For Kids
Get Kids Involved in National Wildlife Week!
Check out all the wildly colorful ways kids, families, friends, and students can discover wildlife’s amazing color palette with these how-to crafts, games, activities, fun outdoor ideas, and more!
Color Me Wild!
Picture-Perfect Picks
Ranger Rick Magazine hosted a Color Me Wild! Photo Contest for National Wildlife Week to celebrate and recognize wildlife’s beautiful array of color through the lens of our youngest conservationists. Check out their work!
GO FISH!
Action-packed scene of a heron swallowing a fish and an egret lifting off in the wetlands of southern Louisiana. Olivia P, age 12
FLOWER POWER
Field of sunflowers viewed from Anastasia’s car during a summer road trip in Russia.
Anastasia N., age 12
TWO OF A KIND
A pair of goslings snuggling in a flowery field on a sunny spring day in Oregon.
Milo C., age 13
TREE-MENDOUS SHOT
Squirrel climbing a tree in Nathan’s front yard in South Carolina.
Nathan S., age 13
FEELING CRABBY
Close-up view of a crab spider on a flower, photographed in Lila’s family greenhouse in Oregon.
Lila C., age 13
Download Games
The Find Me Game
Encourage learners to spot colors and patterns with their friends! A great cooperative activity for the classroom.
The Sorting Game
What do these animals have in common? Learners can identify colors and patterns in many ways.
The Camouflage Game
How do animals use camouflage? Match the animal with its habitat!
Make Your Own Adaptation Activity
What outstanding coloration traits of North American species would you combine if you were creating your favorite future species?
More Fun Activities
Get creative with Ranger Rick crafts!
Get outdoors for a Green Hour® and explore the colors of nature.
Try colorful activities from NWF partners working on conservation and education!
- Color Crazy, Project WILD
- Animal Charades, Project WILD
- Birds and Worms, Project Learning Tree
- Trees as Habitats, Project Learning Tree
- Water Match, Project WET
Ranger Rick Magazine for Kids
Incredible screen-free activities and award-winning wildlife content for kids delivered right to your mailbox.
Wild About Wildlife?
Check out National Wildlife Week videos from previous years!
Connect Your School!
NWF has a menu of options to engage educators and students alike in creating habitats, becoming environmental leaders, and supporting the next generation in saving our planet.
