Throw an Eco-Friendly Party for Earth Day
Earth Day is a time to raise awareness about the environment, and what better way to do that than with an eco-friendly Earth Day party.
Andrew Goldsworthy Art
Your child can use leaves and grasses to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs is the great outdoors and some creativity!
Observing Capillary Action
How do flowers get water up from the ground or a vase and into their stems, leaves, and petals? Use food coloring to demystify this gravity-defying feat of nature.
Water Pollution: Can You See It?
Is your water polluted? Help your kids find out by investigating the water around you, using coffee filters and a magnifying glass.
Indoor Gardening with Kitchen Waste
Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.
Recycle Match-Up
Kids color the different recyclable objects, then match them up with the bin they should go in. Can your child get all the objects in the right bin?
Test Your Tree Knowledge
Test your preschooler's knowledge of plant life--more specifically, trees--with this colorful, cut-and-paste worksheet. She'll cut out the names of tree parts and paste them on ...
Eco-Friendly Maze: Recycle
Can your child help Eco find his way through the maze so he can recycle his plastic bottle?
Amazing Tree Maze
What keeps trees, big and small, from falling over? Their roots! Take a peek with this amazing tree maze.
What's Recyclable?
Teaching kids what's recyclable and what's not is more important than ever. Give your kids the recycling lowdown with this activity-packed printable.
Design a Compost Bucket!
Your child can re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.
Make an Earth Day Calendar
Inspire your kids to help the Earth by pledging to be more environmentally friendly each day. Keep track of their pledges with this colorful recycled Earth calendar.
Make a Recycling Tree
Celebrate Earth Day with a decorative tree made out of strictly reused and recycled materials.
Make a "Save the Earth" Book
Inspire your budding environmentalist to design an Earth Day book filled with things she can do to help the planet.
Build a Cardboard Model Castle
For kids who love fantasy and playing with models, this is the perfect craft. Full of imaginative play potential, this mini castle is sure to keep your kid happy for hours.
Color a Flower Bouquet Mandala
Can you name the flowers in this bouquet?
Forest Coloring Page
The forest is home to a variety of cute woodland creatures. Teach your child all about them with this forest coloring page.
Color the Recycling
Help your child practice the concept of recycling with this coloring page, which features the recycling symbol along with sorted boxes of labeled recycling.
Forest Scene Coloring Page Placemat!
If your child would rather play outdoors than come inside for dinner, this placemat will lure him in.
Garden Mandala
Kids with little green thumbs will dig this detailed coloring page, a mandala of flowers, plants, and busy bees.
Make a Milk Carton Bird House
From butterflies in the garden to animals at the zoo, kids are drawn to wildlife. Get birds flocking to your backyard with this homemade bird feeder.
Germinating Seeds: Explore Plant Life Cycles
Try this fascinating activity with your budding scientist to help "grow" her science and nature knowledge and teach her about the process of germination.
Craft a Natural Materials Mosaic
Celebrate the blooming season with your child by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of natural materials, instead of tiles or stones.
Egg Carton Garden
Foster your kid's interest in nature by starting a mini garden in a paper egg carton. He'll get to see the full growing cycle, from planting seeds to reaping the results.
Make an ABC Nature Book
Want to get your kids out of the house? Hunt for natural objects outside for each letter of the alphabet and compile them into a special alphabet nature book.
Celebrate Earth Day with an Edible Adventure
Here are a few ideas of places to see and projects to do for a gourmet Earth Day.
Going Green Without Going Broke
Many families find that "going green" can be expensive. Is it financially feasible for U.S. families to go green?
Get Your Kids Global Warming Savvy
With climate change all the buzz these days, there's never been a better time to start giving your kids the goods on global warming.
5 Ways to Green Up Your School
Want to get your child started down the road to a greener school? Here are the top 5 things kids can do to help green up their schools.
Nature Deficit Disorder: What You Need to Know
Kids need nature. According to experts, a lack of routine contact with nature could lead to stunted academic and developmental growth.
