13 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day with Your Kids

Here are several creative ways to celebrate Earth day with your kids!  They include Earth party food, globe themed DIY decorations, with recipes for cookies, cakes and fun lunch ideas.

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.

1.  Earth Day Party  ~ Using recycled products you can create a beautiful Earth Day party, which happens to be April 22nd!  Earth Day is a day to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment.  Some of the amazing ideas include recycled map party hats, diy paper mache globes and a recycled tassel garland.

2.  Reusable water bottle to drink from, and an EARTH bouncy ball and the centerpiece was a map she got in her junk mail and REUSED as a decoration for an Earth Day Dinner Tablescape by Secrets of a Super Mommy.

3.  Earth Day Party Banner ~ Create a festive banner using painted coffee filters and string them together with tulle.

Earth Day Recipes and Food

4. Show your love of mother earth with these festive Earth Day Cupcakes. Bird on a Cake share with you the technique to make the adorable heart in the middle by Vanilla & Lace.

5.  Earth Day Cookies ~ A generic cookie mix was dyed blue and green then the colors were rolled together to make the earth pattern by Tammilee Tips.

6.  Earth Day Cupcakes ~ Show your love of mother earth with this festive cupcakes.  Bird on a Cake share with you the technique to make the adorable heart in the middle.

7.  Rainbow Earth Day Marshmallow Pops ~ Check out these adorable Earth Day Marshmallow Pops! You can create your own using food markers.  Easy peasy!

8.  Earth Day Cake ~ Show your love of mother earth with this festive earth cake with a surprise inside, rock candy.

9. A great way to recycle lollipop sticks is to make Earth Lollipop Cookies by The Decorated Cookie.

10.  Earth Day Cupcakes ~ Show your love of mother earth with this festive cupcakes.  Pint Sized Baker shares with you how she recycled her baking goods and recycled the heart shaped cookies on top.  Not to worry, these “recycled” food items were leftover batter from a cake.  {wink}

Earth Day Recipes and Food

11.  Earth Day Dinner ~ This is a fun dinner to make with the kids to celebrate Earth Day! It’s a great way to start up a conversation with them about how to keep the Earth clean.

12.  Earth Day Pancakes {Kids Food Crafts} ~ Celebrate Earth Day by having Earth pancakes.  For breakfast, the world really is flat.  They are also a fun breakfast for Columbus Day or any day.

13.  Worm Dirt Pudding ~ This is a simple worm dirt recipe that is fun to put together and makes a great activity to do with a child. They will love making and eating this yummy dirt pudding.