Earth Day Crafts + Activities for Kids
Earth Day is the perfect time to dive into some recycled, upcycled, and nature crafts and activities with your kids.
These easy Earth Day crafts and activities will encourage your kids to flew their creative muscles, and they provide an excellent opportunity to talk about caring for the earth and making sustainable choices.
Below you'll find a collection of Earth Day crafts and activities for kids of all ages: from toddlers to preschoolers to older kids.
Earth Day Crafts for Kids
These earth day crafts are great for kids of all ages.
Painted Flower Pots | Grace, Giggles, and Naptime - Paint some flower pots with the kids, and then decorate your home with their gorgeous creations. Great for small and big kids.
Earth Day Salt Dough Ornaments | Little Bins for Little Hands - These salt dough ornaments are super simple to make. Make little planet earths for Earth Day and hang them in your window!
Upcycled Bird Feeders | About a Mom - Turn old juice cartons into bird feeders and hang them in your yard.
Little Nature Gardens | Mud Paper Scissors - Gather your materials from your backyard, or on a nature walk, and make little nature gardens. A great craft to get the kids outside and moving.
Secret Garden Fairy Hangout | The Mad Mommy - Turn an old milk jug into a secret fairy hangout. A great craft for small and not-so-small kids.
Quilled Paper Earth Day Craft | Projects with Kids - Make planet earth out of quilled paper. What a gorgeous Earth Day craft!
Yarn Earth Craft | Made with Happy - Make a super cute planet earth ornament out of glue and yarn. Great for little hands and big hands.
DIY Succulent Planters | Pink Fortitude - These cute little succulent planters are super simple to make.
Recycled Milk Jug Flower Pot | Fun Learning Life - Turn an old milk jug into a flower pot, and then use your creations to decorate your home (or your porch).
Mason Jar Planter | Sustain my Craft Habit - Turn an old mason jar into a planter. Another great way to recycle old materials and bring more nature into your home.
Golf Ball Lady Bug | Turning Clock Back- Have any found golf balls lying around? Turn them into lady bugs.
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands | Catholic Icing - A great faith-based Earth Day activity and a great way to talk about taking care of God's creation.
Make a Bug Barn | Sustain my Craft Habit - Turn old oatmeal containers (or any other round containers with lids) into bug barns. A super cute and creative craft for the kids!
Earth Day Bookmark | Red Ted Art - Make this cute corner bookmark to keep your place when you're reading.
Earth Day Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers
These Earth Day Crafts and activities are perfect for smaller hands: toddlers and preschoolers. The older kids will love some of these too!
Coffee Filter Earth Craft | Look We're Learning - Turn a coffee filter into planet earth with some crayons or colored pencils.
Pre-K Scissor Practice with Nature | U Ready Teddy? - Get the littles to practice their scissor skills with this clever nature activity.
Create a Pretend Recycling Center | PreK Printable Fun - Create this cute recycling center for your kids and let them play for hours.
Butterfly Finger Puppet | One She Two She - Create this gorgeous butterfly finger puppet with things found from nature.
Birdseed Ornaments | Country Hill Cottage - A simple craft for toddlers and preschoolers (or older kids). Make ornaments out of birdseed and then hang them in your yard.
Painted Bird House | Grace, Giggles, and Naptime - Paint a birdhouse and hang it in your backyard.
Cheerios and Pipe Cleaner Bird Feeder | Mud Paper Scissors - A super simple way to make a bird feeder with the small kids.
Paper Earth Craft | The Inspiration Edit - Make these cute planet Earths with the kids: a healthy one and a sick one. What a great way to talk about how to take care of the planet with the kids!
Recycled Planters | Daily Momtivity - Turn an old tin can into a planter. Great spring and Earth day craft. Simple for both small and big kids.
Earth Day Playdough Mat | Little Bins for Little Hands - Follow an acorn as it becomes a tree, then paper, and then gets recycled. Free printable mat to encourage playdough play.
Earth Day Activities for Kids
These activities will get the kids planting, learning, and talking about Earth Day and how we can take care of the planet.
Plant a K-Cup Garden | The Mad Mommy - Put your old K-Cups to use and grow some seedlings for your garden.
Water Cycle Experiment | Mud Paper Scissors - Teach your kids about the water cycle with this easy Ziploc bag water cycle activity.
Windowsill Monster Herb Garden | The Keele Deal - Make a cute monster garden with paint and buckets and grow some herbs on your windowsill.
Earth Day Bingo | Artsy Fartsy Mama - Play a game of bingo with the kids with this free printable.
Happy Earth Sad Earth Sorting Activity | Rock it Mama - A great activity for smaller kids (toddlers and preschoolers) to sort activities that help and hurt the earth.
Printable Earth Day Questions | Play Party Plan - Great trivia questions and discussion starters to ask your kids on Earth day. Perfect for around the dinner table.
Earth Day Water Challenge | Kid Minds - A great challenge to see how much water you actually use in a day.
Earth Day Word Search | Three Kids, Three Cats, and a Husband - A great activity to keep the kids busy finding nature and conservation words.
Rebecca is a chaplain at a girls’ school, a mom to boys, and a crafter of all things. She crochets in every free moment she has, and she spends much of her time gluing cotton balls to toilet paper rolls and mopping up glitter.
What a great list! 🙂 Definitely gotta share this one.
Glad you found it helpful, Sadje. 🙂
You have so many great activities! Thanks for sharing my recycled soup cans!
It’s a great idea, Shannon. Especially as we’re relying on more canned goods lately – turn them into something useful after! 🙂