MEET THE WILD SIDE OF THE HALLOWEEN SEASON!
Hosted by wildlife educator and artist Christine Elder

October 2-30th, 2026

🦉A 5-Day Spooky Wildlife Drawing Challenge for Middle Schoolers and their grown-ups to enjoy together✏️

🦂 Join the Spooky Wildlife Drawing Challenge🐭

Here’s how the challenge works

🕷️ 5 days. 5 fascinating animals. 5 opportunities to see wildlife differently.

Each day, kids will watch a short demonstration where I’ll guide them step-by-step in drawing a fairly realistic animal.

While we’re drawing, we’ll also discover what’s happening beyond the page:

How does this animal survive?
What role does it play in its ecosystem?
What threats does it face?
And what can people do to help?

We’ll talk about real conservation topics—including things like habitat loss and climate change—in an age-appropriate way that connects those big issues directly to the animals we’re drawing.

So they’re not just learning about conservation.

They’re learning to notice it in the world around them.

About your host: Christine Elder

Hi, I’m Christine Elder and I’ve been teaching kids and families about the natural world for decades. I’m passionate about inspiring wildlife and habitat conservation using the fun and engaging activity of drawing! You may know me from the pandemic era when I began leading daily drawing sessions for families around the world. Since then I’ve created courses, a membership, and traveled extensively to share my passion for nature, including volunteering in Panama for 3 months. Join me, won’t you on this exciting Spooky Wildlife Sketching Challenge!

What you’ll need

Just a few simple supplies:

✏️ Sketching pencils
📄 Paper or a sketchbook
🖍️ Optional colored pencils, markers, or other favorite art supplies
💻 A device for watching the demonstration videos

Let’s get spooky. Let’s get curious. Let’s get wild.

 

You can watch our first drawing workshop on bats HERE.

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