Many vegetables are also easy to grow from seed and most varieties of beans sprout quickly. Teach kids a fun way to recycle paper into a craft with a paper mache activity. Use newspaper or magazine strips, mixed with a paste made of flour and water, to create paper mache masks.
Bug catching kits can be found at many craft and discount stores. You can also have kids make their own bug catcher for a fun craft project. With the kit, let your little nature lovers go out into the grass to see what kind of bugs they can locate and capture. Help them observe how the bugs look and act for a while and pass on some knowledge about the good things bugs do for the environment around you. When you're done, set the bugs free! Have kids make bird feeders in honor of Earth Day.
They can make them out of recyclable materials such as plastic bottles or coffee cans. When the feeders are done, have a fun relay race where teams battle to see who can fill their feeder the fastest. Then, everyone can take their feeders home to hang in a tree. Alternatively, you can also have fun in the kitchen making birdseed ornaments.
This fun party game can be played with kids on Earth Day to remind them of the importance of watering a garden. You will need a bunch of small watering cans buckets will do and two large flower pots that are the same size and don't have drainage holes. Have all of the children line up, side-by-side and give each a watering can. Place an empty flower pot on one end of the line and fill the second pot with water at the other end.
Set a timer for three minutes. Have the player next to the pot of water fill their watering can with the pot. They must then fill the watering can of the next player in line with the water from their own can. The last player in line has to empty their watering can into the pot. Then the first player fills up and starts the process all over again. Players try to fill the empty pot before time runs out. Turn the classic party game of musical chairs into a nature-themed game for Earth Day.
All you have to do is modify some of the traditional game elements. For instance, instead of playing with chairs, you can use homemade lily pads. Start by cutting green poster board into the shape of lily pads, then place them in a line on the ground. Instead of walking or running around the lily pads, kids can hop like frogs while the music plays.
When the music stops, they jump onto a lily pad. The rest of the game is played the just like musical chairs; one lily-pad is removed after each round until only one player remains. Host an Earth Day tie-dye party and let kids color t-shirts or other cloth items. To keep in the spirit of the day, use natural dyes, such as teas, vegetables, and colorful spices.
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Select basic ads. This is a day that practically screams for outdoor activities. Afterall, in order to raise a generation who fights to protect our Earth, we must first let them experience what they are fighting for.
Nature Walks. It cannot get simpler than this! Simply grab those chubby little hands and get those little ones out in the woods, a park, or even the neighbourhood. I wrote last year all about different nature walk ideas. The pipecleaner one is my personal favourite. Nifty Nature Belts.
A super simple and remarkably fun outdoor activity for Earth Day is this Nature Belt. It is made from duct tape and the kids absolutely adore sticking their nature treasures on to it. Sew a Nature Crown. Spring is starting to bring those green leaves out on the trees around here. If you have leaves already this year, sewing a nature crown is such a fun thing to do as outdoor activities for Earth Day.
Take the Playdough Outside. Little ones can explore different textures and patterns Mother Nature has to offer. Loads of nature learning to be had with playdough outside. Make a River , by Picklebums. Why not let the little ones play in a ricer and explore all about erosion and how water flows with a tin foil river! A great outdoor activity for Earth Day.
I know they will adore searching for the perfect stick to turn into a magic wand this Earth Day too. By: Alison Cooper. Every day isn't Earth Day, but it should be. You probably do your best to make sure your children are environmentally responsible -- even the youngest kids can learn how to put things in the trash and why it's not a good idea to leave the bathroom faucet running.
You can lead by example by demonstrating good recycling practices, picking up litter, turning off unused lights and shunning plastic grocery bags. But sometimes, the entire family needs a little kick start. Even if your kids know the basics of being green, it never hurts to have a special occasion for really driving your examples home.
Earth Day is an opportunity to bring these lessons into sharper focus. We're not saying you have to sit your kids down and lecture them about programming the thermostat, composting and using compact fluorescent light bulbs.
That would probably backfire and cause them to go on some sort of destructive environmental rampage -- so may we suggest the gentler and much more fun "playing games" method? Your kids will have a great time, and they'll learn much more in a hands-on manner than they would reading a book or watching a movie about environmental responsibility. So, without further ado, here are five entertaining and educational kids' activities for Earth Day.
This might be the easiest scavenger hunt you've ever organized -- no need to hide anything or buy items for the kids to find.
Just let them loose in the backyard with a simple list of common backyard items: sticks, stones , feathers, flowers, bugs, different-colored leaves, whatever you can think of. Older kids can build fairy houses and find patterns in nature. And if you play your cards right, you can have your yard cleaned up for free: Give bonus points for litter that can be trashed or recycled.
For older kids who might be bored with a run-of-the-mill scavenger hunt, why not give geocaching a shot? It's like a high-tech, interactive treasure hunt.
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