Free Earth Day Coloring Pages and Printables for Kids

Earth Day was established on April 22, 1970, thanks to U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, who began spreading environmental concerns and actions in 1962. The first Earth Day was attended by 20 million Americans.

A great way to teach young children about Earth Day is with Coloring Pages and Printables. Here are some links for great free Earth Day coloring pages and printables.

Apples4theteacher is a website worth taking a look at. Children can learn all about Earth Day and its origins, as well as look through Earth Day reading lists with book reviews and print Earth Day Poems. The website also features several crafts. Learn how to make a beaded Earth Day charm pin, color your own Earth Day flowerpot, make a tissue paper earth and much more.

Primarygames.com has a few Earth Day coloring pages. You can chose from Earth Day globes or a few different recycling scenes.

If you are looking for simple Earth Day printable coloring pages, you should take a look at coloring.ws. The coloring pages include earth, trees, wind power and recycling printables.

After looking at coloring.ws you can take a look at one of its sister sites, DLTK's Coloring.DLTK features crafts, coloring pages and projects for many holidays and themes. The website offers tons of different Earth Day printables and many other activities, including crafts, games and poems and songs. It even offers a 'Rice Crispie Earth' recipe.

Another sister site is first-school. This website offers coloring pages and other activities for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners. Children can work on an endangered animal craft, weather crafts, and a recycling craft. There are also worksheets, online puzzles, stories and of course, printable coloring pages.

The FamilyEducation website features a pollution vocabulary printable. You can also find a downloadable guide on how to Green Your Home.

For adorable printable coloring pages try activityvillage. The website also features printable posters, puzzles and suggestions on how to celebrate Earth Day.

Printables4kids features a Mother Earth coloring page, an Earth Day word search and several Earth Day printables.

You can also find Earth Day coloring pages on the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website. There are several scenes to choose from, including the polluted town, the removal truck, the EPA worker and the clean town.

Finally, the homeschooling website also contains several coloring pages dedicated to Earth Day. There are ten pages to choose from. You can also take an Earth Day quiz, work on recycle crafts and find environmentally friendly recipes.

With all these sites available, your children will learn so much more on how they can help our Earth while having fun.