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Animal Crafts at HowStuffWorks contains a wide variety of animal crafts and activities for kids. Find crafts relating to your child's favorite animal.

Featured Article:  How to Make Bird Houses

You and your kids can help the birds by learning how to make bird houses. It's a fun family activity that you can all work on together. And before you know it, birds will be flocking to your backyard. Kids will love to see who flies by for a visit! See more »

Animal Activities

Animal Activities

If you've got a pint-sized animal lover in your life, animal activities for kids are a great way to combine a little learning and a lot of hands-on fun. Explore the animal world with these fun and interesting animal activities.

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Animal Crafts

Animal Crafts

Whether it's a day at the zoo or an afternoon spent exploring the backyard, kids love learning about animals. From bears to bugs, kids love animals, and they'll love the animal crafts in this article. Find step-by-step directions for great animal crafts.

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Ant Activities

Ant Activities

Kids who are curious about science, animals, or insects will love trying these ant activities. From an easy-to-build ant farm to a set of experiments you can conduct in your own backyard, these activities open up a world of fun and spark a love for learning.

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Bear Crafts and Activities

Bear Crafts and Activities

Polar bears, teddy bears, panda bears -- everyone loves bears, and there's plenty about bears to love. These bear crafts and activities are creative, fun projects for bear lovers and craft fans alike. Get started with these bear crafts.

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Bird Crafts

Bird Crafts

Birds are a delight to spot in nature, with their gorgeous, vivid colors and graceful shapes. The bird craft projects in this article capture some of that beauty with crafts that are not only lovely, but simple and fun to make, too.

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Bird-Watching Activities for Kids

Bird-Watching Activities for Kids

For centuries man has been obsessed with birds and flight. These bird-watching activities for kids will help to increase knowledge about birds and their daily activities. And, more importantly, they're just plain fun to do!

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Bird-Watching Projects for Kids

Bird-Watching Projects for Kids

Check out these projects and activities to learn more about the fascinating world of birds. Whether you are new to bird-watching or a seasoned birding veteran, you're sure to find a great bird-watching project in this article.

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Butterfly Activities

Butterfly Activities

Butterfly activities offer great ways for kids to understand and appreciate the butterfly, one of nature's most beautiful insects. Learn how to make a caterpillar hatchery, butterfly net, butterfly balloon and more.

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Butterfly Crafts

Butterfly Crafts

Butterfly crafts for kids let kids express their inner artistry through the beauty of nature. Learn nine creative butterfly crafts that are fun, educational and will have your whole family abuzz with activity.

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Cat Crafts

Cat Crafts

Cat crafts for kids are a fun way to celebrate your furry friends or get in touch with your feline side. Learn how to make catnip toys, toy cat balloons and other cat crafts for kids.

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Crafty Animal Projects for Kids

Crafty Animal Projects for Kids

Animals of all stripes are fascinating to children. Indulge their interest with these crafty animal projects.

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Dinosaur Activities

Dinosaur Activities

These fun dinosaur activities for kids are sure to be the center of attention at any party. The projects you will find on the following pages are simple to complete and can be done in a jiffy. Get in touch with your wild side and try some of these dinosaur activities today.

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Dinosaur Crafts

Dinosaur Crafts

You might not be able to discover dinosaur bones in your own backyard, but dinosaur crafts for kids will give you a chance to explore history. From making your own fossils to creating an origami dinosaur, there's plenty to keep you entertained.

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Dog Activities

Dog Activities

On a sunny day or a rainy afternoon, there's always a way to celebrate canines with dog activities. From quizzes and puzzles to a neighborhood parade, the dog activities in this article will give you a chance to celebrate your love of dogs.

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Dog Crafts

Dog Crafts

Dog crafts for kids encourage you and your kids to switch gears and try making something cool and creative. Relax -- you've been bending your brains all week! These fun dog crafts just might be the break you all need.

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Dragon Craft

Dragon Craft

A friendly dancing dragon is a kid's best friend! Learn how to create this fun kid's animal craft with its big, floppy eyelashes. Learn how to make homemade dragon crafts with these instructions.

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Elephant Activities

Elephant Activities

Elephants are always a big hit at the zoo, and now they can be a main attraction at your own house with these elephant activities. The two elephant balloon crafts you can make will have your friends wondering in amazement as to how you did it.

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Environmental Activities

Environmental Activities

Whether you enjoy getting your hands dirty or prefer researching your surroundings inside away from mud, there's an environmental activity here for you. So dig in the dirt or dig into a book, and let's start saving our planet.

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Fish Activities

Fish Activities

Fish activities are a perfect way for kids to interact with animals from the sea without getting too wet. Observing these underwater creatures is no small feat, but with some adult help on a few of these projects, it will be like you're right in the water with them.

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Fish Crafts

Fish Crafts

You don't have to live near the ocean to have some fishy fun. With fish crafts our scaled and finned friends don't have to spend all their time behind glass. Fish can swim on clothes, dangle from mobiles, or even fly on a kite.

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