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Earth Day Fun!

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Do you celebrate Earth Day with your students? If you do, and are looking for a fun, easy, FREE Earth Day project, you are in the right place!

*Pair this with our Spring Centers and Activities for PreK and Kindergarten!

Create this beautiful Earth Day Craft, then write about how you can help the Earth with this Earth Day Writing Activity and free printable!

These marble painted “earths in space” were a huge hit with my kindergarteners! After all, who doesn’t love marble painting?

To begin, you’ll need white, blue, and green paint. You also need a tray of some sort to hold the paper and marbles in for the students to roll and shake. Copy paper lids work great!

Place the circle template (included at the end of this post) FACE DOWN in the tray. This ensures that the students can see the circle to cut out once it dries. If you paint on top of the circle – they can’t see it (I did that for the first one on accident!)

I also recommend taping down the paper to the tray so that it doesn’t slip around or lift up.

Earth Day FREE Craft and Writing Activity

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Put a few squirts of each color on top of the paper and about 4-5 marbles. Let the students roll away!

Take the paper out of the tray and let it dry. By the next day the students can easily cut out the circle (remember it is on the other side!).

Glue the “earth” on size 12×18 black construction paper near the top.

Have students complete the writing page “I can help the earth by:”

I chose to glue that down on half sheets of green for an extra bit of color – but you don’t have to.

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To get the circle template and writing sheets, click the large yellow box button below

Looking for more Earth Day Activities? These Free Printable Earth Day Math Games are sure to be a hit!

These printable Earth Day math games are great for Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st grade students to develop number sense and math skills!

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  1. Gina

    Thanks so much for this freebie! It is such a beautiful end-product, and we haven't done marble painting in my class yet…the students will be psyched!

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  2. Suzanne

    I love this project! I was just thinking abut what project I would do for Earth Day………and now I know! I read this while I was still at work and am now prepped for my parent helper to start this tomorrow. Thanks for sharing!
    Suzanne

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  7. Hazel Cello

    Hi, thanks for this craft. I have used marble painting with other themes. My kindergarteners love it.

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