15 Engaging Earth Day Crafts for Kids
Have fun this Earth Day with these engaging and educational Earth Day Crafts for Kids! We have only one Earth, so let’s celebrate it fully!
Do you sometimes wonder if you need special days for certain things? Like love is something to celebrate every single day, why have a special occasion like Valentine’s Day?
Well, I think these special days help bring our focus back to the important things, which we often take for granted, like our planet. Think about it – when was the last time you thought about how we are hurting our Earth?
Well, that’s why Earth Day comes around every year, and we hope the momentum of this day sustains us the rest of the 364 days! To make it more memorable, here are 15 easy and fun Earth Day crafts for kids!
15 Engaging Earth Day Crafts for Kids
1. Earth Day Themed Coloring Bookmarks
These printable bookmarks are among the easiest ways to introduce kids to the idea of Earth Day, and it’s also an excellent reminder whenever they open their books!
2. Printable Earth Day Paper Crowns
If you’re planning a fun event or get-together at your place for your kids for Earth Day, these printable headbands will come in handy! It’s really easy to put together – print, cut and stick!
3. Cupcake Liner Earth Day Flower Craft
Have you heard the quote “The Earth laughs in flowers”? ABCs of Literacy takes this beautiful quote literally in this lovely craft made of cupcake liners and featuring an Earth in the middle!
4. DIY Earth Day Pin
If your kids have an Earth Day event in your housing complex or at school, they’ll enjoy making and wearing these special Earth Day pins from Kitchen Counter Chronicle! We love wearable Earth Day crafts!
5. Smush Paint Earth Craft
Our Earth is a beautiful combination of blue and green, and we want it to stay that way! Our Kid Things celebrates these colors in this easy smush art project!
6. Earth Day Paper Flower Craft
Here’s another easy Earth Day flower craft, this time from Non Toy Gifts that also puts the focus on recycling by featuring the recycle sign on the flower pot.
7. Earth Day Windsocks
Wind is a very important part of our lives, and wind energy is a great source of renewable energy. Use this project from I Heart Crafty Things to learn more about wind and how it can solve many problems.
8. Happy Earth Day Card
We make Mother’s Day cards and Valentine’s Day cards – so why not an Earth Day card? Bright Kid Fun Crafts shows us how to create such a card with a full set of instructions!
9. Happy vs Sad Paper Plate Craft
Yes, you can make Earth Day crafts using paper plates, and we love this one from Crafts by Aria! It’s a lovely, visual way for young children to learn about what makes the Earth happy and what makes it sad.
10. Handprint Earth Day Craft
We love how cheerful planet Earth looks here, even wearing a party hat on its special day! Simple Everyday Mom gives us the instructions to make this cute and colorful craft.
11. Printable Earth Day Craft
If you’re looking for a printable craft for Earth Day, Learn Create Love has one for you! This is suitable for kids of many ages and is the perfect craft for this special day.
12. Playdough Earth Activity with Free Printable
Raising Veggie Lovers has a printable that works as a playdough mat – something we love a lot over here! Little kids will enjoy shaping blue and green playdough in the shape of the Earth!
13. Crumpled Tissue Paper Earth Craft
The Craft at Home Family shows us that you can make Earth Day crafts from pretty much anything – including crumpled paper! A paper plate makes a great base for this activity, but you can also use plain card stock.
14. Earth Day Writing Activity
If you want something a little more involved, check out this activity from From Pond. There’s writing, coloring, cutting and lots of learning!
15. Earth Day Watercolor Art
The Best Ideas for Kids has a cool, edgy-looking Earth Day craft for us! We love how unique this looks, and is a great choice for older kids.
We hope these Earth Day crafts act as a nice reminder for kids – and adults! It should encourage us to think more about our consumption, and make us look for ways to reuse and recycle more creatively. That’s the power of crafting!
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