Earth Day is April 22 and kids love getting involved with special days and events, offering Earth Day activities for kids is an exciting way to get children interested in this very important day.
Whether you are doing an Earth Day activity at home or in the classroom there are plenty of Earth Day projects for kids that are multi-level and would be appropriate for a variety of interests.
Here you will find 5 Earth Day activities for kids that are fun and exciting plus these Earth Day projects help to teach about the importance of Earth Day.
Earth Day Activity for Kids #1: Recycle Broken Crayon Pieces
Preheat oven to 400* and grease an old muffin pan. Have a child remove the paper off all the blue and green crayon pieces and place the pieces in the muffin circles, the blue and green crayon pieces mixed together will look similar to the Earth. The muffin pans should be placed in the oven until melted and then removed and cooled until hardened. This Earth Day activity for kids is great because it is a fun way to make crayons and also a super way to learn about recycling.
Earth Day Activity for Kids #2: Show How Plants Drink Water
Fill a glass with water and add a bright color of food coloring, place a long stemmed white carnation in the colored glass of water and each day watch as the white carnation changes to the same color as the food coloring. Celery also works well with this demonstration. Children can see that plants drink water and where the water goes, this is a favorite Earth Day activity for kids.
Earth Day Activity for Kids #3: Leaf Collection and Identification
This fun Earth Day project is lots of fun and easy to do. First, go on a nature walk and children can collect numerous leaves, when collection is complete kids can identify each leaf using a leaf identification book from the library or bookstore. Kids can then place the leaves in between two sheets of contact paper and adhere leaves into some type of journal and label leaves. This leaf book will last for an extended period of time and can be referred back to often for information and/or to add more leaves.
Earth Day Activity for Kids #4: Feed the Birds
Here you will find an exciting Earth Day activity that helps animals, specifically birds. Find or purchase a large pinecone and tie a heavy duty piece of string securely around the top of the pinecone. Cover the pinecone in peanut butter and generously sprinkle birdseed all over the peanut butter so that it is completely covered. Hang the homemade bird feeder on a tree near a window and watch the birds come to feast.
Earth Day Activity for Kids #5: Clean the Park
There are many organized events in towns and cities for clean up activities on Earth Day, but if one is not offered in your town or city, clean up can be done on a smaller scale. Simply take a disposable bag and wear protective gloves to pick up a few garbage items from the local park that have been disposed of on the grass or walkways. A huge clean up is not necessary, a little help goes a long way and the idea is to show kids that keeping public areas clean is everyone’s business.
There are so many Earth Day ideas for kids and if one of these mentioned Earth Day activities do not seem to be what you are looking for your kids, just go on the internet and you will be sure to find many more wonderful Earth Day projects for kids.
