Create this colorful Earth Day Tree Craft for Kids this year to celebrate Earth Day!
Earth Day is coming up on April 22!
Earth Day is the perfect time to get outdoors with the kids to enjoy activities like planting trees, starting a garden, picking up trash, or simply as a way to get out to take in fresh air!
When the weather warms up, I try my best to keep my kids outside as long as possible. When they get home from school, they have time to ride their bikes down to the park and play with their friends.
These opportunities give my kids plenty of time to get creative with nature vs. staying indoors and being too plugged in to electronics. Just recently, my youngest daughter brought me sticks and rocks that she collected near the playground. I love seeing my children get excited and involved with nature!
Earth Day 2021 is on April 22 this year. With the spring season being full of outdoor activities for the kids, I thought I’d compile a list of things to do with the kids this year on Earth Day.
Earth Day is the perfect day to teach our kids the importance of taking care of our earth and learning more about Earth’s resources!
10 Earth Day Activities for Kids
Collect rocks and paint them.
My girls are into painting rocks. They usually find a few good rocks when we are taking walks and we bring them home to paint them. They attach googly eyes to the rocks to make pet rocks.
When we moved to Washington about a year ago, we found out that it’s a huge deal to paint rocks and hide them around our area to find! Watch our YouTube video of a few rocks that we painted to hide. We use Posca paint markers – our favorite markers to paint rocks with!
Make a Tree Craft
Make this Earth Day Tree Craft with the kids and display it in your home this year!
Paint with water.
Give your kids a small cup of water with a paintbrush and let them paint the sidewalk with water!
Create a nature box diorama.
Find leaves, sticks, moss, etc. to create a fun nature diorama using a shoe box or other small box.
Start a small garden.
Gardening can be fun for many kids. Find a few easy to grow plants for your area and plant a small garden or container garden. Allow the kids to help dig and plant the seeds as well as water the seeds as needed. Watch them grow over time!
I wish you could have seen the excitement on my daughter’s face when she saw that one of her sunflowers was growing!
Make mud pies.
When I was little, I have several memories of making mud pies with my brothers and sister! Dress your kids in play clothes for the outdoors and let them have some fun with mud.
Plan an outdoor getaway.
Plan a family vacation and spend a few days outdoors learning about and enjoying nature with your family!
You can find nature trails and outdoor activities that would be perfect for celebrating Earth Day this year such as biking, boating, fishing, golfing, hiking, zip lining, and more!
My husband and I also love to take our girls golfing with us. We enjoy visiting new golf courses and take advantage of pretty spring and summer days outdoors.
During your nature walk, have your children spot as many animals or insects as they can. (Butterfly, Ants, Bees, Wasps, Deer, Birds, Squirrels, etc.)
Pick up trash.
Grab a bag with your children and go around to pick up trash with your kids around a park or your neighborhood. We did this activity last year and we filled a few bags with trash! My kids loved this activity.
Check out my list of bird feeders for children to make to hang around your yard for Earth Day! You’ll find an apple, orange, sugar cone, egg carton, pine cone bird feeder and more!
Create this fun Easter Egg Letter Matching Game for the kids to play this Easter season!
It’s hard to believe that my daughter is almost finished with her first year at school as a kindergartner.
It seems like we sent her off on the bus for the first time just yesterday. In a few short months the summer break will be here and she will be getting ready for first grade.
During her first year of Kindergarten, she has learned quite a bit. She learned her ABC’s and knows most of her sight words. She’s putting sounds together as she’s reading.
We are working with her at home to practice what she’s learning so that she can end the year on a successful note.
One of the basic skills for Kindergarten is letter matching. Learning the upper case and lower case letters for some students can prove to be tricky!
Then you have letters like p and b and d and g that all look similar in some ways. It’s easy for kids to get mixed up on letters at times.
Now that the Easter holiday is approaching, I wanted to make a fun game for my daughter to play so that she can practice her letter matching before we finish out the year.
This Easter egg matching game below is a great review game for her.
Easter Egg Letter Matching Game
Supplies:
plastic Easter eggs
black permanent marker
Easter basket
Directions:
Take each egg and write one letter of the alphabet on each egg with permanent marker. You’ll write the upper case letter on one half of the egg and the lower case letter on the bottom half of the egg.
Take the eggs apart and put them in a basket.
Let your child match the upper case letter to the lower case letter until they have completed the whole alphabet!
My daughter enjoyed this game!
If you need to practice other areas with your child, feel free to switch things up! You can create word family eggs, addition and subtraction eggs, money eggs, and more!
Easter Egg Letter Matching Game
Materials
plastic Easter eggs
black permanent marker
basket
Instructions
Take each egg and write one letter of the alphabet on each egg with permanent marker. You’ll write the upper case letter on one half of the egg and the lower case letter on the bottom half of the egg.
Take the eggs apart and put them in a basket.
Let your child match the upper case letter to the lower case letter until they have completed the whole alphabet!
Celebrate the spring season this year with these printable Spring Coloring Pages for Kids!
Looking for a fun way to keep your kids entertained this spring?
Why not try out some printable spring coloring pages? There are tons of different designs to choose from, so you’re sure to find something your child will love.
Ice cream is a big deal in our house. My kids love it, and I love that they love it. It’s a fun treat that we can all enjoy together.
Plus, there are so many different flavors to choose from, everyone can find their favorite.
Recently, my kids and I discovered kawaii ice cream coloring pages, and now we’re obsessed!
What does Kawaii mean?
Kawaii is a Japanese word that means “cute.” It’s often used to describe things like Hello Kitty, Pokémon, and other popular culture characters and items.
Kawaii can also be used as an adjective to describe people, animals, and things that are cute. For example, you might say “That puppy is so kawaii!”
What kinds of ice cream coloring pages can you find?
There are a variety of ice cream coloring sheets available online and in print. You can find ice cream coloring sheets that feature traditional ice cream cones, sundaes, popsicles, and other popular ice cream treats.
There are also ice cream coloring sheets that feature different kinds of ice cream, such as chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla.
Whatever your favorite ice cream flavor is, there’s sure to be an ice cream coloring sheet out there for you!
You can also find ice cream coloring pages with a variety of toppings including, sauce, cherries, and sprinkles!
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