Earth Day is just around the corner and if you want to teach your kids the importance of Earth Day, one of the ways you can raise their awareness is by giving them an Earth Day coloring page or printable. As they color or do their activity, they can think about what they’re coloring and when they are finished, you can further explain the importance of Earth Day. This article will list ten coloring pages and printables that you can print out for your children.
Earth Day Coloring Pages and Printables #1: Take Care of the Earth
The coloring page at Kaboose.com has a simple yet powerful message. It shows a pair of child’s hands holding the earth with the words “Take Care of the Earth” at the bottom. This is a good printable that will allow you to jump in with explaining what it is important that your child help take care of the earth.
Earth Day Coloring Pages and Printables #2: Love the World You’re On
Dulemba.com offers a cute coloring page that features a smiling earth with a smile on it’s face and eyes closed hugging itself. The words “Love the World You’re On” are printed at the bottom.
Earth Day Coloring Pages and Printables #3: Earth Day Word Search
Children of all ages seem to love a good word search, though this one is geared towards younger kids. Combine their love for word searches with Earth Day. Kaboose.com offers parents a Earth Day Word Search that has a green background with two pandas on it with the word search in the middle. They can find such words as “World”, “Plants,” and more.
Earth Day Coloring Pages and Printables #4: Boy Planting Tree
Kids Domain.com has a coloring page of a boy planting a tree. This page is good for all children but especially if you plan on planting a tree with your child for earth day.
Earth Day Coloring Pages and Printables #5: Earth Day Maze for Older Kids
Kids Domain has another wonderful printable in way of a more extensive Earth Day maze that would be ideal for older kids. The maze has forty words that your child can find ranging from ozone, people to wildlife.
Earth Day Coloring Pages and Printables #6: Earth Day Door Hangers
Let your child display their knowledge of Earth Day proudly with their very own door hangers. About.com offers a printable that has two door hangers that can be colored. One has a picture of some recyclables with a reminder to recycle and the other is of a child watering the ground.
Earth Day Coloring Pages and Printables #7: Crossword Puzzle
Want to make your kids think? Space Jr. has a crossword puzzle with an Earth Day theme that will allow your child to put their mind to work as they try to figure out the correct answer to complete the puzzle.
Earth Day Coloring Pages and Printables #8: Mazes
Space Jr. has three different Earth Day mazes that your child can have loads of fun with as they try to figure out how to get to the end of the maze. One is of a superhero with an earth, one is with two kids hugging earth and the last is of the earth split in two looking like one plugs in to the other half.
Earth Day Coloring Pages and Printables #9: Earth with Mask
If you want to address the more serious issues of earth, Coloring WS.com has a printable that features an Earth wearing a gas mask.
Earth Day Coloring Pages and Printables #10: Happy Earth Day Coloring & Activities Book
EPA.Gov offers visitors a printable Happy Earth Day Coloring and Activities book. It is 11 pages long and addresses many important issues about protecting the earth.
