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In this Happy Planet Earth Day Art Lesson, students draw and design a smiling Planet Earth surrounded by bright colors and creative details. As they work through the guided steps, they talk about caring for the environment, appreciating nature and protecting the planet, while building confidence in drawing. The playful happy Earth design is approachable…
In this Earth Day art lesson, students design a Planet Earth artwork while thinking about how to protect the world we live in. They draw and design the planet, explore the shapes of continents and oceans, and turn their artwork into a thoughtful statement about environmental stewardship, sustainability and caring for the Earth. The lesson…
This Earth Day art lesson is designed especially for younger students. Students create a colorful artwork of Planet Earth with a heart at the center, a symbol of love and care for our planet. Students draw the Earth and explore its continents and oceans, then add a large decorative heart. The background becomes a study…
This Earth Day Craft and Write pairs a hands-on Earth Day craft with fiction and non-fiction writing. Students follow a tutorial to make the craft, then add their own artistic flavor by choosing from a range of craft elements, so every design turns out a little different. After the craft, students write about it using…
This Earth Day Cartoon Grid Drawing resource gives students in grades 1 to 4 a simple, structured way to build drawing confidence. Students copy an Earth Day cartoon one square at a time from the example grid into the blank grid beside it, which helps them slow down, focus and feel successful. The cartoon images…
Let's create art inspired by the Element of Art Texture with this art project lesson tutorial! In this art lesson, students will create a close-up of a Bee on a Flower using soft pastels to create a texture exploration artwork and can watch all steps and follow along with a full video art tutorial! Just…
Looking for a joyful and engaging Earth Day art lesson that elementary students absolutely love? This Cute Planet Earth Art Project helps students celebrate our planet while building confidence in drawing, color, and creative expression. In this fun visual art activity, students learn how to draw an adorable cartoon-style planet Earth character with expressive features,…
Celebrate Earth Day in a meaningful and creative way with this powerful Earth Day art lesson where students draw the planet Earth resting in a pair of hands. This symbolic artwork encourages students to think about how we care for our world while creating a beautiful piece of environmental art. In this engaging lesson, students…
In this Earth Day Sea Turtle Zen Doodle Art Project, students draw a sea turtle inside a circular composition, add fins, shell details and a large heart on the shell, then divide the shell into sections and fill them with zen doodle patterns and decorative lines. Next, students build color with oil pastels and paint…
This Earth Day Honey Bee Art Project introduces students to the importance of pollinators while they draw a detailed honey bee. Students build the bee's body, wings, legs and face step by step, add decorative honeycomb shapes to the background, and finish with oil pastels and watercolor paint. In the last stage, students layer parchment…
In this Earth Day Tiger Art Project, students explore wildlife conservation while building strong drawing and coloring skills. They learn to draw a powerful tiger portrait and finish it with oil pastels and watercolor paint for bold contrast and expressive color. Students follow a clear sequence of drawing steps to build the tiger's face, adding…
This Earth Day Rhino Art Project is a mixed media lesson that helps students explore wildlife conservation through art. Students create a striking rhino portrait using newspaper collage, drawing, wax crayons and watercolor paint, symbolizing the relationship between people, the media and endangered animals. Students sketch a rhino profile, collage newspaper text inside the rhino…
This Ceramic Sea Turtle Art Project brings Earth Day into your classroom. Students build a three-dimensional clay sea turtle sculpture while reflecting on ocean conservation and endangered marine animals. Students learn how artists build forms with pinching and additive sculpture techniques as they form the turtle's shell, head, flippers and details, building their understanding of…
This Giant Panda Earth Day Art Project is a guided drawing lesson where students draw a giant panda surrounded by bamboo, one of the world's best-loved endangered animals. Along the way they think about Earth Day, wildlife conservation and caring for our planet. The bold black-and-white contrast of a panda makes it a great project…
This Earth Day Finish the Picture resource gives students partially started Earth Day images to complete with their own ideas. Students continue the drawing, fill the page, and then color or shade the final image to finish the scene. Because the pages are open-ended, every student ends up with something different. They use creative thinking,…
This Earth Day Sea Turtle Art Project is a visual art lesson for grades 2 to 6 that brings together drawing, design and ocean conservation. Students draw a detailed sea turtle step by step, decorate the shell with their own patterns and textures, and finish it with an ocean-inspired background. The guided steps help every…
This Earth Day Love the Earth Art Project has students draw the Earth and pair it with a textured heart that stands for caring for our planet. Students sketch a large circle and add simplified continents such as North and South America, Africa, Europe and Asia, building confidence with shapes, line and form. Next, students…
This Earth Day Directed Drawing resource includes 10 step-by-step drawing lessons for elementary students. Students draw Earth Day and Reduce, Reuse, Recycle themed pictures while building fine motor skills, drawing confidence and creative expression. It is made for classroom teachers, homeschool families, substitute teachers and art specialists. Students explore sustainability, nature, animals, conservation, renewable energy…
These Sustainable Living Zen Doodle Coloring Pages bring mindfulness, environmental education and creative expression together, and they suit Earth Day especially well. The intricate hand-drawn illustrations encourage students to slow down and think about renewable energy, conservation and green living as they color. The set has 10 detailed, original coloring sheets on wind turbines, solar…
In this Earth Day Mixed Media Art Lesson, students create planet Earth with a plant growing from it, a symbol of growth, sustainability and care for our planet. They draw the Earth and plant, add colorful painted background stripes in tempera or acrylic paint, and finish with pencil crayon details. It fits Earth Day, environmental…
These Earth Day Zen Doodle Coloring Pages pair detailed, mindful coloring with real environmental messages. Every page is hand-drawn and original to Ms Artastic, not a clip art compilation. As students color, they read facts about wildlife conservation, endangered species, climate change, habitat loss and energy conservation. The pages work across grade levels and make…
