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Earth Day Scavenger Hunt

April 3, 2016

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Printable Earth Day Scavenger Hunt + Ways to Get Kids Involved

Fifth grade was the year I really started thinking about the earth. I joined Ecology Club at school and started making my parents recycle and wanted plants everywhere.

Our class gathered up enough milk jug caps to make a bench for the playground. It’s still there for the kids to enjoy and reminds them of what taking care of the earth can offer.

I’m talking about this today because Earth Day is around the corner and I have some ways to get kids involved in Earth Day, as well as printable Earth Day Scavenger Hunt for you!

Ways to Get Kids Involved in Earth Day

#1 Nature Photography: Grab your camera or smartphone and head outdoors for some picture taking. Put your child behind the lens and let them capture the beauty mother nature has to offer.

#2 Cloud Watching & Star Gazing: Lay on blankets and pillows in the yard while pointing out cloud shapes and cloud animals. Head out at night time and gaze up at the stars too. When is the last time you found the Little Dipper?

#3 Egg Shell Planting: Still have some hard boiled eggs from Easter laying around? Take the shells and plant in them! Fill the shell with some potting soil and a seed, and once the seed sprouts, plan the whole thing in the ground!

#4 Outdoor I Spy: My kids LOVE playing I Spy! It usually entertains them on long car rides. The great outdoors offers tons of things for your little eye to spy and it’s even a fun game to play on the porch in the rain.

Earth Day Scavenger Hunt for Kids

#5 Earth Day Scavenger Hunt in Nature: You know I’m all about scavenger hunts for kids. We’re taking it outdoors with an Earth Day Scavenger Hunt!

Printable Earth Day Scavenger Hunt + Ways to Get Kids Involved

For this scavenger hunt outdoors, I made a list of items your kids can hunt for in nature. Scavenger hunt clues like leaves, sticks, rocks, grass, bird feather, and more.

I even added litter to this Earth Day Scavenger Hunt for kids to either gather in a bucket or bag or just have them check it off the list. This is a great way to work in the topic of taking care of the planet while having some fun.

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Grab the printable Earth Day Scavenger Hunt for kids below and head outdoors for some nature fun. 

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You can also grab these printable Nature Scavenger Hunts that are also great Earth Day activities for kids!

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  1. Monica says

    April 21, 2016 at 12:30 pm

    Spring break officially kicks off over here next week and I’ve been searching for fun outdoor/educational things to do with the kiddos. So glad I popped by here!

    Reply
  2. Jeanine says

    April 21, 2016 at 6:14 pm

    Love this! We love earth day and can’t wait to get out and pick up every year. Would love to print off this printable and do this hunt after we’ve done some picking up!

    Reply
  3. Nicole Escat says

    April 22, 2016 at 6:15 am

    This is such a cool idea. I like the printable one. It looks amazing.

    Reply
  4. Charly Anderson says

    March 28, 2021 at 11:38 am

    The printable doesn’t work. It takes me to a concession stand paper?

    Reply
    • Lisa says

      April 11, 2021 at 8:26 pm

      Apologies about that – it is all fixed now!

      Reply

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