Owls are nocturnal birds that are known to be wise and are more than 150 species around the world.
These owls are also one of the birds that most kids like and are fascinated with, as my son is.
If you have kids who love owls as much as my son does, then you’re at the right place 100%, as I have some fun Owl themed activities to help you.
Interesting Owl Activities for Kids
Shape Owl Craft
Help your child create an adorable owl using basic shapes! This fun and engaging activity will allow them to practice shape recognition while developing their scissor skills.
They’ll use a combination of circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles to assemble the owl’s body, wings, beak, and eyes.
This craft also introduces an exciting opportunity for color exploration and helps improve fine motor skills as your child cuts, glues, and assembles the different parts.
Handprint Owl
Let’s create an adorable owl with a fun handprint twist! This easy and creative activity allows your child to use their hands to form the owl’s wings, making it a truly personal and memorable craft.
The owl’s body is a simple cutout, and the wings are made from your child’s handprints allowing them to explore their creativity while making something special.
his craft is perfect for practicing fine motor skills and hand eye coordination as children cut, glue, and trace, all while developing their artistic expression.
Owl Salt Painting
Engage your child’s imagination with this fun and creative Owl Salt Painting activity!
The craft starts with drawing body of the owl on black paper and then applying glue, stick the eyes and beak, and then the magic happens with salt! When salt is sprinkled onto the glue, it absorbs the paint and creates a textured, snowy effect.
This activity is a wonderful way for children to develop their fine motor skills, learn about textures and explore the exciting art of salt painting.
Sponge Painted Owl
Get ready for a colorful and creative experience with this Sponge Painted Owl craft! This activity combines simple materials like sponges and paint to make a vibrant owl come to life.
Using a sponge, children will dab different colors of paint on the owl’s body, creating a beautiful textured effect.
It’s an engaging way for kids to experiment with colors and develop their artistic expression in a playful and mess free way!
Cardbord Yarn Owl
Let your child dive into the colorful world of yarn and cardboard with this engaging Cardboard Yarn Owl craft!
By threading yarn through small holes in the cardboard, kids can form a beautiful and intricate design on the owl’s belly.
This craft helps develop hand eye coordination while allowing children to experiment with color combinations and patterns. With simple materials like yarn, googly eyes, and cardboard, this activity is perfect for sparking creativity in a fun and easy way!
Owl Mask Craft
This Owl Mask Craft is perfect for sparking creativity while developing fine motor skills.
With colorful paper, scissors, and yarn, your child can create their very own owl mask. This hands on activity allows children to design and decorate the owl’s eyes, beak, and feathers, adding their personal touch to each element.
This craft is more than just a mask, it’s an opportunity to learn about owls, explore color combinations, and express creativity in a playful way.
Owl Headband Craft
This adorable Owl Headband Craft combines creativity with hands on fun, allowing kids to make their very own owl headband.
With simple materials such as colored paper, scissors and markers, your child can color the owl’s eyes, beak, and feathers to give it a unique and personalized look.
Once complete, your child can proudly wear their Owl Headband, making it an ideal project for school events, themed parties, or simply a fun day at home.
Recycled CD Owl Craft
This Recycled CD Owl Crafts a fantastic way to recycle and reuse materials while sparking creativity in your child.
By using a discarded CD as the owl’s body, your child can paint it with bright colors and add feather details for a truly one of a kind design.
Your child can explore different color combinations, feather textures, and other decorative elements, making each owl unique and special.
Once completed, these adorable owls can be displayed as fun decorations for your child’s room or used in themed events.
Paper Plate Owl
Create a cute and colorful owl using a simple paper plate ! This fun activity allows your child to paint the plate and cut out shapes to form the owl’s eyes, beak and feet.
It’s a fantastic way for kids to develop fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, and color recognition as they bring their owl to life.
This craft is perfect for a fun afternoon of creativity and is ideal for decorating their room, giving as a gift or using for an owl themed event.
Owl Paper Mosaic Craft
This Owl Paper Mosaic Craft is a great way for kids to develop fine motor skills and creativity.
By using tear paper pieces, children create a colorful owl, enhancing their hand eye coordination and attention to detail.
It’s a fun and easy activity that encourages artistic expression while allowing kids to explore colors and shapes. The finished owl makes a lovely decoration or a thoughtful gift!
Letter O Owl Craft
The Letter O Owl Craft is a fun and creative activity where kids can learn about the letter “O” while making a cute owl!
