Earth Day Activities

MAKE (Arts and Crafts)


  • Free Art (Have art materials accessible to children such as a coloring page, a stencil, an easel, markers, stamps, colored pencils, crayons, play-dough, and tissue paper/construction paper/fabric squares for children to work with if they'd like as well)
EXPLORE (Sensory Bins)
  • Plant the Trees
  • Recycle Sort
  • Earth Water Beads (blue and green)
  • Digging for Worms (real or fake)
  • Earth Day Oobleck
  • Recycle Bin
  • Shaving Cream Ocean and Land Animals
  • Bug Bin
  • Planting Flowers (real or fake)
  • Rocks and Water Beads
CREATE (Play Doh - Mats, Cookie Cutters, Invitations to Play)

  • Earth
  • Plants

PLAY (Inside and Outside Games/Activities)
  • Puzzles/Board Games
  • Block Center/Building Ideas
  • Dramatic Play
  • Quiet Activities
  • File Folder Activities/Worksheets
  • Active Games/Outside Play Activities
READ (Books for the Seasonal Book Basket or Shelf)
  • The Lorax
  • I Am Earth
  • Trees Are Made of Gas
  • Thank You Earth
  • The Earth Book
  • What If Everybody Did This
  • Here We Are
  • One Earth
  • Curious George Plants a Tree
  • The Earth and I
  • The Curious Garden

SING (Songs/Poems)

EAT (Snacks)

  • Monthly Holiday Snacks (Sandwiches, Waffles, Pancakes, French Toast, Sugar Cookies, Brownies, Candy, Cake Pops, Donuts, Muffins, Popsicles, Cheese and Lunch Meat)
VISIT  (Visitor/Field Trip Ideas)
  • Field Trips

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