Earth Day

April 22, 2020

What are some ways you and your children are honoring Earth Day? Are you doing art crafts? Will you plant a flower or tree? How about making a homemade bird feeder for the birds? There are so many ways to celebrate our planet on this day, but here are five fun Earth Day toddler crafts and activities for you to try at home.

1. Earth Day Sensory Bin

If you love sensory play ideas, this Earth Day Sensory Bin is perfect for celebrating our planet and exploring fun textures. For the sensory bin filler, use food coloring to dye the shaving cream half blue and half green. Add some land and water animals to the colored shaving cream to make this activity more educational and fun to explore. This is a quick and easy activity to prepare and loads of fun for your little ones!

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2. DIY Recycled Drums

Got any large containers you are going to throw away? What about cardboard boxes? Save these items to make some drums and add some string to the sides so they can hang around their shoulders! Kids love containers, especially the younger ones. These items are for marching bands or family jam sessions! Grab some sticks outside for the drum sticks and sing your favorite songs.

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3. Earth Day Coffee Filter Science Activity

Here is a fun Earth Day science activity using markers, water and coffee filters. This activity is easy to prep and your children will love watching the colors blend into a beautiful “Earthy” look. You can show your children what a picture of our planet looks like and talk about what the green and blue colors represent!

Materials and Directions

Materials

  • Coffee Filters
  • Markers
  • Spray Bottle With Water

Directions

  1. Let your child color the coffee filter with green and blue markers.
  2. Next, let them spray the coffee filter with water and watch the colors blend together. Then hang to dry!

4. Mess Free Earth Day Painting

Doing art crafts with toddlers and babies are always messy am I right? Well here is a mess free activity idea that your toddler or baby will love and is fun to do over and over again! This is also inexpensive, quick and easy way to honor our planet through an art craft activity. I hot glued the print out of the Earth to a piece of cardboard to help it hold in place more.

Materials + Directions

Materials

  • Paper Plate/Paper
  • Paint
  • Ziploc Bag

Directions

  1. Place the paper plate or piece of paper on a Ziploc bag.
  2. Add dots of paint to the paper or paper plate and careful close the seal.
  3. Let your child use their fingers and hands to spread around the paint.
  4. Take the paper plate or paper out of the Ziploc bag to dry!

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5. DIY Bird Seed Ornaments

What a fun way to feed the birds right!? These ornaments are easy to make and fun to hang up outside with your little’s. All you need is some bird seed, warm water and some unflavored gelatin. We made some spring shaped ornaments to put in the trees today.

Directions + Materials

Materials

  • Bird Seed
  • Warm Water
  • Unflavored Gelatin

Directions

  1. Follow the instructions on the gelatin package.
  2. Mix the birdseed and gelatin together in a bowl.
  3. Lay down a cookie sheet pan and grab any cookie cutters you would like to use.
  4. Add birdseed mixture to the cookie cutters and press down to fill all the edges.
  5. Use a straw or something to add a hole a to each of the ornaments. (Do this while the jello is still soft)
  6. Set in the fridge over night or until jello sets.
  7. Once they are set, tie pieces of twine on the ornaments to hang in a tree!

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I hope all of these activity ideas sparked some inspiration as you plan your activities for Earth Day! Celebrating Earth Day is a great way to educate children on the importance of keeping our planet safe and healthy by recycling as much as we can. Thanks for reading and don’t forget to share to your favorite social channel and subscribe to Elated Momma’s Email Lists!

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