Earth Day is an annual event celebrated worldwide which occurs on April 22nd. Earth Day is a day to show your support for the protection of our environment. While many people have opted to go green and live an environmentally conscious lifestyle daily, others take part in celebrating Earth Day once per year. It’s a time to partake in various events that occur all over the world and teach your children how to be more aware of what harms our environment.
If you are looking for a few good ways to celebrate Earth Day with kids this year, have no fear, here are five ways you can celebrate Earth Day with kids:
Ride a Bike or Walk
Make a family pledge that not a single member of the family drives or rides in a vehicle for the day. Take a walk or ride a bike to school, stores and/or work to as a means to save the environment from the harmful fumes our vehicles put out. If you must travel further away from home, consider taking a bus or train already running for passengers that day.
Start a Compost Pile
Even better, create a worm home. Worms will serve a great purpose when it comes to creating a compost pile. Have your kids research how to start a worm farm. Once they have this established and it’s time, you can use them in your compost pile. Compost is a natural way to fertilize your garden all summer long and reduces the waste sent to the local landfill.
Attend an Earth Day Fair
There are many Earth Day Fairs all over the world, find one that is local to you. Go as a family and enjoy environmentally friendly music as well as see demonstrations of green products and maybe even see some wild animals as part of a wildlife refuge demonstration. Some Earth Day Fairs have people giving speeches about topics that concern the environment too.
Start a Garden
Earth Day occurs towards the end of April which is the perfect time to start an indoor garden. Take the kids out to purchase the necessary equipment and work to create an indoor garden together. Select a sunny location within your home to place the indoor garden. You can have the kids use this as a science experiment where they document the plants’ growth each week via an illustrated photo.
Upcycle Household Trash
Have a fun day of going around your home collecting items that you can upcycle into something else. Perhaps use an old coffee container as a pot for the plants in your indoor garden. Other ideas are making toy drums or maracas out of recyclable items in your home. There are so many cute crafty ideas you can come up with when you grab household junk and think about how to upcycle it.
There you have it – 5 ways to celebrate Earth Day with kids of all ages. We hope that you will take the time on April 22nd to join in on the world wide day to spread awareness of the importance of protecting our environment.
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says
Thanks so much for sharing these ideas. No matter how you celebrate, just the act of celebrating at all opens up kids to the importance of taking care of our planet.
Colleen Lanin says
I’ve always made sure to make Earth Day a special day in our home. We do what we can to lessen our impact on the environment, and celebrating Earth Day has always been a way for us to instill that value of a low carbon footprint in our kids.
robin rue says
I love all of your ideas. I have been seriously thinking about starting a garden this year.
Our Family World says
Earth day is just so much more than turning off your lights for an hour. I think the idea of starting a garden with the kids is the best way for them to learn to care for the environment.
Liz Mays says
Celebrating Earth Day can be a lot of fun. I’d definitely want to use it as an opportunity to teach too! Great ideas!
Pam says
These are great ways to celebrate earth day with kids. It is so important to keep our family healthy.
Pam says
The earth, not our family. That’s what I get for typing with a migraine!
Veronica Solomon says
Oh yes! Earth day is coming up. It is my dog’s birthday! A great way to help kids see the importance of wise stewardship of our planet
valmg @ From Val's Kitchen says
These are all great suggestions. This reminds me that I do want to plant this year and I have to check the dates for planting now that it isn’t super cold out any more.
Migdalia - @MsLatina says
What great ideas for Earth day and everyday! If we all work together we can make sure our Earth is preserved for many generations to come.
Michelle Waller says
These are all great tips. We are planning on planting a few flowers and veggies along with a tree for Earth Day this year.
Lisa Favre says
My nieces could learn loads more on Earth day! I would love to introduce them to gardening as they’ve only really watched my parents and their parents do it.
Amanda Love says
It’s nice to get them involved and aware about saving the environment. These are great ideas to help celebrate Earth day with the kids.
Rosey says
It is important to celebrate Earth Day. I created a memory for the kids that reinforces the importance of taking care of our land.
Toni | Boulder Locavore says
I love this idea! I will definitely try these with my family!! Looks fun and will teach kids a great lesson!
Melissa says
Just thinking about helping our planet is starting to think right. I am ready to get on the bike with my kids and go on a long ride in honor of earth day.
Louise Bishop says
These are all amazing ideas. We often plant a tree or offer to pickup trash, etc.
Kristi says
Some great ideas. We usually pick up trash in our town as our way to celebrate and give back for Earth Day. We also compost all year round.
Dawn McAlexander says
We are going to spend Earth Day planting a garden. I think that is a great way to spend it. I think homegrown foods are much better and healthier for you. Plus it cuts down on pesticides.
Crystal says
Earth Day is a fun day to pass along an appreciation for nature. We typically work The Lorax into our day. Would love to try composting this year too.
Brianne says
This is such a great post! My kids and I love celebrating Earth Day!
trisha f says
We should start exposing our kids as early as possible they can understand to event like this so they will grow up carrying this kind of good character and concern to our planet. These are a nice way to celebrate Earth day with our children. Very good article. 🙂