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]]> Earth day is just around the corner, April 22nd to be exact. This year it will look a little different with the Coronavirus quarantine that is happening pretty much everywhere. Today I’m sharing an easy Earth Day craft & simple song.

Since we’re all stuck inside I wanted to think of an activity that utilizes items we already have around the house. Coffee filter crafts are quite common and so cute and easy to do! My husband loves coffee so we have plenty of coffee filters.

Easy Earth Day Craft & Simple Song

Materials

  • Coffee Filters
  • Washable Markers
  • Spray Bottle with water
  • Towel
  • Paper Bag or protective covering for table

Directions

  1. Place a paper grocery bag or protective covering over the table you are using if you want to keep marker from getting on the table.
  2. Use your green marker to draw the land, the children can draw circles or squiggly shapes and then color them in. Remember that about 71% of the earth is water so the land should not take up too much space.
  1. Use your blue marker and color in the rest of the coffee filter blue. This is not an art contest, it doesn’t have to be neat and if they do not stay in the lines that is okay.
  1. Place your colored coffee filter on a towel or outside on the ground or on a plate. Spray the coffee filter lightly with water until every part is wet. When you spray the coffee filter the water the colors will bleed together creating a beautiful picture.
  1. Lay out to dry.
  2. Hang your coffee filter in the window for a “stained glass” effect.

My husband helped me find a song to go along with Earth Day. The title of the song is “The Earth is Our Mother”.

The song goes:

The earth is our mother,
we must take care of her.

The earth is our mother,
we must take care of her.

Hey yanna, ho yanna, hey yan yan.
Hey yanna, ho yanna, hey yan yan.

Listen to the song below, or watch our Fun Friday video to learn more about this song.

For a printable download of this song click here.

I hope you enjoyed our easy Earth Day craft & simple song! Share a photo or video on our social media if you do any of these activities! For more Fun Friday activities click here!

What are you doing to celebrate Earth day?

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