Red Squirrel Rambles
Digital walking trails
Learn about one of Scotland’s most iconic yet threatened species while exploring their natural habitat. We’ve curated five walking routes from the parks and gardens of North East Scotland, to the forests of Dumfries and Galloway in an interactive app that will guide you on your adventure.
Activities at home
Bring a piece of nature indoors with these fun filled squirrel themed activities. Get crafty with everyday materials from around your home, or explore your garden or local patch with a scavenger hunt challenge. Get started by selecting an activity type from the list below, following links for instructions, worksheets and printouts.
Make your own squirrel
Not been able to get out squirrel spotting? Why not make your own squirrels? All you need is two toilet roll tubes, a pair of scissors and some paints, colouring crayons, pencils or pens for decorating.
Follow the link below for our easy to follow, step by step guide:
Build your own binoculars
Wildlife watchers in the making can now build their own binoculars. Start your squirrel spotting journey with a handful of materials found around the house. You’ll need two toilet roll tubes, string, paper, scissors, glue, an elastic band and a whole punch or pen.
Follow the link below for our easy to follow, step by step guide:
Make a red squirrel mask
Sport those quirky tufted ears with a mask of our favourite mammal. This is a perfect family fun craft to do with primary-aged kids, all you need is a printer, A4 card, colouring crayons, pencils or pens, scissors, a hole punch and some string or elastic to bring the mask to life.
Download our printable mask template below:
Make salt dough squirrels
Salt dough squirrels are great fun to make and you get to play with them afterwards! To get started you’ll need plain flour, salt, water, a baking tray lined with baking paper, an oven or airing cupboard, paintbrushes, acrylic paint and varnish. An adult will need to help younger children with parts of this activity.
Follow the link below for our easy to follow, step by step guide:
Build a window wildlife hide
For those times when you can’t get outside, why not take up a spot of window wildlife watching? You might be surprised by what garden visitors appear! To get started, all you need is an old cardboard box (medium to large sized), some scissors, a pencil and masking tape. An adult will need to help younger children with parts of this activity.
Follow the link below for our easy to follow, step by step guide:
Go on a scavenger hunt
How many squirrel-themed items can you find around your house or garden? Take part in our red squirrel scavenger hunt and let us know what you find!
Click the link below for the scavenger hunt checklist:
Try our word search
We’ve hidden away 10 squirrel related words, can you find them?
Click the links below for the word search puzzle:
Fill in the blanks
Can you help us tell the story of Scotland’s red squirrel by filling in the blanks?
Click the links below for the activity sheet:
What squirrels eat
A dot-to-dot colouring sheet.
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Colour in the red squirrel’s coat
Red squirrels can come in a variety of colours, what will this one be?
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Get creative with this fluffy red
Can you create texture with your colouring in?
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Play with pattern
Use colour to bring this red squirrel to life!
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Sightings
Seen a squirrel? We want to hear about it!
All sightings are valuable, whether they’re from your back garden or the wider countryside.
Become a super squirrel spotter!
Download our kids worksheet