Bags | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day

Children's Day bags

We are excited to once again be offering 15,000 Children’s Day bags, including resources and activities for pre-school age children, to communities across Australia.

The Children’s Day bag has a drawing called Taungurung Bubup by Annette Sax. It is of a baby wrapped in a possum skin cloak in a coolamon – a traditional carrying vessel. A coolamon is shaped like a canoe as the baby is carried on its journey of life. Traditionally coolamons were used to cradle babies, carry water, fruits or nuts, to separate grains, and protect from the rain.

2021 bag sales will be available soon at the usual price of $6 per bag, for delivery from late June. Due to high demand, we are offering pre-orders to SNAICC Members first before making them available to all supporters. If you’re interested in becoming a member, please go to SNAICC Membership.

In addition to items supplied in these bags, you can also find more fun Activities online. All Children's Day resources can be accessed on the website. We'd prefer that families and communities purchase products from SNAICC rather than external organisations marketing Children's Day material that is not sanctioned by SNAICC, to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities benefit.

The reusable Children’s Day 2021 bag
will contain:

Drawstring backsack with illustration to colour in: Taungurung Bubup (a baby in a coolamon), artist Annette Sax of Yarn Strong Sista
Children's Day 2021 Activity Sheet & crayons
Can You Dance? book, donated by Indigenous Literacy Foundation
Golden wattleseed – for children to plant
Wooden hand with (safe) spike - for children to paint and stick into the garden
Children’s Day sticker.

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has kindly donated this book to be included in the Children's Day bags we will distribute to children for 4 August:

Can You Dance?
– written by Sally Morgan, illustrated by Kathy Arbon

Written by one of Australia’s best-loved authors, this board book will get toddlers and preschoolers up off their feet following the actions of the animals featured in the book. They’ll soon be flapping their arms like a scary magpie’s wings, stomping their feet like a cheeky wombat and dancing like a silly lizard, along with the actions of five other animals.

Stay tuned for updates to see a video relating to this book as well as a promotional activity to get children involved to show their cultural pride and strong spirit.

Children's Day 2021 posters

We have produced a new poster for Children's Day 2021.

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