With Earth Day coming up so soon, there’s a ton of crafts and activities circulating online. The best thing you can do with your child is get outside!
No matter if it’s walking on a trail or exploring your backyard, connecting with nature is good for you and the Earth. There’s so much healing that happens when you have fresh air and the grass under your feet. You might need to get a few more baths and showers, but totally worth it.
One way Mila and I keep busy outside is by doing a nature scavenger hunt.
This little board was easy to make. All I did was reuse a piece of cardboard and painted on different colored squares. To help with word recognition, I made sure to write the corresponding color.
To get the clips to stick, I hot glued them on there.
Mila is at the age where she can do this all by herself. So, it’s fun to make two to see the different items each collect.
In the past, I’ve picked up trash to show her how it’s harmful. Even though it’s colorful, I tell her that it doesn’t belong. We talk about what belongs in nature and she tells me trash belongs in the garbage. It’s also a great way to talk about recycling too!
The best part is just being outside.
Although we spend a ton of time out there, this activity extends play and lets us have other discussions too.
We love the Earth and want to make sure we can always spend our time safely outdoors. It may sound a little extreme, but keeping the world around us clean. Educating Mila about that is important to me since she loves it so much.
If you live in Ohio, like us, this might not be the best week to get outside since we’re expecting SNOW! But, this activity can be done on other days than Earth Day too.
As always, if you and your child do this activity, let me know in the comments below.
Grey Skies & Rainbow Highs 
I love the DIY board. Such a cute idea and adds an extra element to the fun.
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What a great activity!!! I bet my big girls would love something like this… fun for all ages!!
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Nice and easy project to do for my kids. I really love it!
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Yay! It is a lot of fun.
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That looks like fun, and your daughter is really cute. Hop you don’t get any snow. In Norway we got some snow last week, and I hope that was the last of winter 😊
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We ended up getting some snow, but it’s already melted away!! Thank you so much!! I’d love to visit Norway one day.
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I love this idea! Will definitely have to do it with my kids once it stops raining here
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Hopefully it starts raining soon and you get beautiful weather.
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I love this idea of choosing colours to find.
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Yes! It’s so much fun to see their creativity.
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This is such a great idea. It will let kids have fun while learning about colors and distinguishing colors for themselves.
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Yes! It’s fun to see what she comes up with on our adventures.
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Love this! I agree that the best way is to be outdoors and explore. Happy Earth day!
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Thank you! We hope you have a Happy Earth Day too!
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What a cute idea to collect and clip to the different colors!
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Yes! It’s so much fun to see what they choose.
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Cute idea! My youngest loves games and exploring. This is perfect for her!
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I hope she loves it!
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This post brings back sweet memories of when my daughters were toddlers. Thanks for sharing.
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Aww, I’m so glad it did that for you.
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This looks like so much fun! My kids love this kind of thing!!
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It’s such a blast and to see how creative they are!
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What a great activity and so many important lessons can be taught!
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