Do you love Earth Day? I do! This Earth Day activity is a great opportunity to teach kids to protect and care for the Earth and the living things around us.
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When is Earth Day?
Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22nd. It is the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.
If you’re looking for Earth day activities for kids, you’ll love this Happy Earth / Sad Earth printable! It involves coloring and cutting – two essential skills for preschoolers.
It also includes an Earth Day worksheet designed to help kids learn how to make the Earth happy!
Get your children to take part in the activities over a period of time and cross them off as the tasks are complete.
This free printable for Earth Day can be used as a great teaching/learning tool for the little ones and add extra fun to the activity.
To learn more, check out Earth Day: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Spend It with Your Family.
What You Will Need For This Happy Earth Sad Earth Activity
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Crayola 12 Ct. Silly Scents Mini Twistables Scented Crayons
Vkey 500pcs (250 Pair Sets) 3/4Pacon Card Stock, 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches, Colorful Assortment, 250 Sheets (101199)
Elmer’s Disappearing Purple School Glue Sticks, 0.21 oz, Pack of 2 (E522)Scotch Multi-Purpose Scissor, 8 Inch, 2 Pack (1428-2)Sharpie Clear View Highlighter Stick, Assorted, 8 Pack (1966798)
How To Make This Earth Day Craft for preschoolers
Download and print out two copies of the Earth Day printable template.
Use crayons to colour the template.
Cut the template pieces out.
Add four velcro dots to the Earth. (refer to the photo) Two dots will go where you want to put the eyes, one where you want to put the mouth and one where you want to put the heart/bandaid.
Add the other side of the velcro dots to the back side of the template pieces.
Stick the velcro pieces together. If you are only making one Earth, your little one can have fun changing the pieces of the face.
Cut the arm/leg piece from the template.
Trace the template onto green or blue card stock. Trace and cut out eight pieces.
Fold each arm/leg piece in an accordion shape (refer to the photo below).
Glue the arms and legs onto the Earth.
Your Earth Day activity is finished!
Fantastic Earth Day Craft And Activity For Kids
This is a tutorial on how to make earth day craft.
Materials
- Cardstock
- Crayons
- Gluestick
- Velcro Dots
Tools
- Scissors
Instructions
Download and print out the 2 copies of the template.
Use crayons to colour the template.
Cut the template pieces out.
Add four velcro dots to the Earth. (refer to the photo) Two dots will go where you want to put the eyes, one where you want to put the mouth and one where you want to put the heart/bandaid.
Add the other side of the velcro dots to the back side of the template pieces.
Stick the velcro pieces together. If only making one Earth, your little one can have fun changing the pieces of the face.
Cut the arm/leg piece from the template.
Trace the template onto green or blue card stock. Trace and cut out eight pieces.
Fold each arm/leg piece in an accordion shape. (refer to the photo)
Glue the arms and legs onto the Earth.
Your Earth craft is finished!
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Angela Milnes is a Qualified Early Years Teacher who has specialised in Preschool and Kindergarten teaching. She has a wealth of experience teaching young children and is passionate about kids crafts and having fun as a family. Angela has also taught cooking skills and loves to share both family recipes and easy instant pot recipes here on The Inspiration Edit. Follow her on Pinterest!
Great project! I am noticing the template only has one of each eye. Could you add two more so each set is complete?
Hi Liz, the template needs printing out two times if using directly. If using as a template then you can trace around the eye template twice so there does not need to be two eyes included.
Is the list of making Earth day happy a printable?
https://www.theinspirationedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Earth-Day-Happy-Sad-Package.pdf
Hello! This looks like a fun craft!! How can I get the “How to Make the Earth Happy” worksheet?
https://www.theinspirationedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Earth-Day-Happy-Sad-Package.pdf
Thank you!!
Great post! This year, for Earth Day, I had artists from a local outside Sculpture museum come to the school where I work to talk about the recycling they do as part of their program. I will be looking at following some of these suggestions for myself in 2022. Thanks for the suggestions!