This craft helps children improve their fine motor skills as they cut, paste, and assemble the owl’s colorful pieces.
It’s a simple yet engaging way to reinforce letter recognition and promote creativity. After completing the craft, children will have a cute owl that also helps them connect the shape of the letter “O” with something familiar and fun.
Owl Dot Puzzle
I create this fun and engaging Owl Dot Puzzle activity for children to develop their color recognition and fine motor skills.
By matching the colored dots with the owl puzzle, kids practice problem solving and hand eye coordination as they complete the image.
This simple and interactive craft is a great way to reinforce color learning while also enjoying a creative hands on activity.
Owl Coloring Page
The Owl Coloring Page activity offers a creative and fun way for children to express their artistic side while learning about owls.
With a simple black and white outline on one page, kids can get creative with their favourite colors.
They can practice their shading and coloring skills by filling in the owl with bright colors.
Owl Shape Matching
The Owl Shape Matching activity is an engaging exercise where kids match various shapes with corresponding shapes on the owl’s body.
This fun activity helps children recognize different geometric shapes and understand their properties, while also improving their fine motor skills and attention to detail.
The colorful owl cards create a playful learning experience, making it enjoyable and educational for your little learners.
Owl Color Matching
The Owl Color Matching activity is a fun and interactive game where kids match owl cards based on their colors.
By pairing the colorful owl cards, children can also improve their concentration and cognitive abilities in an engaging, hands on way.
It’s a playful and educational exercise that encourages color identification while offering a fun challenge for little ones.
Owl Letter Matching Clip Card
I create this fun and interactive Owl Letter Matching Clip Cards for children to practice letter recognition.
By using clothespins, kids match the letters on the owl cards to the corresponding letters shown at the bottom.
This activity provides an engaging hands on learning experience, making learning the alphabet more enjoyable and interactive for little learners.
Owl Number Matching
The Owl Number Matching activity is a fun way for children to practice counting and number recognition.
The cards show numbers along with groups of objects, and kids match the numbers to the correct groups.
This helps strengthen their understanding of quantity and number correspondence, reinforcing early math skills in an engaging and visual way.
It’s a simple yet effective method for making learning numbers enjoyable!
Owl Newspaper Collage
With my little help my son create this Owl Newspaper Collage for his 4th grade school project.
By using pieces of newspaper to he create an owl shape, by this craft he not only get a chance to express his creativity but also become aware of reusing materials in art projects.
This is a great way to combine art with environmental education, making it both an engaging and meaningful activity!
Cardboard Owl Craft
The Cardboard Owl Craft activity is a fantastic way to engage your kids in a creative project using recycled materials.
The textured cardboard pieces come together to form the shape of a beautiful owl, making it a fun way for children to explore art while also learning about the importance of reusing materials.
This project helps improve fine motor skills and provides a hands on opportunity for kids to experiment with different textures and shapes!
Read Owl Storybooks
If you have kids who love owls and they like book reading, Some Owl Storybooks are encourages your children with captivating stories that feature owls as central characters.
Reading owl themed books not only sparks curiosity about the nocturnal creatures but also nurtures language development and strengthens their connection to nature and wildlife!
“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book!”
– Dr. Seuss
I recommend you have a reading session with your kids and introduce them to stories about owls from children’s story books and informative books that have lots of illustrations and colorful pictures for them to indulge in and learn from.
Some Owl themed storybook recommendations I would suggest for your kids are –
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson
Little Owl’s Egg by Debi Gliori
Little Owl’s First Day by Debi Gliori
Little Owl’s Bedtime by Debi Gliori
Little Owl’s Bathtime by Debi Gliori
Little Owl’s New Friend by Debi Gliori
That’s Not My Owl… by Fiona Watt
WOW! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood
National Geographic Readers – OWLS by Laura Marsh, to name a few.
Let me know in the comments if you have any more children’s storybook recommendations for kids to read about owls for others to discover.
Conclusion
I’m happy to share that my kids had a good time trying these activities related to the wise old owls.
These activities include a combination of crafts and learning, which allow your kids to have fun creating art and also learn more about the wise, nocturnal owls.
I hope you enjoyed reading the list of owl activities for your kids and that you managed to discover a few activities for them to try at home.
Please let me know in the comments which owl activity your child love most. I would love to hear from you!
I’m a former teacher (and mother of Two Childs) with a background in child development. Here to help you with play-based learning activities for kids. ( Check my Next startup Cledemy.Com)