use a darker green marker or pencil to add spikes to your cactus.

Sponge Painting

Sponge painting is a really fun activity and can make a great alternative to normal painting, just cut up a sponge to the size that you want and dip it into some green paint before dabbing it onto your cactus.

You could try using different shades of green paint of this or using a smaller piece of sponge to dab in some pink paint to make flowers for your plant.

Toothbrush Painting

Similarly to using a sponge, use a toothbrush to dip into green paint and then dab onto your template. This method can be really good for making a texture on your picture.

Obviously don’t use your normal toothbrush for this, you’ll need one that stays with your craft materials and not in the bathroom!

Add Cactus Flowers

Color in your cactus and then add some flowers to it – a fun way to do this would be using pink dot or flower stickers which are good for supporting fine motor skills too or you could make tissue paper flowers by scrunching small balls of pink tissue paper and gluing these on.

Mosaic

This is a great way to practice scissor skills with your child and a great excuse to use up any old scrap paper or to get a use out of junk mail.

Check out our mosaic cactus craft to see how we’ve made this craft using our PDF.

More Free Summer Printables

We’ve shared loads free summer printables for kids with easy paper crafts, lots of PDF templates like this one ready for you to decorate and fun games and worksheets.

This cut and paste beach craft is one of my favorites, just grab your scissors and a glue stick to start making this fun scene.

If you’d like something simple to decorate why not grab this kite template? It’s perfect for young children to color or paint and you can create your own design for it.

Finally why not check out our summer I spy printable with lots of sandcastles, watermelons and butterflies to find.

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