Earth Day Theme activities
You'll Need
orange juice containers (washed out),buttons,felt,spools,pipe cleaners,old shoulder pads,other recyclable materials
Children learn about taking caring of the earth. Learn about habitats -- show pictures of animals and their habitats to match. Read story about animals and their habitats (ex: Will We Miss Them, or a Scholastic Big Book). Make recycled animals, let children use their imaginations to create their animal - paint orange juice container with colors, stripes, spots, etc. for animal. Can use felt to cut out and glue spots, buttons for feet, twist ties to make wiskers, etc. Create animal from recycled materials (ideas: pig with curly cue tail, butterfly, camel, dog, lion, tiger, giraffe). Have Fun!
