Celebrate Earth Day with Fun for the Whole Family
What a fun day we had celebrating planet earth! There are so many activities and treats to make this day memorable. This is how we spent our Earth Day 2020:
We started the day with Earth Waffles. They were easy to make and oh so delicious. Just use your go-to waffle recipe (this is mine) and separate your batter into two bowls. Mix one bowl with green food colouring and one with blue food colouring. Spoon a bit of both onto a round waffle maker and VOILA, you’ve got the whole world in your hands! (I can’t help but sing that song now…)
As we ate our waffles we talked about how creation fits into God’s story. How he is the master artist and how we need to be good stewards of the earth. We did an Earth Day word search and made slime in white, blue and green.
Fun Activities
Earth Day Slime
Earth Paper Mache
Plant a tree or flowers
Visit a farm
Take your bottles to a recycling depot
Discuss how you can Reduce, Reuse & Recycle
Find an age appropriate craft on Pinterest
Paint rocks
Up-cycle an old piece of clothing
We watched the Lorax as we chomped on Earth Day Popcorn. I love that movie! You can expand by reading Who Was Dr. Suess?, or watch the interactive videos on my YouTube Channel.
Earth Day Movies
Lorax
The Biggest little Farm
Disney Nature - So many options
A Beautiful Planet
Hoot
Blackfish 14+
WALL-E
Monkey Kingdom
Fly Away Home
Avitar 13+
Following you can discuss the theme of the movie, how God fits into it and what God expects from us in regard to caring for His creation.
Lorax
The Biggest little Farm
Disney Nature - So many options
A Beautiful Planet
Hoot
Blackfish 14+
WALL-E
Monkey Kingdom
Fly Away Home
Avitar 13+
Following you can discuss the theme of the movie, how God fits into it and what God expects from us in regard to caring for His creation.
Earth Day Popcorn
Preheat Oven to 350
Pop 2 big bowls of popcorn. Approx 10 cups. I prefer stove top but microwave would work too.
Blend 4 TBSP of Agave with green food colouring and 4 TBSP with blue food colouring
Mix the blue agave into one of the popcorn bowls and the green into the other, using what is needed to coat.
Pour the popcorn onto 2 baking trays and bake for 5 mins.
Once cooled, mix with the blue and the green popcorn together
We did an InstaLive with our friend Mason who is a recycling ambassador and advocate for keeping our oceans healthy. Click here to check out his YouTube Channel or follow him on Instagram @masons_ocean. He’s a pretty inspiring kid. Keep up the good work Mason!