Papermaking With Preschoolers

I’ve shared a lot of ideas for celebrating Earth Day with kids through the years (including printables, crafts and more) but I feel like I’m always find more Earth Day ideas for kids so here are some more for you to try.

Twichetts has an easy rock painting activity for Earth Day that you can use to talk about how much of the earth is land versus water, or just talk about things we can do to help the planet while you paint.

Try out paper quilling with this fun and easy Earth Day craft from Projects with Kids. Making little circles is pretty easy and you can even use construction paper for this project. It’s a great process art project for kids of various ages.

Rock Your Homeschool has tracing pages and coloring sheets for Earth Day that are great for younger kids and those who are a little older that include discussion ideas you can do while the kids are coloring (such as brainstorming ways to reuse containers with a coloring page showing flowers in a watering can.

And Next Comes L has a printable word scramble with Earth Day vocabulary you can use to talk about things like recycling, composting and conservation.

Simple Everyday Mom has more printable worksheets including work with the letter e and repeating patterns with an Earth Day theme. For younger kids, My Bored Toddler has Earth Day themed dot printables. And Teaching Ideas has an Earth Day scavenger hunt that includes ideas for how kids can help the planet.

These adorable Earth Day printable bookmarks from Moms and Crafters are great to use throughout the year to remember the lessons about being kind to the Earth that we learn on Earth Day. Or print out the visual schedule icons from Natural Beach Living to make sure you keep making things like turning off lights and using reusable bags a regular part of your routine.