Earth Day Activities

How this works

Take a look at the list below of eco-friendly Earth Day Activities for families. Most of these activities can be done anywhere! However, if you’re in one of our Treasure Hunt cities, we’ve also included a few local events and activities you can do after the hunt! 

Choose a few action items that you can do together to make a difference. Complete at least FIVE items on the list and win a digital copy of our Sustainability Challenge & Action Guide!

Once you completed FIVE activities, all you need to do is fill out the form linked below, and we’ll send the guide to your inbox! And, of course, you’re more than welcome to do as many activities as you want! How many do you think you can do??

Earth Day Activities

1. Attend the RWMC Treasure Hunt
2. Pick up trash at a local park (or on a trail, or in your neighborhood, etc.)
3. Set up a scrap paper reusing station in your home
4. Use a cloth bag at the grocery store
5. Set up a bird feeder (or make a DIY eco-friendly bird feeder)
6. Go for a family bike ride
7. Play in the water (lake, creek, beach, stream, etc.)
8. Compost something
9. Start a nature journal (or add to an existing nature journal)
10. Make sculptures, art, or robots using items in your recycling bin
11. Plant something (e.g. garden, flowers, vegetables, tree, herbs, etc.)
12. Identify a new plant or animal (we love the Seek by iNaturalist app)
13. Watch a nature documentary
14. Check out books from your local library
15. Make your own DIY herbal cleaner
16. Attend a local Earth Day festival in your area
17. Go on a nature scavenger hunt
18. Use a magnifying glass or pocket microscope to view nature close-up
19. Go barefoot in the grass
20. Create a mandala using items found in nature
21. Go screen-free for the day
22. Wildflower bomb your yard
23. Enjoy a meal outside!
24. Donate gently used clothes/toys/books to charity
25. Make a terrarium
26. Visit a farmer’s market
27. Recycle something
28. Go for a hike (or even just a walk around your neighborhood)
29. Forage violets for color-changing syrup
30. Make nature crowns (from leaves, flowers, shells, etc.)
31. Build a fort in the woods
32. Read an educational book about our planet, nature, or wildlife
33. Make seed paper cards
34. Build an insect hotel
35. Repurpose something you were going to throw away
36. Shop local & small businesses
37. Eat a meatless meal
38. Watch the sunset
39. Turn off all lights in your home
40. Do a nature-inspired STEAM activity
41. Unplug devices you’re not using
42. Make your own nature paintbrush
43. Build your own rain barrel
44. Purchase something second-hand (instead of new)
45. Switch out 5 lightbulbs for LED bulbs
46. Shorten your shower
47. Visit an arboretum or botanical garden
48. Carpool to an event/activity
49. Grow your own herbs
50. Reuse glass jars
51. Eat ice cream from a cone (no spoon or bowl to throw away)
52. Sign a petition online for climate change
53. Donate to an environmental cause
54. Write to your congressman about protecting the Earth
55. Go geocaching at a local park
56. Practice yoga outside with nature poses
57. Display your nature finds in your home
58. Use no single-purpose plastics all day
59. Volunteer
60. Visit a refill station for shampoo, soaps, etc.

Local Earth Day events in Treasure Hunt cities

• Austin, Texas
  • Earth Day Jubilee
• Boise, Idaho
  • Earth Day Clean-Up at Wilson Springs Pond
  • Earth Day Community Celebration at The Hispanic Cultural Center
  • Boise Watershed Earth Day Celebration
• Columbia, South Carolina
  • Volunteer with Congaree Riverkeepers
• Kansas City, Missouri
  • Earth Day Celebration at Lakeside Nature Sanctuary
  • City of Fountains Bingo
  • Pilgrim Center: Earth Day celebration
  • Merriam Community Center: Kids DIY Earth Day Upcycled Oriole Bird Feeders
  • Deep Roots: Native Plant Sale and Earth Day Festival
• Lansing, Michigan
  • Earth Day Bash at MSU Recycling
  • Potter Park Zoo – Party for the Planet
  • Fenner Nature Center Earth Day Extravaganza
• Reno, Nevada
  • Reno Earth Day at Idlewild
  • Great Basin Institute Earth Day at Galena
• Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Mochi Playstore and Wasatch Community Gardens story time
  • Hogle Zoo Party for the Planet
  • Earth Day Jordan River Clean Up
  • City Library Nature Fair
  • Earth Day Celebration at Milcreek Common
• San Diego, California
  • San Diego Earth Fest at Balboa Park
  • Living Coast Sweetwater Marsh Cleanup
  • More local San Diego area Earth Day events
• St. Louis, Missouri
  • St. Louis Earth Day Festival at Forest Park
• Tacoma, Washington
  • Earth Day Extravaganza by Metro Parks Tacoma
  • Earth Day Puyallup Tribal Canoe Landing
• Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • Piedmont Earth Day Fair at Winston-Salem Fairgrounds

How to Claim Your Prize

If you completed FIVE of the Earth Day activities below, fill out this form with your info, and we’ll send you a digital copy of our Sustainability Challenge & Action Guide. 

This action guide and workbook will help busy parents become more knowledgeable about easy, everyday (yet, impactful), eco-friendly swaps, changes, and actions you can take in your home, life, and outdoor adventures to make a difference, without all the guilt or overwhelm.

This 60+ page downloadable action guide and workbook walks you through themed days (or weeks…take it at your own pace) of ideas, action items, and suggested ways that you can take easy eco-conscious action to make a big difference to our planet, no matter where you are on your journey to sustainability.

And be sure to tag @runwild.mychild on Instagram and let us know what activities you’re doing! We’d love to share your adventures! Together we can make a difference!

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