Earth Day Color By Number
This Earth Day Color by Number activity gives kids a fun and educational way to celebrate Earth Day by coloring themed pictures guided by numbers and a color key. These printables are perfect for classrooms, at-home activities, or Earth Day celebrations.
This is a great addition to your Earth Day curriculum for math centers and early finishers or just a fun activity to do at home. The Earth Day theme of these coloring pages is sure to open up young minds, too.
The free Earth Day printable packet includes 6 different designs that kids can choose from. Give them a chance to work on a few of the designs so they have more to think about and to discuss with each other.
What is Earth Day?
Earth Day is on April 22nd every year. It marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.
More than a billion people around the earth celebrate Earth Day each year by doing things like picking up litter, planting trees, making bird feeders, recycling and so much more.
It’s the perfect time to talk with kids about using less electricity, recycling, the effects of littering, limiting water usage and so much more. These color-by-number worksheets are sure to get their creative minds going, the sky is the limit when it comes to helping out the Earth!
Why You’ll Love This Activity
- A color by number printables pack is a fun activity to keep the little ones focused and entertained when they need something quiet to do .
- Color by numbers for kids encourage number and color recognition and even a little bit of reading color names.
- This is a free activity! Just print the pages and open up the craft cupboard and you’re all set!
Supplies Needed For Earth Day Color By Number
- Coloring tools – Twistable Coloring Crayons are a big time favorite in my house while colored pencils are a great option for older kids and adults. Markers are also great for a nice brightly colored picture.
- Printer – It is always handy to have a printer at home for activities like this one. You can also have copies printed at office supply stores or sometimes at your local library.
What’s Included
When you print off these free Earth Day coloring pages for kids you will get six different Earth Day themed designs.
- Earth with a Face
- Tree with a Heart
- Recycle Symbol with Heart
- Pair of Hands holding the Earth
- Earth with a Heart
- Tree, Rain Cloud and Sun
Pro Tips
- To make these pages easier for younger children to follow, color in each crayon in the key with the color it asks for. This will help your children more easily identify the colors that they need to use for each number.
- Add glitter and stickers to the designs to take it up a notch.
Earth Day is a great day to celebrate our planet and learn and chat about all of the ways we can be kind to it. Coloring vibrant designs is a great way to start the conversation!
Earth Day Books To Read Today
- I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
- I Am Earth: An Earth Day Book for Kids
More Earth Day Activities
- Reuse a toilet paper roll and create a Bird Feeder out of it to feed the birds in your yard. Make a chart with the names of all of the different types of birds you see.
- Tin Can Planters are a super fun way to reuse a tin can and plant flowers! They are a great homemade gift for Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Grandparent’s Day or even a teacher gift!
- Add these Dirt Cups to your celebration for a fun treat. Kids love to decorate them with gummy worms and the combination of chocolate pudding and Oreo crumbs is oh so good!
- These Summer Color by Number pages aren’t exactly themed for Earth Day, but you can totally use them to showcase all of the wonderful things we can do outside to enjoy the Earth.
