African Animal Handwriting Worksheets

Children can trace over the letters in the word "bison" and colour in the picture on this printable handwriting worksheet. 

Writing real words gives meaning to handwriting practice. Our camel handwriting worksheet gives good practice in writing curved letters.

There are lots of curly letters to get a feel of as you trace over the letters with a finger on our cute cheetah finger tracing page.

There is lots of pencil control practice to be had with this cheetah word tracing worksheet. Trace the letters and then colour in the picture.  

Your cheeky chimps can have a go at writing the word chimpanzee on this cute worksheet! Just trace the letters, starting on the dot. 

For children first learning to write we have this elephant handwriting worksheet with letters to trace in four fonts, getting harder each time. How proud they will be when they write the word elephant!  

Here is a fun way for little ones to practise their letter skills! Finger trace the letters in the word "gazelle" first – then have a go with the crayon, perhaps?

Here's a little worksheet to help children practice their letters – tracing over the dotted letter shapes to spell the word gazelle. And of course there's a picture to colour in too.

Our giraffe handwriting worksheet guides children through writing the word giraffe with four fonts, getting harder each time, before they have space to try writing the word alone.  

Help children get a feel for letters by having them trace over the letters that spell "hippo" on this worksheet. They can then try and copy the shapes in a sand tray, perhaps.  

Chilren can practise their pencil control by tracing over the letters and then colouring in the hippo on this hippo word tracing worksheet.

Practising handwriting will be lots of fun with this lion themed worksheet. Start out by tracing the word and by the end of the page you'll be confident writing it unaided.

There are a few tricky letters here! Help children get a feel for the curves of 'e' and 'k' with this meerkat finger tracing page.

Extend a study of African animals with a bit of handwriting practice. Our Meerkat word tracing page is a handwriting worksheet and a colouring page in one.  

Practise the word monkey using this handwriting worksheet. The cute picture makes it a great tie in with other activites featuring jungle animals. Also, the monkey is one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.

Practise writing the word ostrich with our printable handwriting worksheet - and do some colouring in too!

Children can learn to write their letters with this lovely rhino finger tracing page. Trace over each letter carefully, starting on the dots, with a forefinger. You could then try to write the letter in a sand tray, or use a crayon or pencil on the worksheet.  

Our word tracing worksheets make handwriting practice fun for kids, and this rhino word tracing worksheet is no exception. And of course, the kids might like to colour in the picture, too.

Practise handwriting with the help of this fun warthog worksheet - sure to encourage even the most reluctant writer to get their letters forming properly!

Here's quite a big word for the children to learn and practise - can they trace the letters in "wildebeest" with their finger?

Learning to write the word zebra can start by finger tracing the letters on this simple worksheet. You could also match the letters with your magnetic fridge letters, or use a pen to trace them.