Earth Day Crafts For Kids

Earth Day Crafts For Kids That Everyone Will Love To Make

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Earth day is celebrated on the 22nd of April every year all over the world. This day is celebrated to mark the importance of the environment and to save and protect the environment. It is very important to mark this day important to your kids. This will make them more aware and they can then try to protect the mother Earth in their little way. So here are 5 Earth day crafts for kids that will help them know about Earth day and saving mother Earth.

 

5 Earth Day Crafts For Kids

 

Here are 5 Earth day crafts for kids that are easy and fun to do.

 

Tree Button Art For Earth Day

The button tree wall hanging can be a very nice way of enjoying earth day and also making a good wall hanging for your living room or kids room. The best part about this craft is your kids can make this on their own without your assistance. This takes around an hour to complete and your kids will have a lot of fun sticking buttons to a piece of wood and then finally creating a tree. You can change the design according to your kids’ choices.

 

Supplies Required:

  • Piece of wood
  • Printed paper (any color)
  • Pencil
  • Buttons (brown and green)
  • Glue
  • Acrylic paint 
  • Brush

 

See detailed intsructions for the Tree Button Art For Earth Day

 

Save The Planet Garland

Save the planet garland making is an extremely easy craft and can be a fun time activity for your kids. This craft only requires cutting of colored papers and finally sticking it to the sting making it a garland. This craft is easy and your kids would not require your help to do it. This craft takes around 20 minutes to complete.

 

Supplies Required:

  • Colored paper
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • String

 

Check out how to make the Save The Planet Garland Here

 

Salt Dough Earth Necklace 

The salt dough Earth Necklace making is a great way for your kids to enjoy earth day. This is especially more interesting because all kids love to get their hands dirty with clay and dough. This craft will allow them to make their earth necklaces but with your help while baking and making the dough. This craft will also give you the chance to enjoy yourself with your kids and spend some time with them. This craft takes an hour to complete and your kids can later wear these necklaces made by themselves and enjoy.

 

Supplies Required:

  • 1 cup flour
  • Half cup salt
  • Half cup water
  • Round shaped cutter
  • Pencil
  • Beads
  • Thread
  • Acrylic paint (blue and green)
  • Straw

 

Click here for instructions to make the salt dough Earth necklace

 

Earth Day Recycled Mosaic

This earth day craft is easy and fun to do. Your kid will enjoy themselves while choosing green and blue paper from old Magazines and then finally cutting and sticking them to the cardboard piece. This craft is fun to do and kids love it as they get to stick colored paper and cut them themselves. Also, this art will help them in learning to recycle and create new things out of waste. Finally, you can hand this little planet in your kids’ room. This is not a very time taking craft and takes just half an hour to make.

 

Supplies Required:

  • Old Magazines
  • Glue
  • Scissors
  • Beads
  • String
  • Old cardboard
  • Pencil or Felt pen

 

Go here to make the Earth Day Recycled Mosaic

 

Stained Glass Earth

Making this stained glass earth craft can be a very interesting way to spend the earth’s day. This craft is easy and fun to do and can finally make a very nice wall hanging and even wind chimes. This looks beautiful and transparent giving it a feel of glass. Children do feel very happy and excited to see these hanging at home especially when they have made it themselves. This would take half an hour to complete and ready to be hanged.

 

Supplies Required:

  • Paper cups
  • Round objects to trace the shape
  • Toothpick
  • Pencil
  • Wax paper
  • Food color or watercolor
  • Paper cups
  • Glue 
  • White floss or string

 

Click here to make the Stained Glass Earth

 

These earth day crafts are easy and fun to do. You can help your kid learn a lot and also enjoy it with them. A good earth day craft will make your kids understand the importance of earth day and also the importance of saving the earth. Let them get dirty in the paint and glue and let them enjoy to their fullest along with learning more about recycling and saving the planet. Also, make sure that you enjoy it with your kids.

 

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