Make Animal Tracks With Crayons

Aug 28, 201820 min activity

Learn about animal tracks and then create your own using crayons!

When you walk in wet sand, snow, or mud, you leave behind a footprint. Animals do too! We call those prints “tracks.” You can see an example of animal tracks in the Nature Cat video The Raccoon Culprit. What do the tracks look like? How big are they? Do they match the sleeping raccoon that Nature Cat and his friends find?

In this activity, you and your child can make your own tracks — with your hands and feet! You can use paint, play dough, or crayons to make your own tracks — or try all three art ideas. Then compare your tracks with friends, your pet, or one of the Nature Cat gang!

Materials

Directions

Place your hand on a piece of paper and hold it very still. Ask a friend or family member to trace your hand with the crayon.

Switch places and trace your friend’s hand next to yours or on another piece of paper.

Now take turns tracing your foot and your friend’s foot.

Color in your tracks however you like.

Add Nature Cat, Squeeks, Hal, and Daisy’s footprints to your masterpiece.

Optional: Cut out the tracks and use tape or glue to create an artistic collage.

Look at your hand and footprint “tracks” and then look at the tracks made by your friend or family member. How are the tracks the same? How are they different?