Nature Games & Puzzles

The Backyard Naturalist's favorite global nature-themed game features an unusual inflatable globe instead of a board. Travel around the world, learn fun facts about animals and where they live.

The Backyard Naturalist has nature-themed games, puzzles and educational toys for different ages. We update our store with new items frequently— faster than we can update here! Some items are subject to availability.

Here are quick links to descriptions of a few favorites:

Nature-Themed Games for Children

Grow a Garden Matching Game
Gather Garden Matching Game
Animal Quest Game with Inflatable Globe
What Do You Know Bingo
Bird Bingo
Life on Earth Simple Bingo
Pictorial Dominoes

Puzzles for All Ages

The Towering Tree Puzzle
Life on Earth Puzzle
Puzzles for Very Young Children

See our Jigsaw Puzzles page for ages 14 and up.

Nature-themed Board Games

Matching and Memory Games

Grow a Garden

Features 56 beautifully illustrated cards with garden helpers such as ladybugs and butterflies plus garden goodies like pumpkins and tomatoes.

The Backyard Naturalist recommends the award-winning Gathering a Garden game for children ages 5 and up.

Gather a Garden

This luscious game is a breath of fresh air! Take a trip round to each vendor to gather some flowers, vegetables and more for your bounty of garden delights.Winner of the Oppenheim Gold Award

Features

For ages 5 and up
Board opens to 18″ x 18″
No plastic pieces!

Adventure and Learning

Animal Quest

How about an Earth-sized game? Travel around the world with your favorite animal while learning fun facts about 270 animal species and the countries where they live.

Inflate The giant globe printed with countries of the world and key animal species.
Toss the globe like a ball from person to person.
Catch it and give a fun fact about one of the animals under your left hand.
Great for hours of imaginative play.
Includes a 20 inch inflatable globe, playing cards, timer, dice and instructions.
For 1, 2, 3, 4 or more players! A great family game!
For Age 4 and up. Note: Small Parts Warning
Made in USA.

B-I-N-G-O!

Bird Bingo

This beautifully illustrated bingo game features 64 species of birds from around the world. Spot all kinds of birds—from Robins to Puffins and Kookaburras to the splendid Fairy Wren. Mark them off on your card and be ready to shout “Bingo!”.

64 superbly illustrated bird tokens.
One game board and 12 bingo cards.
Brightly colored counters for marking cards.
Information and quirky traits for all featured birds is included in a leaflet.
Fun for the whole family.

What Do You Know Bingo

Fossils, bugs and shooting stars-
Learn facts about this world of ours!
Natural wonders are explored
As you fill your bingo board!

48 playing pieces, each features a different species illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
Six game boards and cloth storage bag included.
For ages 5 and up.

Life on Earth Simple Bingo

Be first to fill your playing board with things that live and grow,
Shout “Bingo!” and you win the game with creatures that you know.

36 playing pieces, each features a different species illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
Six game boards and cloth storage bag included.
For ages 5 and up.

Pictorial Dominoes

Life on Earth Dominoes

This 28 piece set will bring hours of lively gaming, each 2″x4″ tile celebrates the rich diversity of Life on Earth with colorful, graphic illustrations.
For ages 3 and up.

Nature-themed Card Games

Memory and Matching
What Bird Am I? The Bird Identification Game
Little Bluebird’s Matching Game
Match a Leaf
Match a Pair of Birds
Cats & Kittens
Dogs & Puppies

Trivia

Birds of North America
Reptiles and Amphibians
Wildlife of North America

Nature-Themed Puzzles

We keep a variety of puzzles in stock. Here are some of our favorites:

The Towering Tree Puzzle

Navigate the seasons and make new friends with this beautifully illustrated 17 piece large puzzle. Join a fox and explore her lemonade stand or visit a hawk and her picnic lunch! Imaginative play and puzzle logic intersect as each interlocking branch of this innovative puzzle tells a new story, providing hours of entertainment. Adventure is just a branch away!