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Earth Day Name Craft For Kids [Free Template]

Make this upcoming Earth Day a day for learning!

Kids can learn all about ways to celebrate Earth Day and how to conserve and help the planet. Continue the themed learning at craft time, too!

Help them show their love for our planet with this Earth Day name craft and practice spelling their names at the same time! This personalized craft is the perfect addition to your Earth Day festivities.

Whether you use this craft at home or at school, it’ll be a fun project that will get the kids excited to learn.

Be sure to download the template to include this craft with your other easy Earth Day crafts for kids.

Earth Name Activity

Earth day name craft cover image

Your kids will love this fun paper craft where they use their scissor skills and fine motor skills to create the land and sea of the Earth.

Kids will then use their letter recognition skills to arrange the lettered hearts in the right order to spell out their names.

If they’re using blank hearts instead, they’ll practice their handwriting skills by writing the letters in their names onto the hearts.

Supplies

  • Colored cardstock or construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Crayons or markers (if using color in version)
  • Earth template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)
color cut and paste earth day name craft

Directions

Download the Earth template, edit it to add your child(ren’s) name, print, and cut out the pieces.

printed template of earth name craft with "download the template on the blog" overlay

Begin by lining up the left land mass with the left side of the Earth, then glue it in place.

hands gluing green earth onto globe

Line up the right land mass with the right side of the Earth and glue it down to secure it.

hands gluing more green earth onto globe

Take the smallest land mass and glue it to the right side of the Earth, slightly below the last land mass you glued down.

hands gluing green area representing earth onto globe

Glue the completed Earth to a piece of colored paper.

hand gluing finished earth onto sheet of paper

Finish up by spelling out the child’s name in heart letters along the bottom of the Earth.

hands gluing letters to name onto paper
hands gluing letters to name onto earth

This simple name craft is a great April activity for kids to do! Try it out today.

single finished example of earth day name craft

Earth Day Ideas For Kids

Get the kids excited about Earth Day with some crafts and activities that are perfect for the holiday! If you need some fun ideas to get kids excited about going green and protecting the Earth’s resources, then keep reading below.

You’ll find some of our favorite Earth Day ideas to do with the kids this April.

Earth Day Books For Kids

As summer approaches, it’s crucial to keep kids engaged in activities that stimulate both their minds and imaginations. Reading books is a wonderful way to achieve this goal!

With countless exciting stories to choose from, reading not only helps kids sharpen their reading skills, but also exposes them to new ideas and perspectives that they may not encounter otherwise.

See below for some of our top Earth Day book recommendations.

I Am Earth is a great book to introduce children to the planet. It has simple and easy-to-understand text and fun illustrations that will keep kids engaged!

Heal The Earth takes kids on a magical journey around the world to help solve the problems we’re facing on this planet. The message of love and compassion is great for every child.

My Friend Earth is a favorite of parents and children alike! It has an environmentally conscious message and amazing die-cut pages kids can’t get enough of.

two finished examples of earth day name craft

Earth Day Crafts For Kids

For those days when you’re looking for something fun to do with your kids, try a craft! Crafting is a great way for kids to use their creativity and imagination.

It keeps their developing hands and minds busy so it helps them hone their fine motor skills as well. Inspire your kids to try crafting with some of our Earth Day themed projects below. These are kid-friendly and will provide hours of enjoyment!

Earth Day Card Craft – This fun craft makes a cute decoration or nice greeting for someone else. It’s a great way to practice different skills like cutting, gluing, and handwriting when they wish someone a Happy Earth Day.

Earth Paper Craft – This hands-on project will bring a smile to your kid’s face when they make this happy Earth craft. Once they have created their planet, they’ll have fun bending the arms and legs into different poses!

Earth day craft ideas image collage

Free Printable Earth Day Hat – When the headbands come out, you know it’s time to celebrate! Get the kids excited for the holiday with this headband they can color in and assemble. This craft is made even easier with our free template!

Earth Day Paper Plate Craft – Have kids show their love for the Earth with this fun art project! This craft combines painting, cutting, and gluing all in one to create the planet we call home. Get the template and make this with your kids either at home or in the classroom.

Earth Day Activities For Kids

Get kids thinking of ways they can help the planet when they complete these Earth Day activity pages. These worksheets are a fun way to learn more about the environment while improving important skills.

The set comes with four different pages that will introduce counting, graphing, matching, and problem-solving. Discuss the illustrations on each page so kids can learn more ways to help the planet.

Recycle a favorite activity and give the kids these Earth Day connect the dots. This activity is always a hit with the kids and they sneak in some extra learning before they color in the picture.

Kids will practice counting and using their fine motor skills to complete the pictures as they draw a line from dot to dot. Grab the crayons or markers, these Earth Day themed sheets, and the kids for something fun to do this April.

example of completed earth day name craft

This upcoming Earth Day, kids will learn ways to reduce, reuse, recycle, and that E is for Earth when they complete these Earth Day Worksheets.

These worksheets feature our favorite planet, and are filled with activities designed to help with letter recognition, handwriting, scissor skills, identifying patterns, and more!

These themed worksheets make learning fun, so be sure to download these free printables to get started.

hand holding earth day name craft with another in background

Share With Us

Did you make this craft with your kids or students? We’d love to feature them on our social media!

For a chance to have your child’s craft featured, simply snap a picture of the completed project and post it to our Facebook page, email it to us directly by clicking here, or use #simpleeverydaymom on your social media!

hand holding earth day name craft with another in background

Earth Day Name Craft For Kids

Prep Time: 7 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 22 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

Kids can show their love for our planet with this Earth Day name craft and practice spelling their names at the same time!

Materials

  • Colored cardstock or construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Crayons or markers (if using color in version)
  • Earth template

Instructions

  1. Download the Earth template, edit it to add your child(ren's) name, print, and cut out the pieces.
  2. Begin by lining up the left land mass with the left side of the Earth, then glue it in place.hands gluing green earth onto globe
  3. Line up the right land mass with the right side of the Earth and glue it down to secure it.
  4. Take the smallest land mass and glue it to the right side of the Earth, slightly below the last land mass you glued down.hands gluing green area representing earth onto globe
  5. Glue the completed Earth to a piece of colored paper.
  6. Finish up by spelling out the child's name in heart letters along the bottom of the Earth. hands gluing letters to name onto earth

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Earth Day Name Craft Template

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linda willis

Monday 8th of May 2023

I never received the template to print

Ruth

Thursday 4th of May 2023

would like to have the earth day craft

Crystal

Friday 21st of April 2023

I would love the printables for Earth Day. I am not seeing where to download.

Sam

Friday 21st of April 2023

The form is above the comments section, under the heading titled "Earth Day Name Craft Template". If you're not able to see it, it most likely means you have a firewall or adblocker blocking it from appearing. If you can allow the page or try from a personal device, you should be able to see it. Also, some readers say they're not able to see it on Chrome, but they can on other browsers. You may be able to try that as well ◡̈ Please let me know if you have any questions!

Debra

Wednesday 19th of April 2023

Where is your blog?

Sam

Wednesday 19th of April 2023

This is the blog ◡̈ Since you’re already an email subscriber, all you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of any post and it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page.

Olive

Monday 17th of April 2023

where is the place to put in an email to get the template

Sam

Monday 17th of April 2023

It's just above the comments section, under the bolded heading titled "Earth Day Name Craft Template". If you're not able to see it, it most likely means you have a firewall or adblocker blocking it from appearing. If you can allow the page or try from a personal device, you should be able to see it. Also, some readers say they're not able to see it on Chrome, but they can on other browsers. You may be able to try that as well ◡̈ Please let me know if you have any questions!

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