Use these fun and easy Earth Day activities and crafts for toddlers and preschoolers to celebrate Earth Day with your children.
Earth Day activities and crafts for toddlers and preschool
Here are some simple ideas you can use to mark Earth Day with your children.
There are some lovely crafts and sensory play ideas, all with a planet Earth theme, that you can use to begin to learn about the place we live.
You’ll also find some great recycling ideas, so you can reduce, reuse and recycle and still have new toys.
And there are some great first gardening and nature play ideas to give your children a close connection with nature.
Earth Day activities for children
:: Combine science and sensory play with Earth Day Oobleck
:: Plant seeds in recycled containers
:: Make a papier mache globe
:: Explore with Earth Day themed discovery bottles
:: Make a pretty flower craft
:: Play with planet Earth play dough
:: Try this sensory bin inspired by the Earth
:: Make planet Earth art
:: Print these Earth Day colouring pages
:: Light up an Earth Day lantern
:: Head out and enjoy a nature-spotting walk
:: Show your garden some love, and make a special place for your children to play outdoors – like this fairy garden
:: Try a new growth experiment
:: Plant strawberries for a taste test
:: Plant sunflowers for your garden
Free Forest School and Garden Classroom resources!
Join my weekly email service and I'll send you FREE printables, lesson plans, and activity ideas that you can use with your children in your forest school and garden classroom.
Seasons School is NurtureStore's year-round program of living and learning with nature. Our activities and resources focus on hands-on, nature-based learning that connects children with the natural environment.
If you're looking for nature study lessons, arts and craft projects, campfire recipes, foraging ideas, outdoor math and literacy activities, outdoor games, and ways to explore forests, gardens, and outdoor spaces - think of NurtureStore as your forest fairy godmother!
Whether you're in a forest school or outdoor classroom, running a school gardening club, bringing nature lessons into your class, home educating with nature, or wanting to connect with the great outdoors at the weekend, you will love the Seasons School ideas.
Pop your email address into the box below and I'll send you your free resources.
By subscribing, you consent to our use of your personal data as per our Privacy Policy, which includes agreeing to receiving interest-based email from us.
This is an excellent post. I was looking for some Earth Day ideas to do with my nieces and for my website. This hits the spot. I think my 15-month old will even appreciate the Earth Day tambourine. Thanks a ton.