Free Printable Winter Animal Tracks Identification & Matching Cards

Dec 28

Winter is such a fun time to head outside and look for animal tracks. Of course, you can do this in the summer too, but the fresh snow makes finding animal tracks so much easier. Have fun with these printable winter animal track cards perfect for playing matching games or identifying tracks.

I've updated this printable to include more animals and a black and white version to make printing easier.

Animals Included

Antelope
Badger
Bear
Bighorn Sheep
Bird
Bison
Cat
Coyote
Dog
Fox
Horse
Moose
Mouse
Raccoon
Rabbit
Squirrel

Supplies Needed

Printable PDF (at the end of this post)
Paper or cardstock
Printer
Laminator and laminating pouches (optional)
Scissors or paper trimmer

How To Prepare

Print out the animal matching cards onto paper or cardstock. If you don't have a laminator, I recommend using cardstock so they will hold up to little hands better.

Laminate the paper and then cut the cards apart. I like to laminate before cutting, it saves having to cut the cards apart twice! But if your laminator recommends cutting them apart first then please follow the directions for your laminator.

Ideas For Using These Animal Track Identification Cards

Sample of the animal track cards. Shown are a coyote, a bighorn sheep, a squirrel, and a raccoon.

Animal Tracks Memory Matching Game

Print out your animal track cards on cardstock, cut them apart, and shuffle them up. Place the cards face down on the table or floor and have your child turn over 2 cards at a time. Continue turning cards over until all the animal tracks have been matched to the correct animal.

Animal track matching cards on a wooden background. The animals shown are a mouse, a dog, a fox, and a moose.

Make An Animal Track Identification Guide

Set of animal track cards on a wooden background. The animals shown are a bird, badger, bear, and a cat.

Print off the animal and track cards cut them out and place the matching cards back to back, you can glue them together if you like. Laminate the cards, then punch a hole in one corner. Attach all the animal cards to a keychain ring.

Now you have an easy to use animal track id set to take along with you on your nature walks.

4 animal track cards on a wooden background. Animals shown are a horse, bison, rabbit, and antelope with matching tracks.

More fun animal track ideas

Tracks in the SnowNature Series: Science on Tracking ExpeditionNational Audubon Society Pocket Guide: Familiar Animal Tracks of North America (The Audubon Society Pocket Guides)Animal Tracks Activity Book (Color and Learn)Roylco Animal Tracks Rubbing PlatesAnimal Tracks and Signs: Track Over 400 Animals From Big Cats to Backyard BirdsHow to Track a Rabbit (Scatalog: A Kid's Field Guide to Animal Poop)Who Pooped in Central Park? Scat and Tracks for Kids

Scavenger Hunt

Hide the footprint cards around your home and have your children explore to find them and match them up to the animal cards.

You can also hide the animal cards and use multiple track cards to make an indoor track for children to follow.

Try making up your own clues as to where you hid the animal cards and have your children follow the clues to find the hiding animals.

File Usage

Like all printables, I make these are for personal and single-classroom use. Feel free to print and use for home use, your classroom, co-op or library group, etc.
Digital reselling, distribution or reshaping is not allowed.
Please when sharing with others share the original website link so they can download their own copy.

** Download the Animal tracks matching cards HERE. **

A collage image of animal and track matching cards. The animals shown are a coyote, a bighorn sheep, a squirrel, and a raccoon. The text overlay says Free Printable Winter Animal Track Cards.

Collage image of animal and track matching cards on a gray wooden background. The animals shown are a bird, a badger, a bear, and a cat. The text overlay says Free Printable Winter Animal Track Cards. Fun Way For Kids To Learn About Animals.

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Kim Mills

Hi! I’m Kim, a homeschool mom of 6 who believes that learning should be fun for kids and moms! My goal is to help you make learning engaging and enjoyable with hands-on learning and easy to do lessons that actually get done.