100+ Earth Day Activities: Kid's Co-op

The Kid's Co-op has been full of great ideas for celebrating Earth Day this April 22nd:



Grow Something
Fennel babies from Mama Rosemary
Regrow celery from Housing a Forest
Seed sprouting activity from Housing a Forest
30 gardening activities for kids from KC Edventures
Handprint garden markers from Reading Confetti
Garden plant markers Alex Nguyen Photography
Garden markers kids can make from Housing a Forest
Make recycled plant pots from Playful Learners
Strawberry planters from We Made That

Explore Nature
8 indoor things to do outside from KC Edventures
Nature ideas from For the Children
Critters from nature from The Craft Train
Help backyard birds build nests from What Do We Do All Day?
15 tips for hiking with kids from JDaniel4's Mom
45 nature-inspired sensory bins from Train Up a Child
Nature alphabet sorting from An Idea on Tuesday
Nature collages from Reading Confetti

Read & Research
50 activities for The Lorax from Reading Confetti
Conserving water (with great book suggestions) from KC Edventures
Save the monarch butterfly project from Learning and Growing the Piwi Way
Poetry picture book for Earth Day from Pragmatic Mom

Make an Earth Craft
Earth Day activity from Boy Mama Teacher Mama
Paper mache light up globes from Housing a Forest
Make your own Earth Day crayons from Frogs & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails
We heart Earth craft from Brainstorm in Bloom
Handprint Earth crafts from Handprint and Footprint Art

Use Recycled Materials
Newspaper and plastic bag kites from Pink Stripey Socks
Egg carton bird nests from Brainstorm in Bloom
Recycled flowers from An Idea on Tuesday
Egg carton tadeo turtles from He Cares for You
Plastic jug jelly fish from JDaniel4's Mom

And even more Earth Day ideas from fellow mamas:

15 ways to celebrate Earth Day from B-Inspired Mama

How will you be celebrating Earth Day?

Thanks so much to everybody who linked up great ideas for kids last week.  Can't wait to see what you've got this week!
Reading Confetti


7 comments:

  1. HannahWApril 18, 2013 at 7:00 AM

    So many great ideas! I'd love if you shared your post with us at Eco-Kids Tuesday!! Hope to see you there! Today I linked up our coffee filter flowers to the Kids Co-Op!

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  2. AnonymousApril 18, 2013 at 8:28 AM

    Thank you so much for sharing my ideas! You made my day!

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  3. UnknownApril 18, 2013 at 9:40 AM

    Thanks so much for sharing our Earth Day posts! This is a wonderful roundup!! I'm pinning of course, but would also love it if you would share on our Discover & Explore linky - this week's theme is Earth Day activities and your post would fit beautifully: http://www.kcedventures.com/blog/earth-day-activities-for-kids-eco-friendly-activities

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  4. momandkiddoApril 19, 2013 at 12:04 PM

    Thanks so much for sharing our nest ball craft, Lori!

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  5. UnknownApril 21, 2013 at 3:18 AM

    Wow what a great list of activities. Thanks for featuring my ideas. I look forward to trying lots of them.
    Niccola

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  6. HannahWApril 24, 2013 at 10:05 PM

    Sooooo many great ideas! Thanks for sharing them with us! I hope you join us again (yeah I know it’s a day late… linky issues) at Eco-Kids Tuesday!!

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  7. BeckiApril 25, 2013 at 8:11 AM

    I featured you on Eco Kids this week: http://organicaspirations.blogspot.com/2013/04/happy-earth-day-and-eco-kids.html

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