Early Man Inspired Caveman Cave Painting Craft

Do your kids know how recorded history began? For years histories were handed down in story and song, but that changed when man began to write and draw on cave walls. Though it was left behind when the tribes migrated, it was the beginning of recorded history! (You can thank the Phoenicians later for our current alphabet!) To celebrate our learning inspired by the stop-motion animated film, EARLY MAN, I had an idea for a STEAM caveman craft: Cave Paintings! The cavemen in EARLY MAN find cave paintings from their ancestors that tell their story and eventually the cavemen find hidden messages… but no spoilers here… you’ll have to see the movie like we did (we were allowed to see an early screening)!

With only a few household items, you can create this whimsical caveman craft with your kids. Be sure to allow them the freedom to tell their own story on the “cave” walls, but as you create, note to them how different it is to draw on a flat paper surface than the crumply and rocky cave face.

This caveman craft is a lot of fun when you look closely at the drawings. The soccer players, Mr. Rock and bunny hint at the fun of Lionsgate’s new film, Early Man. Set at the dawn of time, when dinosaurs and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, EARLY MAN tells the story of how one brave caveman unites his tribe against a mighty enemy and saves the day! There’s a lot of silly jokes, soccer references and plenty of family fun plus the animation you’ve come to expect from the folks who brought you Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run: Summit Entertainment, StudioCanal, and Aardman Animations.

Lionsgate’s EARLY MAN opens nationwide on Friday, February 16, 2018.
Runtime: 89 minutes, Rated: PG (For rude humor and some action.)