Explore a variety of Earth Day activities designed for students. Foster environmental stewardship and creativity while celebrating our planet’s beauty and importance.
Creative Ways to Celebrate Earth Day for Students
Whether you’re looking to change things up in your classroom or homeschool, Earth Day is a great time to include different projects and activities. My kids and I will use any excuse to take a break from our normal curriculum and make a fun schooling day out of it.
Sometimes though, it can be hard to find Earth Day activities for students that aren’t geared towards the younger crowd. I have kids ranging from infant to teen. So, I wanted to create a round up of Earth Day activities for students ranging from mid to upper elementary, all the way to teens and adults. I hope you will find something here you can try with your students.
Need an Earth Day Curriculum?
Learn about Earth Day and how to save our planet, incorporate copy work, get hands on, and read some amazing books designed to be used over 1-2 weeks.
When is Earth Day?
Earth Day is a yearly event that is celebrated on April 22.
What is Earth Day?
Earth Day is a global celebration of environmental issues that started in 1970. It allows us to look at current environmental issues, ways we can help, get outside, and appreciate what God has given us.
Earth Day Activities and Projects for Hands-on Learning
How to Make a DIY Bird Feeder for Kids
Explore exciting DIY bird feeder crafts for kids! Foster creativity and a love for nature with simple projects that make birdwatching a delightful family activity.
Recycled Container Herb Garden With Your Kids
Teach your kids to grow their own food with an easy recycled container herb garden.
Free Printable Earth Day Word Search for Kids
Help your kids celebrate the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling with this Earth Day Word Search for kids.
DIY Seed Bomb STEM Project for Kids
Did you know you can turn your family garden time into STEM lessons? Check out this free printable DIY STEM project!
Recycled Paper Earth Project
Making your own recycled paper is not only good for the environment but it is a lot of fun too! Find out how to make a paper earth craft from used bits of paper.
Milk and Vinegar Plastic Experiment
Earth-friendly and kid-friendly science, make milk plastic! Kids will be amazed by the transformation of a couple of household ingredients into a moldable, durable piece of a plastic-like substance.
Earth Day Bingo Free Printable
Show the importance of Earth Day with this fun and free Earth Day Bingo free printable!
DIY Markers for Growing Vegetables
Learn how to make vegetable garden markers. They’re simple and easy and can be done with the kids.
DIY Earthy Rock and Fossil Fridge Magnets
Make your very own rock fridge magnets with this simple tutorial!
Recycled Plastic Bag Friendship Bracelets
This is a fun and easy craft that is great for teens and tweens to make to give to friends. And the best thing is, you probably already have all of the supplies to make them!
Free Earth Day Writing Prompts
Earth Day writing prompts are a fun and engaging way to inspire kids to think about our planet and its care. These prompts are perfect for sparking creativity and encouraging thoughtful discussions about environmental topics.
Toilet Paper Roll Seedling Pots and Painted Stone Garden Markers
Get ready for an eco-friendly, creative, and downright fun gardening adventure! So, gather your supplies, don your gardening gloves, and let’s embark on this sustainable and playful journey that’s sure to make your garden flourish.
Easy Spring Cupcakes Tutorial
These sweet spring cupcakes look like a garden ready to sprout and they’re incredibly easy to make using the vintage seed packet cupcake toppers.
Ultimate Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt Free Printable Pack
This ultimate nature walk scavenger hunt free printable pack includes a scavenger hunt, a leaf spotter card, a cloud spotter card and a nature color wheel. This set can provide hours of fun while exploring the world around you.
100 Hours Outside Challenge + Printable Tracker
Will you accept the challenge? Grab this printable tracker pack and try the 100 Hours Outside Challenge.
Free Earth Day Cootie Catcher
This Earth Day activity for kids is full of hands-on fun with a special tool – a printable cootie catcher! It’s a free printable that’s a simple yet powerful way to celebrate Earth Day with kids. The creative prompts make it an excellent interactive way to enjoy Earth Day fun.
Free Printable Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
Help your kids learn about Earth Day and ways to help the environment with this simple yet fun activity. Your kids will have a blast finding these Earth Day themes and coloring them in.
DIY Pressed Flower Suncatcher
This DIY pressed flower suncatcher craft is a perfect project for kids. Kids can make these for Mother’s Day gifts, holiday gifts, or any occasion!
Earth Day Salt Dough Craft
Transform a couple of simple household ingredients into a salt dough Earth model. These Earth Day ornaments are a terrific reminder to look after our Earth for a fun and easy Earth Day activity for kids.
Newspaper Flowers: An Easy Recycled Craft
Newspaper flowers are easy to assemble and make a fun crafting project for your kids.
Earth Day Sugar Cookies Recipe
Looking for fun ideas to celebrate Earth Day? These colorful cookies look so pretty, no one will ever know how quick and easy they are to make!
DIY Recycled Shrinky Dinks
Making your own DIY Recycled Shrinky Dinks is so much fun and it costs almost nothing!
Bottle Cap Flower
Create a rustic bottle cap flower using recycled materials to display in the garden!
How To Make Seed Bombs
Kick off your spring science with an Earth Day activity and make seed bombs with your kids! Super easy and fun to make, start a new tradition to celebrate Earth Day and learn how to make seed bombs or seed balls.
Wooden Planter Box
You won’t believe how easy it is to make this wood shim planter box, no power tools required! Leave this project bare wood or paint it any color you like.
Egg Carton Greenhouse
Have you ever wondered how to start your garden seeds with little effort? This egg carton greenhouse is effective and fun too!
Mason Jar Herb Garden
Upcycle Mason or old jars to create a lovely herb garden.
Wrapped Walking Stick
Decorating a walking stick with yarn/and cloth is a fun craft that can be simplified for a young child, yet is still an enjoyable project for a teen or adult to do! Learn how to make your own for your spring nature walks.
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