6 Ideas to Celebrate Earth Day 2020 at Home With Kids
Wednesday, April 22nd is Earth Day, and since many of us will be home on Earth Day this year due to COVID-19, I wanted to share a list of ideas to celebrate Earth Day 2020 at home with the kids. Hopefully, you’ll find this list of unique ideas helpful and educational for you and your kids!! You can learn about our environment and teach your kids how to show love to the Earth for many years to come.
Here are 6 ideas to celebrate Earth Day 2020 at home with kids:
1. Pick Up Litter
This may sound like an odd idea to celebrate Earth Day 2020 at home with kids during social distancing, but you can pick up litter in the woods and along nature trails. Just be sure to follow your state guidelines and the CDC details about coronavirus safety tips while going out to pick up litter in any area that’s not your backyard.
If you live near the woods, you can easily pick up litter and other debris that doesn’t belong in the woods while practicing social distancing. There will be few people in the woods or on nature trails so that you can enjoy the fresh air, quality family time and feel the pride of cleaning up your neighborhood.
2. Start a Compost
Having a compost pile is an excellent way to fertilize a family garden as well as practicing good measures to reuse leftover scraps. A compost pile helps Earthworms have a home, all the while providing the nutrients that many plants need to grow in an edible garden. Consider starting a compost pile on the edge of your backyard, if you live near the woods.
If you don’t have a large backyard or place outdoors to start a compost, there are many indoor compost bins you can purchase online or make your own compost bin that will keep your compost from smelling up the yard, all the while helping you feel great about protecting our Earth and keeping our eco-system running smoothly.
3. Upcycle Items
While most of us know that recycling is important, another option for those items you may recycle can be to up-cycle. Go through your home with the family and make a pile of items that can be transformed into something else. This process is called up-cycling.
When you opt to up-cycle items you’re taking another step to protect our Earth and celebrate Earth Day 2020 at home by extending the use of items that may otherwise go into the landfills. Coffee canisters can be up-cycled into containers for craft supplies like pens or markers, while old clothing can be up-cycled into pocketbooks or book covers.
4. Research Recycling
Not into any major family projects for Earth Day at home with kids? Well, consider doing a research project with your family instead. Take some time to research recycling habits, laws, and other information pertaining to your local community and other regions in the world.
This would work well as a home study for homeschool students to learn more about the world and how each area handles recycling. From here you could use this project to start brainstorming ideas with your kids about how other areas can adjust their current recycling program or add one that will help protect Earth.
5. Paint Earth-Themed Arts
For younger kids who want to celebrate Earth Day 2020 at home, they can paint some Earth-themed art projects. There are many art projects for preschoolers online that can be used to celebrate Earth Day 2020 at home with kids.
You can create a wall in the home where your preschoolers can display their Earth Day 2020 artwork or consider making the paintings into gifts for family that you can mail out to them after this social distancing and virus have passed.
6. Make an Earth Day Family Pact
Last, but not least, you can have each family member brainstorm ideas on how you can be more environmentally friendly in the home It will be fun to see what each family member comes up with for ideas on how to make an Earth Day family pact.
Consider switching to e-billing, reducing energy costs in the home, or perhaps the kids will come up with an idea to pick up litter more often in your community. Once you’re done brainstorming ideas for your Earth Day family pact, have an adult write up the pact and have every family member sign it.
These are just some of the best ideas to celebrate Earth Day 2020 at home with kids. I hope this list will inspire you to gather the family and make the most of this year’s Earth Day!! Enjoy…