10 Cute and Easy Red Panda Crafts for Kids
Here are some cute red panda crafts for kids – to help them learn about the fun animal and also celebrate International Red Panda Day on 16th Sep!
When you hear the word ‘panda‘, what is the image that comes to mind?
For most people, it will be a large, fluffy, cuddly, black-and-white creature that keeps tumbling over itself. However, that cute guy isn’t the original panda – it is the red panda that has that honor!
Yes, the red panda was the only panda for about 5o years, after which the giant panda was discovered, so now we know who was first!
Who discovered the red panda?
The red panda was discovered by Georges-Frédéric Cuvier, a French zoologist. Frédéric Cuvier was a pretty big deal in his times – he has been mentioned in Darwin’s book ‘On the Origin of Species’ as well as in Moby Dick.
The animal he discovered was the Himalayan red panda, which lives in Nepal and north-eastern India. This panda’s scientific name is Ailurus (fulgens) fulgens – Ailurus is from the Greek word ailouros, which means cat, and fulgens means ‘fire-colored’. Sounds like an accurate description of the red panda!
It also sounds like the red panda is a gorgeous creature, and Frédéric Cuvier even said that it was the most beautiful one he had ever seen! So the red panda certainly deserves to be celebrated, especially since International Red Panda Day is coming up on 16th September 2023! If you’re ready, so are we – with some cute red panda crafts!
10 Cute and Easy Red Panda Crafts for Kids
1. Red Panda Corner Bookmark
The red panda has been listed on the endangered animals list since 2015. Now, countries like India, Bhutan, China and Nepal have many conservation programs in place. Learn more about this by making these corner bookmarks based on the red panda as well as other endangered animals.
2. Paper Bag Red Panda Puppet
One thing you can’t miss about the red panda – and our red panda puppet craft – is the striped tail! A red panda’s tail is almost as long as its body, and it is used as a blanket to wrap around during winter. How cute is that?
3. Red Panda Valentine Craft
This red panda Valentine craft from Simple Everyday Mom is just adorable, and would make a great gift for your loved one! In reality, red pandas are solitary creatures, except for breeding season. This usually lasts from June-August, and baby panda cubs are born in spring, at the same time young, tender bamboo leaves are available.
4. Red Panda Box Animal Craft
Red pandas have many nicknames, including first panda, original panda, lesser panda, firefox, red-cat-bear and others. But whatever name you decide to call it, this box craft from Canon Creative Park is just as cute!
5. Red Panda Embroidery Free Pattern
If you’ve got a sewing beginner in your home, they’ll enjoy this red panda embroidery pattern from Craft Foxes. It’s a great piece of decor for the wall, and makes such a pleasant face to look at every day!
6. Red Panda Drawing Tutorial
Our list of red panda crafts also includes a drawing tutorial by Art Projects for Kids and it’s great for beginners! Notice that the panda is surrounded by greens – probably bamboo because that’s what they eat a lot of. Despite that, they are considered carnivores, since their ancestors were carnivores – strange!
7. Red Panda Cut and Paste Craft
We think that red panda crafts are super cute, and this one from Simple Mom Project is absolutely adorable! It looks like a baby red panda cub waiting for its Mama. In fact, red panda mothers act a lot like mother cats; they lick their babies to keep them clean and carry them in their mouths.
8. Pipe Cleaner Red Panda
This red panda craft from Eerdlings is quite interesting since it is made completely from pipe cleaners! It’s a good representation of how red pandas look too, covered all over in fur. This helps them stay warm in winter, which can be harsh since they live in the Himalayan region. They also have hair on the soles of their paws to enable walking through the snow.
9. Red Panda Printable Craft
This printable from Learn Create Love is a great addition to our list of red panda crafts, and we love that you can paint over it in the rich tones of rust, orange and brown. This color actually helps camouflage the red pandas since their environment is full of trees covered with reddish-brown moss.
10. Red Panda Paper Crown
If you’d like to act like a red panda yourself and climb over trees, then make yourself a paper crown, like this one from Made by Teachers! There is a colored version and a black-and-white version, which you can color in. Be sure to leave out the white bits – in real red pandas, these are almost glow-in-the-dark!
These red panda crafts are great for all age groups, and that’s perfect because who doesn’t love a creature as cute as a red panda? You can use the opportunity of International Red Panda Day to learn more about this creature, read books and watch movies – our favorite is the 2022 one, Turning Red!
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