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Hello, DIYers!

Does your little one have a love for all creatures? Encourage it! We’ve put together a list of all sorts of fun and adorable crafts to help them get to know their favorite animals and learn about new ones! In this blog each craft will come with a fun fact about the animal that you can share as you do the project! These projects are great to do with the family while you share fun facts, show off your best “roar”, and make fun crafts to play with an display around the house!

Happy crafting, animal-lovers!

Pine Cone Owl

Did you know that a group of owls is called a parliament?!

Found Red Ted Art

Polar Bear Paper Plate Art

Interestingly, the polar bear’s coat has no white pigment; in fact, a polar bear’s skin is black and its hairs are hollow!

Found A Dab Of Glue Will Do

Newspaper Raccoon

Did you know that their black masks actually help them reduce glare and help them see better? Just like the black tape athletes wear under their eyes!

Found iheartcraftythings

Link Chain Alligator

Alligators cannot digest salt! Therefore they can only live in freshwater environments!

Found YouTube

Cupcake Liner Lion

Did you know that lions are the only cats that live in groups?!

Found Raising Little Superheros

Paper Hedgehogs

The hedgehog was not always called a hedgehog. Before this they were called Urchins which led to the naming of Sea Urchins!

Found Easy Peasy and Fun

Recycled Styrofoam Cup Cow

The average cow will spend about 8 hours a day eating and will consume about 40 pounds of food in a single day!

Found Kids Activities Blogs

Pom Pom Bumble Bee

If the bees nest gets too hot, worker bees post themselves near the entrance and fan the hot air out, like tiny flapping A/C units to keep the hive at 86 degrees Fahrenheit.

Found Molly Moo Crafts

Paper Octopus

Octopuses have 9 brains because, in addition to the central brain, each of 8 arms has a mini-brain that allows it to act independently!

Found YouTube

Popsicle Stick Wolves

Baby foxes are called pups, kits, or cubs!

Found One Little Project

Sting Ray Craft

Sting rays swim around while having no bones! they are made up of cartilage! The same bendy material that your nose and ears are made of!

Found Pinterest

Paper Plate Badger

Here is a badger! They make their homes by digging tunnels and caves and use grass and leaves for bedding and their home is called a sett!

Found Crafts on Sea

Bat Toilet Paper Roll

Bats can at 60 miles per hour! Certain species, such as the Mexican free-tailed bat, can fly even faster at a whooping 100 miles per hour!

Found Easy Peasy and Fun

Zebra Finger Puppet

A group of Zebras is called a Dazzle!

Found I Heart Crafty Things

Koala Craft

Koalas aren’t actually bears… they’re marsupials!

Found Iheartcraftythings

Snake Accordion

Did you know that snakes use their tongues to smell?!

Found Easy Peasy and Fun

Leaping Dolphin

While most people think of whales and dolphins being two entirely different creatures, dolphins are actually a type of whale!

Found Highlights

Kangaroo Craft

Kangaroos can hop around quickly on two legs or walk around slowly on all four, but they can’t walk backwards!.

Found Tinker About

Vulture Craft

Vultures are so important for the environment! Their eating habits neutralize lots of harsh bacteria and prevent them from spreading!

Found Red Ted Art

Quilled Pig Craft

When trained, piglets can learn their names at just two to three weeks old. They can learn to respond when called and learn tricks faster than dogs!

Found Frugal Mom Eh

Deer Puppet

Roughly 1 in 30,000 deer is an albino! That means they are all white!

Found Ottawa Mommy Club

Flamingo Art

Baby flamingos are grey when they are hatched!

Found YouTube

Panda Bear Bookmark

Pandas are certainly cute! They’re also pretty lazy! Their day consists primarily of eating, sleeping, and pooping!

Found Red Ted Art

Horse Craft

Horses can sleep lying down and standing up!

Found Funny Crafts

Elephant Craft

The deep wrinkles in elephants skin help them to hold water and cool them down!

Found Buggy and Buddy

Pom Pom Spider

Certain species of salticids (jumping spiders) can see into spectrums we humans cannot. A few have been shown to be able to see both UVA and UVB light.

Found The Best Idea For Kids

Hummingbird Craft

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards!

Found Learn Create Love

Origami Whale

A blue whale’s tongue alone weighs as much as an elephant!

Found Red Ted Art

Paper Fox

Foxes make up to 40 distinct sounds!

Found Our Kid Things

Puffer Fish Art

They puff up to about 3 times their normal size when feeling threatened!

Found Crafty Morning

Handprint Chicken

Chickens are actually descendants from dinosaurs! Specifically, the Tyrannosaurus rex!

Found Simple Everyday Mom

Paper Bag Platypus

The animal is best described as a hodgepodge of more familiar species: the duck (bill and webbed feet), beaver (tail), and otter (body and fur).

Found Cook Clean Craft

Tiger Frame

Unlike lions, adult tigers often live alone!

Found Preschool Playbook

Goat Craft

Goats were one of the first animals to be tamed by humans and were being herded 9,000 years ago.

Found Crystal and CO

Shark Puppets

Shark skin feels exactly like sandpaper because it is made up of tiny teeth-like structures called placoid scales, also known as dermal denticles. These scales point towards the tail and help reduce friction from surrounding water when the shark swims.