You might be thinking about adding some pet crafts, activities, or games to your activity program as part of a Pet or Animal Theme. Kids can work together on several of these activities, like putting a puzzle together, playing a memory match game, and coloring their own cat or dog craft.
Use this theme as an opportunity to teach Social Emotional Learning (SEL) by exploring emotions through pets. Your group can also get to know each other more by sharing details about their favorite furry friends.
Below are some holidays and observances related to pets!
- Love Your Pet Day – February 20th
- National Pet Day – April 11th
- National Pet Month – May
- International Cat Day – August 8th
- National Dog Day – August 26th
- National Cat Day – October 29th
Color-Me™ Squishy Dogs
We love these adorable dog squishy toys that can be colored with markers! It’s a stress toy that you can design yourself!
Kids can choose between a dog or a cat doorknob to hang on their bedroom door, or in their cabin at summer camp! Each pack comes with 8 each of the cat, dog, and also an elephant. Use acrylic paint, glass stain, stain or markers to decorate! Sand any rough edges first. If you sand the face, do this lightly so you don’t remove any of the
printed lines. You may also want to apply a coat of clear finish, like Mod Podge.
Pet Memory Game
Everyone loves puppies and kittens! Hearts will melt with this traditional memory match game that features 16 different (and absolutely adorable) real-life images to spark memories and pull at heartstrings! Sure to engage everyone and ideal for matching and sorting, and is easily adaptable to many levels of dementia. Real-life images are mounted onto the 32 big, 3” soft foam tiles. And they’re 3/8” thick making them extra easy to grasp and handle.
Pet Piggy Banks
Our Color-Me™ ceramic puppy banks are sure to be a big hit with kids that are dog lovers! This is also our favorite of all the pet crafts. Decorate their puppy with paint or markers, then store coins inside. These come in a pack of 12.
Fish are important pets too! Kids can color their own banks to reflect their favorite fish pet. This is a great educational craft kit that can be used in the classroom too!
Color-Me™ Rabbit
Our Color-Me™ Rabbits are super cute and fun to color. Use fabric markers and add any other craft embelishments you’d like. The eyes, nose, and mouth are stitched with black thread. The pack comes with 12 projects.We also have this pack of animals that includes a dog and fish!
Color-Me™ Doghouses
We love these cardboard doghouses to use with our Color Me animals! This makes such a fun craft activity and is also perfect for dramatic play. View our blog tutorial with several creative ideas on how to use these crafts.
Latch Hook Pets
Latch hook projects help develop eye-hand coordination and fine motor control. Includes poly/cotton canvas, precut acrylic rug yarn with easy to follow color chart and illustrated instructions. Choose from:
Paint By Sticker Books
Paint by Sticker® Book: Cats
Purrfect for cat lovers! Create gorgeous illustrations of felines one sticker at a time. Paint by Sticker is a compelling activity for crafters and artists, doodlers and colorers of all ages, each Paint by Sticker® book includes everything you need to create twelve vibrant, full-color “paintings” with an almost 3D effect.
Paint By Sticker® Dogs Book
Everything you need to create 12 full-color portraits of playful dogs, including a dachshund, a pit, a bulldog, a poodle mom with her puppy, a setter, a husky and a corgi to name a few. Contains 12 different 9” x 12” images plus sticker sheets and easy instructions to complete each. 56 total pages. Pages are perforated for easy removal.
Pet Puzzles
Masterpieces® Playful Paws EZ Grip 300 Piece Puzzle
Porch Swing Buddies 35-Piece Tray Puzzle
Paint with Water Activity Books
With these painting activity books, your group can paint without making a mess! Each water-activated page is filled with fun pictures that turn into individual masterpieces.Jjust dip a paintbrush in water and brush on the pages and the appropriate colors appear. Great for fine motor skills and control as kids learn to use a paintbrush and eventually choose to paint in one section at a time. Convenient tear-out pages and a designer cutout frame allow you to put your kid’s artwork on display once it is dry!
Plush Pets
These pets are perfect for calming and snuggling! Bring back warm memories of their favorite pets with these realistic-looking pets made with the highest quality materials. Holding and petting these dogs and cat can help minimize anxiety by calming and soothing an agitated resident.
Choose from:
Joy For All™
Bring delight, joy and companionship with these Joy For All Companion Pets. They look, feel and sound real, with soft fur and respond to petting, hugging and motion. State of the art technology that makes them appear lifelike! Built-in sensors create a personalized experience by responding to presence, voice, and touch.
Choose from:
- Golden Puppy
- Plush Cat (tabby, silver, or tuxedo options)
Sand art is a great craft for all ages. This pack of 12 comes with 3 each of the designs you see in the picture. Remove stickers one at a time, and pour colored sand over each section! The pre-sticky paper makes it easy for kids and seniors to stay in the lines.
DIY Dog Bandana
Are you a dog lover? Add a tie dye bandana and you’ve got the most stylish dog ever! Personalize it with a paw print, their name, or other fun designs. View our step by step tutorial on how to make these using bandanas, glue, and tie dye!
DIY Pendants
Celebrate your group’s special connection with their pets by having them bring in a photo and create a personalized pendant keychain or necklace.
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Nice products for every pet owner.They are all the creative things that pet lover can do in fun way for their pets. But, I want to give a suggestion for pet owner that make Pet Drivers License ID for their pets which is a unique identity for your pet.
Beautiful products you have mentioned for pet lovers. Being a pet lover this will be a task of creating for me and it’s always good when you make such little things for your pets or for yourself.