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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!

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

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!

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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

Create Pressed Leaf Cards

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

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

Earth Day Poster

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

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

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

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.

Your child can twist and turn her way to creating a freestanding wire form! When she's done she can position and display her small statue wherever she wants.

How to Start Recycling

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach her how to take care of the environment!

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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