How To Fold An Earth With This Printable Earth Day Origami

April 21, 2021 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

PrintWorks offers a variety of fun, eco-friendly printable crafts that are perfect for celebrating Earth Day, and one standout option is their Earth origami download. This downloadable craft is a wonderful blend of creativity and sustainability. You simply print the design, follow their helpful instructional video to learn how to fold the paper into an Earth shape, and you’re all set! For a more budget-friendly option, consider printing it in black and white, and then let the kids get creative by coloring it in. This not only saves ink but adds a personal touch to the craft.

In addition to the origami, there are several other delightful printables available. You’ll find a set of bookmarks to color, which are a fun and practical way to celebrate Earth Day while encouraging reading. There’s also a charming printable Earth Day banner that’s perfect for classroom or home decor, helping to set the tone for a green-themed celebration. For those who enjoy a little more advanced crafting, PrintWorks provides a forest scene SVG file for cutting machines, as well as an engaging tree string art project made with cardstock, which adds a hands-on, tactile element to your crafting experience.

These printables are wonderful low-prep options that make it easy to integrate Earth Day activities into your home or classroom. They’re not only fun and creative but also offer an opportunity to teach kids about sustainability and the importance of protecting our planet. Whether you’re looking for quick, simple activities or more involved crafts, these Earth Day printables provide something for everyone. Plus, they’re great for continuing eco-conscious crafting long after the Earth Day celebrations are over.

Check them out at the PrintWorks website.

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Learn about Your Local Birds

Fall is a great time to learn about and observe the birds in your area, but you can do this any time of year. Whether you’re watching from a backyard or a playground, you’re sure to find a few birds and can learn about the birds that are native to your region in any case.

If you do see birds at home or where your classroom is, the Merlin app is a great one (if your school allows phones). If you don’t already know it, it listens to the sounds around you and can identify birds based on their calls. Very cool and a reason for kids to be quiet while you’re observing nature. Having an old fashioned paper guidebook to the birds where you live is also a great idea because kids can use it to look up birds and it’s just fun to have in the science center.

The specific birds involved in your learning will vary depending on where you live, but here are some bird activities you can do with your kids at home or in the classroom.

Natural Beach Living set up a simple bird nature study center that includes bird books and feathers in front of a big window. There are also some printables you’ll find links to in this post including three part cards and bird observation charts for birds local to them and a bird unit study with lots of great printables (this is a paid resource).

Adventure in a Box has a printable birds of the world bingo game, which might inspire you to learn more about some of the 48 different birds included, from emu to snowy owl, grackle to Atlantic puffin.

If you’re American you’ll enjoy these state bird coloring pages from Flanders Family Home Life. If I can count, only 48 states are listed (which I wouldn’t have noticed except Arkansas isn’t there; it’s one of many whose state bird is the mockingbird). Print out all of them or just your home state, or give each child a bird to research and color to do a presentation in the classroom.

And you can learn more about the different types of bird nests and see if you can observe any of them on a nature walk with this guide to bird nests from Fun Mom Printables on Etsy. It includes information about eight types of nests with drawings and three part cards.

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