Earth Day offers an excellent opportunity to teach children why caring for our planet matters. This Earth flower craft is a playful way to show that we should all do what we can to protect Earth. Recycling is one helpful action, which is why the Earth flower sits in a flowerpot decorated with the recycling symbol.
If you are looking for additional ways children and their families can care for Earth, I suggest exploring this happy Earth sad Earth activity – it is suitable for preschoolers as well as older children. Kids will sort different actions and decide whether they are beneficial or harmful to our planet, such as planting a new tree.
Additional Earth Day crafts for children:
The Earth flower project includes a simple template. Since the recycling symbol on the flowerpot might be somewhat difficult for little hands to cut out, I have added another flowerpot design that children can decorate with colors.
For even more inspiration, take a look at our complete collection of Earth Day crafts – you will find plenty of easy projects, with many made from paper plates.
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This activity belongs to a fantastic Earth Day craft bundle. Be sure to have a look at it.
Earth flower project
Materials:
How to create the Earth flower project
TheEarth flower templatecomes in two variations:
1. Template – Option 1: snip out the shapes and trace them onto the matching colored paper.
2. Template – Option 2: print the shapes straight onto colored paper, then cut them out.
This makes the project easy to complete with one or two children or with an entire classroom of students.
Instructions step by step
First, attach the Earth to the center of the flower with glue.
Next, glue the three arrows at the center of the flowerpot.
Attach the stem to the rear of the flowerpot using glue.
Finally, glue the flower onto the upper end of the stem.
