Celebrate International Raccoon Appreciation Day on 1st October with some fun raccoon crafts for kids! Learn about these creatures as you DIY!

Have you ever heard of a city declaring war on an animal?

Well, it’s happened, and not in a movie! The mayor of Toronto declared a war on raccoons, since the city had been overrun by them. The mayor was serious, saying that ‘defeat is not an option’!

Well, raccoons are known for being able to survive anywhere, which means urban settings are as comfortable for them as the wild! If you’d like to learn more about raccoons, here are a few books to start with.

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Books about Raccoons for Kids

All Things Raccoons For Kids by Animal Reads
A Raccoon at the White House by Rachel Dougherty and Rachel Sanson
School for Bandits by Hannah Shaw
Surprise! by Caroline Hadilaksono
Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri

With the 1st of October being International Raccoon Appreciation Day, we think it’s a great opportunity to learn more about these creatures – with some cool raccoon crafts for kids, of course!

15 Rad Raccoon Crafts for Kids

1. Printable Raccoon Paper Craft

Let’s kickstart this list of raccoon crafts for kids with an easy printable paper raccoon craft! Little kids will have fun putting together a cute little raccoon with the different pieces!

2. Super Cute Raccoon Mini Puppet

How about a little raccoon to keep you company as you read? Well, thanks to our printable stick bookmark craft, it’s possible! You can also try out the other woodland animals included in the set.

3. Raccoon Handprint Craft with Printable Template

Raccoons’ hands are quite dexterous – they’re a lot like ours! Raccoons have five toes on all their paws, and these work like our hands to hold things and open everything from doorknobs to jars and boxes! Well, in this craft from Simple Everyday Mom, our raccoons are holding on to a large tree trunk!

4. Easy Raccoon Drawing Tutorial

Art Projects for Kids has a fun drawing tutorial here, showing us exactly how to draw a little raccoon, complete with it’s dark eye patches, bushy tail and little paws!

5. Colorful Raccoon Cardboard Craft

Raccoons are animals with strong survival instincts, and they can live pretty much anywhere – in the ground, inside tree hollows or between rocks. They’re as comfortable here as they are in chimneys or crawl spaces under houses! Little Treasure Heaven shows us a raccoon who looks pretty happy sitting by himself in the forest.

6. Foam Cup Raccoon Craft

If you’re looking for raccoon crafts for kids based on books, I Heart Crafty Things has got a cute one for you based on The Kissing Hand. This is a picture book written by Audrey Penn about a little raccoon, Chester, who’s nervous about being away from his Mom. The story talks about how Chester’s Mom kisses his paw and reassures him. The book was featured among the “Top 100 Picture Books” by School Library Journal and has been translated into five languages.

7. Papercraft Raccoon Puppet

Frugal Mom Eh gives us a cute little Raccoon puppet craft with a printable template. Do you know what raccoons like to eat? They’ll eat anything from nuts and berries to grasshoppers and frogs – that’s quite a varied diet! As for this guy, a few pompoms should suffice!

8. Paper Plate Raccoon Craft

Raccoons are known to be ‘crepuscular’, which means they’re usually active during dawn and dusk as well as during the night. However, if there is food to be had, they won’t hesitate to venture out in the day! Learn more about raccoons as you make this paper plate raccoon craft from Made to be a Momma.

9. Popsicle Stick Raccoon Craft

You can’t have a list of raccoon crafts for kids without talking about their dark eye patches, which give them that ‘bandit’ look! Craft Create Cook brings us a craft that features raccoons with some nice, dark patches around the eyes! The dark markings are actually for deflecting the sun’s glare and helping the raccoons see better at night.

10. DIY Raccoon Paper Basket

Raccoons that live in the city are quite resourceful when it comes to finding food. They go through garbage cans and steal pet food from bowls and even from bird feeders! However, this little raccoon from The Craft Train comes bearing gifts of his own – candy!

11. Handprint Raccoon Hug Craft

We love it when raccoon crafts for kids have a close anatomical resemblance, like this one from Glued to My Crafts has! The Latin name for the raccoon is Procyon lotor, where lotor means ‘the washerman’. This is because raccoons do a washing motion with their paws and water before eating, which looks similar to what the raccoon here is doing!

12. Clothespin Raccoon Craft

Raccoons don’t hibernate, but they do sleep for long periods of time during winter. They also prepare for winter by eating extra in the Fall, so they aren’t hungry when it’s too cold to hunt for food. They eat so much that by the time winter starts, they weigh twice as much as they did in spring! However, this little guy from The OT Toolbox is rather slim, since he’s made with a clothespin!

13. Paper Plate Handprint Raccoon Craft

Mommy raccoons are very possessive about their babies and go crazy if separated from them! They only breed once a year, to three or four babies. They stay with their babies for the first winter, caring for them till they’re old enough to go out on their own. Learn more about raccoon parents as you make this cute craft from Our Kid Things.

14. Raccoon Paper Bag Craft

Raccoons like being by themselves most of the time, staying home unless they need to find food. Female raccoons may form groups and hang around together until it’s time for any one of them to breed. We think these raccoons from Simple Everyday Mom don’t mind each other’s company – they look happy!

15. The Kissing Hand Newspaper Raccoon Craft

Raccoons are both hated and wanted – many farmers and homeowners consider them pests, but in other places, they’re used as pest control, to get rid of rodents. It’s quite a dichotomy; you can ponder over it as you make this newspaper raccoon craft from I Heart Crafty Things!

We hope these raccoon crafts for kids have given you a little more information about these interesting creatures! Looks like they do deserve the ‘bandit’ tag, and not just because they look the part, but because of their actions!

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