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Raksha Bandhan Worksheets (Ages 3–7)
Raksha Bandhan worksheets are printable activity sheets for children aged 3 to 7 based on the Indian festival celebrating the bond between siblings. They include tracing and decorating rakhi thread outlines, counting beads and rakhis, matching brother-and-sister picture pairs, colouring within rakhi and thali borders, and completing simple friendship-themed patterns, building fine motor, counting, matching and colour-recognition skills.
Raksha Bandhan is celebrated every year on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Shravan, usually in August, and moves each year with the lunar calendar rather than falling on a fixed date. Rather than tie these worksheets to a single day, they focus on the festival's lasting theme, the bond between brothers and sisters, so a three-year-old can trace and decorate a simple rakhi thread while a six-year-old counts a tray of rakhis and beads or matches sibling picture pairs. Teachers and parents can print them in the days before any given year's Raksha Bandhan without checking a new date.
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Superhero Friendship Band Craft Worksheet
This worksheet helps children practice their scissor skills and learn to follow instructions while creating fun friendship bands or rakhis.
Unicorn Friendship Bands Worksheet for Kids
Children will practice coloring and scissor skills while creating unique friendship bands.
Superhero Friendship Bands Craft Worksheet for Kids
This worksheet helps children develop fine motor skills and creativity by cutting and pasting to create friendship bands.
Friendship Band Craft Worksheet for Kids
Children will practice their cutting and pasting skills while creating friendship bands or rakhis.
Friendship Band Craft: Cut, Paste, and Create!
This worksheet helps children practice their fine motor skills while creating friendship bands or rakhi.
Friendship Band Craft Worksheet for Kids
This worksheet helps children practice their fine motor skills and following instructions while creating friendship bands or rakhis.
Friendship Band Craft: Cut, Paste, and Create!
This worksheet helps children develop fine motor skills and creativity by cutting, pasting, and designing their own friendship bands.
Friendship Band Craft: Cut, Paste, and Create!
This worksheet helps children develop fine motor skills and creativity by cutting, pasting, and designing their own friendship bands or rakhis.
Dinosaur Friendship Bands Worksheet: Cut, Color, and Create!
Children will practice fine motor skills by cutting and coloring, and develop creativity by designing their own friendship bands.
What children learn through Raksha Bandhan worksheets
Raksha Bandhan worksheets use rakhis, beads and sibling scenes as the subject for tracing, counting and matching: a three- to five-year-old traces a rakhi thread outline or counts beads on a tray up to 10, while a six- or seven-year-old sorts rakhis by colour or matches brother-and-sister picture pairs. Colouring sheets use rakhi and thali borders to practise staying inside a firm outline.
- Tracing and decorating rakhi thread outlines
- Counting beads, rakhis and sweets on a tray
- Matching brother-and-sister picture pairs
- Colouring within rakhi and thali borders
What to prepare a week before Raksha Bandhan
Print a mixed set of tracing, counting and colouring sheets a few days before the festival's full-moon date so a child has a ready activity while rakhis are being tied at home. Keep bright thread, beads or sequins nearby if a sheet doubles as a craft template for decorating a real rakhi, and set aside a spare sheet for a cousin or friend who visits.
- Print 4–5 sheets across tracing, counting and colouring
- Keep thread, beads or sequins ready for craft-style rakhi sheets
- Print a spare sheet for a visiting cousin or sibling
- Confirm the current year's Shravan full-moon date on a calendar
Frequently asked questions
What age are Raksha Bandhan worksheets for?
Raksha Bandhan worksheets on this page suit children aged 3 to 7, roughly Nursery through Class 1 in Indian schools. Three- and four-year-olds do best with tracing and colouring sheets using large rakhi outlines, while five- to seven-year-olds are ready for counting, sorting and sibling-matching sheets that suit the UKG and Class 1 level.
Does Raksha Bandhan fall on the same date every year?
No. Raksha Bandhan is celebrated on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Shravan, which follows the lunar calendar, so the date shifts each year and usually falls in August. Checking a current calendar closer to the time is the reliable way to confirm the exact date for a given year.
What should a child know about Raksha Bandhan by age 5?
By age 5, most children can explain in simple terms that a sister ties a rakhi thread on her brother's wrist as a sign of the bond between them, and can recognise a rakhi by sight. Matching and tracing worksheets on this page reinforce that recognition through a hands-on task rather than explanation alone.
Are Raksha Bandhan worksheets only about siblings with a brother and sister?
The traditional rakhi-tying custom is between a sister and brother, and the worksheets on this page reflect that, but the friendship and bond themes, tracing, counting and matching pairs, work equally well for any sibling pair or close friendship a family wants to use them for.
Are the Raksha Bandhan worksheets free to download?
Yes. Every Raksha Bandhan worksheet and printable pack can be downloaded free as a watermarked PDF after creating an account, with five downloads a day. An annual subscription removes the watermark and the daily limit across these sheets, printable packs and the rest of the 1,000+ worksheet library.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Written and reviewed by Hemsweta Jain (Teacher Cheena), who designs every RaisoActive worksheet.
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