Green leaves spell out the word EARTH to celebrate Earth Day


We all know how schedules get busy, so here are some simple things you can do with your family for Earth Day that will still make a difference.

Earth Day and Everyday

  1. Read Books About Taking Care of the Earth: There are so many great children’s books on this topic to choose from. Written with fun and engaging storylines, they also teach kids about the importance of loving and caring for our Earth. Here are a few of my favorites:

2. Organize a Neighborhood Trash Clean-up: Gather your neighbors and spend a couple of hours walking around picking up trash. You will be surprised at how much you will collect. Make it a contest to see who can collect the most trash. Also, don’t forget to wear plastic gloves and wear appropriate clothing for wooded areas. 

Furthermore, trash grabbers are a great item for kids to use. They will have so much fun grabbing garbage with the claw, and it keeps them from handling the trash directly.

Planting and Composting

3. Plant Seedlings Using Upcycled Items: Earth Day marks the day we start seedlings for our garden each year. We use anything that we can plant in. First, we collect egg cartons, toilet paper rolls, K-cups, and plastic bottles. Then, we turn these items into mini planters is a fun project for the kids.

4. Start Composting: For whatever reason, my children are obsessed with composting. I think it is because the concept is a little gross, and they love anything gross. Composting can be done all year in your own kitchen with the use of a countertop compost crock. hey blend in with your kitchen and are designed to be odor-free.

Composting is a fantastic way to support our environment and reduce waste. Kids can see how their vegetable scraps are turned into fertilizer to help the Earth. Anything that comes from the ground can be composted, such as fruits and vegetables. Additionally, you can compost eggshells, coffee grounds, flowers, plant trimmings, and herbs.

Furthermore, compost is a great natural fertilizer and alternate to consumer fertilizers that can contain chemicals. Composting also reduces landfill waste. There are many different designs from stainless to match your appliances or adorable ones such as this one below with a sprout as the handle.

Below is a great book to get kids started with composting!

5. Give Out Seed Favors: Send the kids to school on Earth Day with a seed favor for each classmate! Kids love getting favors. Even more important, they will encourage kids to go home and plant their own flowers. They are simply seeds embedded into paper and come in all different adorable shapes. Place them on the ground outside or in a planter to grow.

School and Play

6. Host an Earth Day Play Date: Great for any age, invite your children’s friends over for a play date all about Earth Day.  Then, set up a coloring station with Earth-themed coloring books, do a craft using recycled or upcycled items, read a book about the Earth. Also, consider planting something outside.

7. Get Your School Involved: The PepsiCo Recycle Rally is a program designed to help get schools to get involved in recycling by offering programs, rewards, and educational incentives. Ask your child’s teacher or principal if they know about the PepsiCo Recycle Rally Program or PepsiCo Recycling Roadster. Also, see if they would be willing to participate or learn more about the program. You can find more information here.

Pepsi encourages recycling for Earth Day and everyday.

Need More Trees

8. Have a Tree Planting Ceremony: Plant a tree in your yard, take pictures, and record the height. Check on it each year on that date to see how much it has grown. You can find tree seedlings at your local nursery. In fact, you can even purchase them online.

Woman in tank top holding a plant seedling in her two hands for Earth Day

There are so many other ideas and products that can get your children outside and connected to our beautiful Earth. Additionally, check out some great gift ideas for kids in this article: 20 Gift Ideas that Encourage Kids to Create, Explore and Be Outdoors.

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3 Comments

  1. Another amazing post and this one attached to such great memories of earth day! I love the seed favor idea I think that’s what we will be doing this April 22!

  2. Very nice article. It gives an inspiration for maintaining a good environment.Thanks a lot for such an inspiring post.

  3. I love all of these ideas!! I am going to do some! I will be in another country but I always do my best to acknowledge earth day and think of my footprint on it everyday. Great article!

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