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This is a fun and easy Earth Day Activity, that would also be perfect for Mother’s Day! My kids had a ball making this!! What’s better then Glue, Scissors, Painting, Stickers and DIRT!! We first made the can and once it dried we planted our Basil plant. You could also use seeds and start from the beginning!
Supplies:
- Recycled Tin Can, cleaned out
- Construction Paper
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- Tape
- Stickers, Paint anything you want to decorate with
- Planting soil
- Plant or seeds
Steps:
- Measure height of Tin can and cut paper so it wraps around and the height fits in between the top and bottom of the can.
- Cut Paper
- Put glue all around the Tin Can
- Tape one end of paper on can and smooth around can so it is even and sticks to the glue
- Tape another piece of tape on end of paper to keep down while glue dries
- Decorate-with stickers, paint, glitter glue, cut strips of paper and make a design
- When Dry, Fill can with potting soil and then plant seeds or plant
Enjoy! If you create this project, send me some pictures at onnaholl@gmail.com so I can post them! Let me know what you think, how your kids liked this-leave a comment to tell us.
photo credit: spacedustdesign
HAPPY EARTH DAY!!
I love creating activities with holiday themes. Earth Day is a particular fun one since I like that my children are learning a very important lesson about caring for our environment. Below are some fun Earth Day Activities you can enjoy with your kids.
- Plant a tree, plant or Garden
- Recycle your paper, cans, etc., have your kids help! They love it and they learn while doing it.
- Buy recycled products
- Create a Recycled Craft
- Walk to the Park/Store
- Turn off the lights and computer when you are not using it
- Air Dry your clothes in warm weather
Some Sites that are celebrating earth week this week. Check out their great crafts and activities.
- Mommy23monkeys
- Kaboose – Featuring Great Earth Day Crafts
- DLTK’s -Fun Coffee Filter Earth Day Craft
- SimpleMom -Great list of going green ideas
- Greensahm – Terrific site that celebrates Earth Day every day! Sharing ways to be green.
Share with me your crafts and Activities you are doing for Earth Day this week in the comments!!
Watering Can
Today is the second day of our Earth Day Activities series. My kids love to help me water the Garden so we are always using watering cans. There little ones are always running out of water to quickly. This Watering Can will keep them watering for at least a few minutes before needing more water! I was inspired to do this for Earth Day after seeing it at Kaboose .
Supplies:
- Plastic Bottle – Well Rinsed- you can use a 1/2 gallon or Gallon Bottle
- Paint, Stickers- What ever you want to decorate your watering cans
- Clear Acrilic spray (for the adults)
- Nail and hammer
Steps:
- Wash out plastic bottle
- Peel off any stickers
- Paint or decorate
- Let Dry
- When Dry Spray with (adult) clear acrilyic paint
- Poke holes in cap with nail and hammer (adult)
Enjoy Watering your garden with your child!!
Earth Day Activity – Painted Garden Rocks
This week on Toddler Craft we are going to be exploring a variety of Earth Day themed activites. This first one was inspired by the beautiful Beach day we had here on Sunday! It was 65 degrees out and sunny-so we decided to go to the beach for some digging and rock collecting!! I really love this time of year. My kids were in their glory playing in the sand and with buckets of water!! We collected some beautiful rocks and decided it would be fun to paint them!! The rocks are now in my Garden!! This is a great Earth Day Activity. If you can’t get to a beach you can find rocks where ever you are and paint them for display in a garden or use them as a paperweight! They can also be a great Mother’s Day Present!
Earth Day began as a grass roots effort to bring the environment into the public eye in 1970. It was organized as a demonstration which quickly took on great meaning to many Americans. It was founded by Gaylord Nelson who was a Senator from Wisconsin in 1970. Earth Day’s goal is to bring the environment to the forefront and make each of us realize that we need to do our part to improve our environment. It is a great opportunity to highlight the importance of caring for our environment to our children!! Reading books to children like It’s Earth Day by Mercier Mayer is a great way to begin to teach your child about Earth Day.
Other Earth Day Activities to enjoy with your child:
- Enjoy nature together, go to the park, beach, for a hike-point out the flowers, trees etc.
- Explain about recycling and why it is important
- Demonstrate how you recycle
- Create crafts from nature or Recycle items for crafts- like the Painted Planter
- Turn out the lights for a few minutes
Supplies:
- Rocks
- Washable Paint
- Paint brushes
- Clear Acrilic spray to keep Paint from running
Steps:
- Collect Rocks (shells work great too!!)
- Wash and Dry Rocks
- Paint Rocks
- Let Dry
- Spray clear coat over rock
- Let Dry
- Enjoy!!
If you create your own rocks-share them with me- you can email me at onnaholl@gmail.com
It’s Click and Comment Monday again So get some Linky love!! This week you can post any day to mr. linky in honor of Earth Day!! Create a post about Earth Day, anything you like, with a link to Toddler Craft and Post that link in the Mr. Linky widget below! Don’t forget to leave a comment below telling us about your post and what kind of Earth Day Activity you did this week!! Can’t wait to hear all of the fun you are having!!
Keep an eye out for more earth day activities this week!
photo credit: BL1961
More Earth Day celebrations!! Check out Mommy23Monkeys Earth Day Week Celebration!!
