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Earth Day Activities

These Earth Day activities will inspire your kids to appreciate and take care of the planet we live on, from creating paper projects to growing real-life plants and habitats.

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Suncatcher Craft

Reuse and recycle your CDs by having your kid turn them into colorful, eye-popping suncatchers.

Build a Terrarium

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Make Edible Amber Fossils

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

Go on a Nature Hunt!

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Celebrate Earth Day, or any day, by recycling an old CD and make a colorful, decorative fish!

Learn Where Wind Comes From

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Learning about Land and Water

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

Endangered Animals Game

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Grow a Sock Garden

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

How to Make Geodes

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

This Earth Day, create an adorable litter bug while learning about the importance of recycling.

Learn the Layers: Become a Dirt Expert

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

Eco-Friendly Multimedia Collage

Kids can put old magazines and unwanted clothing to good use by creating an Earth Day-themed multimedia collage in this eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

Make your own recycling game that helps teach your child what can and should be recycled.

Celebrate Earth Day with a decorative tree made out of strictly reused and recycled materials.

Your child will have fun creating an Earth Day Plate that he can eat off as often as he likes!

Andrew Goldsworthy Art

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

Get kids to celebrate Earth Day by designing their very own junk truck.

Create Pressed Leaf Cards

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Recycled Calendar

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Earth Day Poster

Celebrate Earth Day by making a poster that encourages people not to litter.

How to Make a Whale

Instead of painting a picture of a whale, let your preschooler make her own whale toy using a paper bag and some recycled art supplies.

Kitchen Compost Pail

Re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your family's kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.

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