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earth day ideas
By j

We have made trash monsters in the past. I send it home as a family homework project. They use only materials that would otherwise be thrown out. No buying materials! The families have made soda bottle people, milk jug robots,
dish soap dispenser creatures, you name it. They have used paper towel tubes, squirt bottle tops, tuna cans, wrapping paper, shredded tissue from gifts, etc.. The creatures are always very creative! We have also each brought in one clean recyclable each day for a week and then seen how much it all adds up.. how much space we are saving in the landfill by recycling instead. On the last

day, we sort it by material, graph the different recyclable items and then take it to the local recycling center for a environmental tour!
I also have them make Earths by cutting out blue circles and splotting green paint on it, folding the circle in half and pressing.. open to see the green continents. We write on each a way to help protect the earth and put them together to make into a book.