April 22 is Earth Day and a national holiday celebrated in the USA. It’s just a fun day to celebrate our world, plant something new in the ground, and craft using recycled materials you have around your home.
If you’re looking for Earth Day craft ideas, we’re here to help. Follow these links to 12 simple crafts and art activities to celebrate Earth Day.
What Is Earth Day?
Earth Day is celebrated to mark the anniversary of what some consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. It is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment.
Earth day is upon us and it’s time to get crafty. Go green in your home with these cute and easy earth day crafts and art activities that are not just for kids but adults too!
Earth Day Crafts For Kindergarten
Earth Day is coming up and this Earth Day crafts for kindergarten can help kids spread a message through art. Kids can make their own art to teach others about recycling and helping the environment.
1. Homemade Holidays: Seed Bombs (Unavailable) ~ This seed balls or seed bombs earth day craft fro kindergarten are perfect treats for anyone who appreciates a beautiful flower.
2. Earth Day Ornament Craft For Kindergarten ~ A quick and earth day craft for kids using thin plastic ornaments made to look like is filled with blue, green, and white M&M’s. Make sure to add it to your list of art activities!
3. Earth Day Hairy Friends Crafts For Kindergarten ~ Here is a great tutorial on how to make potted hairy friends with pictured instructions. Make sure adults can help too!
Earth day Crafts Using Recycled Materials
Plan a craft project that uses recycled materials with these Earth Day recycled crafts. These crafts below give complete instructions for different earth craft projects. Each project is fairly easy and will fit into several themes.
4. Eggshell Seed Starters ~ Spring is officially here which means it’s time to start planting. Instead of purchasing the seed starters from the store try making these recycled earth day crafts with used eggshells. They’re perfect for labeling and also as a fertilizer.
5. Repurposed Potting Table ~ A slab of stone and a few overturned flowerpots blends into the garden so well. It almost looks like something you unearthed while turning the soil.
6. Recycled Pop Bottle Animals (Unavailable) ~ An Easter and an earth day craft all rolled into one. Use round soda plastic bottles to create these darling little by Fryman Four.
7. No-Sew Tote Bag Tutorial ~ Turn an old t-shirt into a reusable shopping, grocery, or toy bag in no time with these easy & quick recycled craft ideas by the Seaman Mom. Perfect for the busy adults in the house too!
8. Tree Art Canvas ~ Create dimensional tree art canvas from empty egg cartons and paint. I’ll bet you have some egg cartons left over from Easter eggs.
9. Plantable Paper Earth ~ Made from recycled materials, this homemade paper has added seeds so that it can be planted. Perfect for fun-filled earth day crafts for kindergarten!
Earth Day Art Projects
Earth Day is the perfect time to get artsy! Check out these fun and informative earth day art projects for children about the environment.
10. Cloth Napkins ~ Learn how to make two versions of a cloth napkin! One of those fun and easy earth day art projects!
11. Play-Doh Bird Feeders (Unavailable) ~ Check out this super cute way to use old play-doh lids! Your kids will have a blast making these little bird feeders as well as watching the birds come to eat! A great craft project for a variety of ages to enjoy!
12. Bottle Cap Candles Tutorial ~ these tiny candles are really fun to make and come together quickly. AND you can up-cycle several materials in the process, which makes this one of those fabulous earth day art projects.
More Fun Earth Day Crafts To Enjoy From Tip Junkie:
- Pause with your kids since it’s Time to Recycle!
- Break a leg and enjoy the day at the backyard playing these 26 Earth Day Activities and Games to Play with the gang!
- Kids will love these 27 Free Earth Day Printables while on a vacation.
- Learn these 13 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day with Your Kids!
- Never run out of things to do with these 22 Earth Day Activities for Kids!
- These gorgeous coffee filter crafts will surprise you and hopefully also inspire you to make some yourself!
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 | Which earth day crafts and projects are your favorites? Share it in the comments below! ~ Laurie {a.k.a. the Tip Junkie} |
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This post is chock full of such fabulous ideas! Thank you for sharing.
Love the printables! And I think the bottle cap candles and Earth Day crayons are going to the top of the craft list.
Oh my goodness, I love these ideas!
Thank you so much for featuring me!!