Earth Day Activities and Earth Day Printables for Kids
Earth Day Activities and Printable Downloads for Kids
Updated April 17, 2025
This Earth Day, get your kids involved in the celebration with fun and engaging Earth Day printables! From coloring pages to puzzles and games, these Earth Day activities will keep kids excited about protecting our planet while learning how they can help make a difference.
🌍 Make Earth Day Fun + Educational
Your child will love learning about the importance of Earth Day while enjoying hands-on activities, crafts, and nature-inspired play. These printables and activity ideas are perfect for home, classroom, or group events!
If your kids are anything like my boys, they will have a blast learning about the importance of Earth Day and what they can do to make a difference. These Earth Day activities are perfect all year round.
🌱 Download Your FREE Earth Day Worksheets
⬇️ Grab your FREE Earth Day Printable from Art 2 the Extreme® HERE! ⬇️
And if your kids are craving even more Earth Day fun, you can purchase our full 10-page Earth Day Activity Book featuring additional word searches, coloring pages, Earth Day games, and writing prompts in our handmade crayon shop.
Earth Day worksheets are designed for easy prep for teachers and parents. As a parent of two boys, I created the Art 2 the Extreme® Earth Day worksheets to be suitable for kindergarten through 3rd grade students. These Earth Day worksheets can be printed in PDF format for easy use.
Many Earth day worksheets include hands-on activities for students. Activities in Earth Day worksheets can include sorting trash and plant life cycles. Some Earth Day worksheets include activities like word searches and acrostic poems.
This worksheet packet is great for supplemental activities for a fun morning starter or as an Earth Day packet to work on throughout the day as a time filler.
⬇️ Get this FREE Earth Day Printable ⬇️
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Earth Day is April 22nd
Happy Earth Day! April 22nd is a day to celebrate our beautiful planet and everything it provides for us.
It’s also the perfect opportunity to teach kids about caring for the environment while having fun with nature-themed activities.
Earth Day activities can involve hands-on STEM challenges and crafts focused around Earth-friendly themes and eco-friendly practices. In the past, I have worked with our school Parent Teacher Organization to lead a recycled paper project where flower seeds were mixed with blue and green paper to make recycled Earth Day balls that could be planted as seed bombs. This would be a fun way to incorporate kids and families in the new Chaos Gardening trend.
🧑🎨 Easy Earth Day Activities for Kids
1. Get Crafty
Make Earth Day crafts together:
- Paper mache Earth balls
- Recycled bottle vases
- DIY recycled crayons (save and melt down old crayons and pour them into Earth-shaped molds!)
Kids can even use coffee filters for a craft that combines art and science on Earth Day. Let the kids take the lead and see what they create with reused and recycled materials.
2. Go on a Nature Walk
Head outside to explore!
- Look for birds, bugs, and animals
- Collect leaves, sticks, or stones
- Talk about different ecosystems and habitats
Make it into a scavenger hunt or journal what they see! Exploring nature through scavenger hunts can teach children about their surroundings.
3. Learn About Conservation
Keep the day educational by talking about:
- Recycling and composting
- Ways to reduce waste
- Saving energy and water
Community involvement is a key aspect of celebrating Earth Day with students. Have kids make a “Green Goals” checklist to hang on the fridge with ways they can help the planet every day.
🌍 Celebrate Earth Day with Earth Day Crafts, Art, Play, and Purpose
Helping kids understand why it’s important to protect our planet is one of the best gifts we can give them. With these fun Earth Day activities and printables, they’ll not only learn, but enjoy every minute of it.
When possible, incorporate STEAM Earth Day activities and projects into your Earth Day celebration! Awesome STEAM activities combine science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics for Earth Day projects. Grab the Art 2 the Extreme® Earth Day freebie, download the complete Earth Day themed activity pack, and get your young learners ready to reduce reuse and recycle!
Recycled Crayons are the BEST! Love our Earth Day Printable Activities? You might also enjoy these related Earth Day topics and links from Art 2 the Extreme
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- Crayon Recycling and Art Education Support Through Crayon Collection + Art 2 the Extreme®
- Creative Ways to Use Recycled Crayon Pieces
- Shop Handmade Recycled Crayons - Earth Day and Trash Truck Theme
- Earth Day Coloring Sheets & Printable Activity Packet
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