OK, let’s craft something animal-shaped or natured-themed or totally all green! Our editors are here to help with the most popular wildlife-related crafts from the Ranger Rick archives to inspire your next project.

Colorful homemade sidewalk chalk shaped like popsicles in orange, green, and purple with wooden craft stick handles. The image includes the title "Chalk Pops" and the subtitle "Make your own sidewalk chalk."

Sidewalk Chalk Art: Make Chalk Pops

Turn ordinary sidewalk chalk into colorful “pops” that look good enough to eat (but definitely aren’t!). Mix up a rainbow of bright colors, let them dry, then head outside to transform your sidewalk into a colorful outdoor art gallery!

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side-by-side views of a children's paper plate craft featuring a gray dolphin diving into blue ocean water above colorful fish, seaweed, and coral. The finished craft is labeled "Diving Dolphin."

Make a splash with this paper plate craft! Create a colorful underwater scene with some paint and construction paper, then watch your dolphin leap and dive beneath the waves with just a simple turn of the plate.

gray and brown mouse-shaped felt catnip toys with a pet cat grabbing them

Calling all crafty cat lovers! Turn a few simple supplies into a purr-fectly fun felt mouse toy your cat will go wild for. Stuff it with catnip, add a yarn tail, and watch your furry friend pounce, chase, and play!

Green chameleon face with a party blower tongue on a white background

Make a Chameleon Bug-Catcher

Zap! Just like a real chameleon flicks out its long tongue to catch insects, use this fun bug catcher to snag critters with a sticky party blower horn.

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