Earth Day will be here before you know it. I love spending about a week reading Earth Day books (you can find a list of my favorite Earth Day books here) and doing crafts with kids. We spend the week going over how important it is to protect our Earth and ways we can help in our classroom and at home. One of my all-time favorite Earth Day crafts that I do with my kindergarten or first-grade students is my Earth Day Promise craft. Students will list the ways they promise to take care of the earth and sign and date it. It’s a cute Earth Day craft for elementary students that can be easily displayed on a bulletin board.
The Earth Day Promise craft does take some time to complete, however, this Earth Day craft could easily be done in two days or by working on it during the morning and then in the afternoon. Students take this promise very seriously and are immensely proud of their completed work once they are finished. If you would like to do this craft with your class, the materials needed, the directions, and the template are down below.
Earth Day Promise Craft
Materials
- One piece of light brown construction paper per student. (12 by 18)
- One blue circle per student
- Paintbrushes
- Enough green and brown paint for the class
- Two plastic plates, one for each color of paint
- One Earth Day Promise Sheet per student
- One bottle of glue or glue stick per student or small group.
- One pencil per student
Directions
- First, print out the circle template on blue cardstock paper.
- Second, print out the My Earth Day Promise sheet and the optional Earth Day quotes.
- Third, have the students fill out the promise sheet.
- Fourth, Glue the blue circle, promise sheet, and the optional Earth Day quote to the light brown construction paper.
- Then use the green paint and paint the student’s hand green. Have the student place their hand in the middle of the blue circle.
- Then have the student can paint the trees and the remaining countries in green and brown paint.
- Lastly, repeat the entire process until the entire class is done, and then finally, send home the craft or display craft on the bulletin board.
Congrats! Now you know the steps to complete this craft, however, feel free to display these on a bulletin board or outside your classroom once the students are finished. In conclusion, I hope you like this Earth Day craft and enjoy making this craft with your children or students. To download the template, please click here.
Earth Day Activities for Your Classroom
If your students can’t get enough of Earth Day children’s books and crafts, be sure to check out these Earth Day coloring pages! You’ll find all kinds of options that focus on helping your students learn! There are color-by-numbers, color-by-letters, and even color-by-sight words! These coloring pages are great for keeping your students entertained while helping them learn! These packages contain 28-46 pages, depending on which one you select. But the best part of all? Your students can use what they’ve been learning from the books to help them color these pages!
Are you still looking for more ideas? Check out the FREE Reading Graphic Organizer today! This tool can help students identify the main idea, story elements, and the beginning, middle, and end of stories. It can be used with any story you want to introduce in your classroom, and best of all, it’s FREE!
