Raccoon Learning Activities

Raccoons have a unique charm that captivates children, making them an excellent theme for educational activities. By focusing on engaging raccoon crafts and learning activities, you can enhance kids’ curiosity and creativity. This collection features eight exciting crafts and activities, including one that aligns perfectly with the beloved story “The Kissing Hand.” With these resources, learning becomes a fun and memorable experience!

Raccoon 3D Trash Can Craft and Learning Activity

Children will love creating this 3D display featuring two playful raccoons rummaging through a garbage can. After assembling and coloring the background pattern, they add small pieces of paper and other recycled materials, both inside the garbage can and around it on the ground. They can also draw pictures of items they might find in garbage cans. This activity is also available as a coloring sheet.

Raccoon Hand Comparison Activity Sheet

Watch videos of raccoons engaging with various objects and document the similarities and differences they observe between raccoon paws and human hands. This interactive approach will sharpen their observational skills while instilling a deeper respect for the unique characteristics of these clever animals.

What Do Raccoons Eat? Learning Activity Sheet

After studying raccoons and their diets, give your children this fun activity sheet. Have them decide which items a raccoon might eat, cut out some of the items, and then glue some of them between the raccoon’s hands.

Raccoon Finger Puppets and Stick Puppets

Use raccoon finger puppets or stick puppets to reinforce your lessons and stimulate conversations about these fascinating animals.

“Find the Raccoons that Match” Activity Sheet

Improve your students’ observation skills with this adorable raccoon activity sheet. Children compare the pictures, trying to find the two raccoons that match each other. This activity sheet comes in two levels and includes answer sheets.

“The Kissing Hand” Children’s Book Activity Sheet

The beautifully detailed illustrations throughout the book The Kissing Hand captivate young readers. After reading the story, encourage your students to circle everything they recall seeing in the book’s illustrations, then invite them to review the pages again to see how much they remember.