Looking for a free printable earth template for kids? Take your earth day activities up a notch this year with our free printable Earth Day coloring pages. Use as a coloring page that is perfect for older kids too! Bonus, our printable earth coloring page comes with 5 other fun coloring pages for you to use!
How To Use This Earth Coloring Page
Get ready to add this simple art and craft activity to your earth day activities this season. While you’re at it, make sure to check out our favorite earth day STEM challenges. We think our planet is pretty amazing and I am sure you do too!
- Draw or paint the oceans and land with your own homemade puffy paint. See the recipe below.
- Cut up paint chips to make a colorful Earth collage.
- Use fizzy paint to decorate the Earth.
- Create a background with splatter painting for the Earth.
- Outline the land and ocean with salt painting or black glue.
Make sure to take a look at our Ocean science activities and crafts too!
How To Make Puffy Paint
See our original puffy paint recipe for more tips & tricks!
Supplies:
- 1 cup glue
- 1 to 2 cups shaving cream (not gel), depending on how fluffy you want the paint
- Food coloring (for color), optional
Instructions:
STEP 1. In a large bowl, whisk together glue and shaving cream until combined.
STEP 2. If desired, add food coloring and stir to distribute.
Tip: If you want to make a few different colors, put some puffy paint in small containers and then add a few drops of food coloring and mix with a small spoon or Popsicle stick.
STEP 3. Your homemade puffy paint is now ready to use.
Free Printable Earth Day Coloring Pages
Click on the link below to download your free earth template. Plus, it also includes 5 bonus spring theme coloring pages for you to use.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EARTH COLORING PAGE
What Is Earth Day?
Wondering what Earth Day is and how it got started? Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for the protection of the environment.
Earth Day started in 1970 in the United States as a way to focus people’s attention on environmental issues. The first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and saw new environmental laws passed.
In 1990 Earth Day went global, and today billions of people around the world participate in support of the protection of our Earth. Together, let’s help look after our planet!
Earth Day is easy to celebrate at home or in the classroom, with fun hands-on learning activities, experiments, and arts and crafts that you can use anytime.
Free Printable Earth Day STEM Guide!
More Fun Earth Day Activities For Kids
Check out more Earth Day crafts and art projects, including…
Printable Earth Day STEM Activities Pack
Celebrate Earth Day with STEM! 220+ Pages of Earth Day science activities and STEM projects for kids that are easy to set up and fit into your available time, even if it’s limited!
STEAM Mini Pack added three hands-on activities for acid rain, stormwater runoff, and carbon footprints!
- Printable Earth Day theme STEM activities that are simple but engaging for home or classroom. Perfect for K-3/4 and beyond but easily adaptable to many skill levels.
- Dive into simple background science explanations to share with kids while they explore hands-on and playful experiments, projects, and activities such as cleaning up oil spills, exploring water filters, and more!
- Engaging Earth Day Engineers pack with theme activities, journal pages, and design process steps! Learn about the design process and think like an engineer while you design and build a better recycling can and more!
- Easy to gather supplies makes these STEM activities ideal when you have limited resources available. Specialty activities include growing a grass head, making an insect hotel, DIY birdseed ornaments, and more!
- Additional STEM activities also Include a recycle sort, brick building ideas, puzzles, and screen-free coding activities.
- Earth Day Bingo Activity Pack is included as well.
