Earth Day Crafts
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Earth Day is April 22. Celebrate by making one or more of these simple Earth Day crafts for preschoolers. Which will you choose?
As you begin preparing for your upcoming Earth Day preschool activities, be sure to schedule in some kids’ crafting time.
Your preschoolers will love planting seeds, painting, or cutting paper as they assemble their favorite Earth Day craft from this list.
If you’ve got a cabinet full of craft supplies, you’ll be ready to make some Earth Day crafts with your kids in no time.
Gather up your empty toilet paper rolls, construction paper, crayons, paints, markers, scissors, and glue… and then you’re all set!
Earth Day Crafts
This collection of Earth Day crafts is perfect for preschoolers.
You'll find a variety of paper crafts, paper plate crafts, toilet paper roll crafts, and more!
You can add them to your preschool plans in the days leading up to Earth Day.
With a free printable template, this fantastic Earth Day craft is super easy for little learners to assemble.
It’s no secret that I love handprint crafts.
See how your child’s handprint is used on this fun handprint Earth craft.
This Earth Day, your kids can make (and plant) DIY seed bombs.
Gluing little squares of tissue paper on this paper plate Earth Day craft is a great fine motor skill builder.
Your preschoolers will love this easy paper towel sun catcher earth craft they can make in about five minutes!
If your kids love digging in the dirt, have them save a little bit to make this fun planet Earth craft.
I love the silhouette continents on these Earth Day coffee filter suncatchers.
Print out the free template, hand your kiddo some crayons, and he’ll love making this simple Earth Day headband.
Using fingerprints to decorate this Earth Day craft makes it easy for toddlers and preschoolers.
Handprints and fingerprints join together to make a cute Earth Day craft for preschoolers.
Next time you make breakfast, save your eggshells and use them as organic seed starters your kids will love planting this spring.
Mix up a batch of homemade salt dough, and your kids can make their own Earth Day salt dough necklaces.
Build fine motor muscles and hand-eye coordination with this Earth Day paper plate lacing craft.
What can you do with old broken crayons? Turn them into recycled Earth Day crayons your kids can really color with.
Young preschoolers may need a little help getting started, but they’ll love finishing this newspaper and sponge painted Earth Day tree craft.
Stone painting is a great way to add Earth Day decorations to your home or classroom gardens.
Tearing paper is a great fine motor skill builder. Here’s a fun torn paper planet Earth craft that is perfect for Earth Day.
Earth Day is a great time to use recycled products in your crafts. Try papermaking with preschoolers for a fun new craft project.
Recycle your old clear plastic berry baskets to make Earth Day mobiles with your preschoolers.
Using air drying clay, your kids will have so much fun creating these cute kawaii Earth clay crafts.
BOOKS ABOUT EARTH DAY
Fill your book basket with a great collection of preschool Earth Day books. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.
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The Earth Book – Featuring a circular die-cut Earth on the cover, and printed entirely with recycled materials and nontoxic soy inks, this book includes lots of easy, smart ideas on how we can all work together to make the Earth feel good – from planting a tree and using both sides of the paper, to saving energy and reusing old things in new ways.
I Can Save the Earth – Kids can follow Max the Little Green Monster’s journey to environmental awareness and learn tips on how they can become little green monsters themselves.
Earth Day Every Day – What can you do to make every day Earth Day? Do your part to be a planet protector! Discover how to reduce, reuse, recycle, and more!
Round Out Your Unit with These Activities:
With 30 different boards, this Earth Day Bingo Game set is perfect for classroom and large group activities.
This sweet Earth Day peg doll is the perfect addition to your imaginative play area this Earth Day!
Love these earth day crafts! We’ll be making some blue & green slime for earth day too! We just did DIY terrarium necklaces to learn about the water cycle and have a fun spring craft that I think would be fun for Earth Day too!