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!
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.
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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.
Grab Your Copy
To get the circle template and writing sheets, click the large yellow box button below
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Alex
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Gina says
April 15, 2015 at 4:01 amThanks 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!
Alex John says
April 15, 2015 at 4:46 amYou are so welcome! I hope they enjoy marble painting!! 🙂
Suzanne says
April 15, 2015 at 4:48 amI 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
Alex John says
April 15, 2015 at 4:51 amYou are welcome!! I am so glad you will be able to do it with your kiddos! I hope they enjoy it!
Heather L says
April 15, 2015 at 10:30 pmI'm planning to do this next week!! Already have a volunteer scheduled to help with it!!!!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Alex John says
April 25, 2015 at 4:22 amYou are so welcome! I saw your post with the pics of it on IG – they turned out adorable, thanks for sharing the pics! 🙂
Ellen says
April 25, 2015 at 4:13 amI love this, I'll save it for next year!
Alex John says
April 25, 2015 at 4:23 amWonderful! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Ellen says
April 25, 2015 at 4:15 amI love this, I'll save it for next year!
Alex John says
April 30, 2015 at 6:13 amThanks Ellen – I am glad you will be able to use it! 🙂
Mrs. Brown says
April 25, 2015 at 9:57 pmI had my Kindergarteners make a class book then take it home to share with their families on ways they help to take care of the Earth!
Alex John says
April 30, 2015 at 6:13 amWhat a great idea! I love that – I will have to try that next year!
Hazel Cello says
May 1, 2016 at 10:20 amHi, thanks for this craft. I have used marble painting with other themes. My kindergarteners love it.
Alex says
May 7, 2016 at 4:48 pmYou are so welcome Hazel! My kindergarteners love marble painting too – it is always a hit! 🙂
Leighia says
April 13, 2018 at 7:57 amThis is another GREAT resource appropriate for my kindergartners, excited to use this with my Earth Day lessons
Mandy says
April 13, 2018 at 12:33 pmHi Leighia,
We are so happy to hear you’re enjoying our Earth Day resources! Have fun!