Use these recycling resources and printables to plan a lesson for Earth Day or any day.
Recycling lesson printables
- Recycle Writing Freebie from Fun in K/1
- Earth Day Book Report from 1st Grade Fantabulous
- Recycling Think and Sort Game at No Time for Flashcards
- Earth Day placemats at Kids Activities Blog
- Love Our Earth pack at A Cupcake for the Teacher
- Sorting Trash printable at All Students Can Shine
- Earth Day printables at Christian Preschool Printables
- Free Printables and crafts at ABC Teach
- Create a Mosaic Earth for Earth Day from Make and Takes
- 4 Ways I Can Help the Earth prompt at Miss Kindergarten
- Earth Love writing activity at Teaching Heart
- Earth Day printable pack at Blessed Beyond a Doubt
- Earth Day printable pack at Royal Baloo
- Earth Day Pack from Itsy Bitsy Learners
- Recycling Bingo at Little Priorities
- 3-Part Recycle Cards from Living Montessori Now
- Earth Day Every Day from Montessori Print Shop
- Make an Earth Ornament from PlanetPals
- K-2 Mazes at Pinellas County
- 3-5 Matching at Pinellas County
- Earth Day Play Dough Mat from The Preschool Toolbox
- Free Kindergarten Recycling Worksheets at Kindergarten Lessons
- Mini Earth Day Pack from 3 Dinosaurs
- Worksheets at Bryson Education
- Earth Day Activity from Boy Mama Teacher Mama
- Worm Maze at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Hidden Word Search at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Earth Day Handwriting Sheets from Twisty Noodle
- Earth Day: My Family Recycles from Teach with Me
- Recycling Signs at Learn with Play at Home
- Earth Day Mini Book at Teaching’s a Hoot
- Earth Day: What’s In Your Garbage Can? Writing Prompt at Teach with Me
- Earth Day It’s Time to Recycle Game at Teach with Me
- Printable Earth Outlines and Shape Books at A to Z Teacher Stuff
- Recycle Stations at Modern Parents Messy Kids
- Earth Day Printables at DLTK’s Crafts for Kids
- Printable Earth Day Bookmarks from Living Locurto
- Coloring Pages at Recycle Now Paducah
- Earth Day Printable at Wise Owl Factory
- Earth Day Roll the Dice and Read from It’s Elementary
- The Happy Earth Day Coloring and Activities Book from the EPA
- Three R’s of Recycling at Squarehead Teachers
- Earth and Sun Unit from Mrs. Durning-Leander’s Fairytale
- Earth Day Helping Hands Craft from Free Kids Crafts
- Reuse or Recycle Sorting at The Moffatt Girls
- Earth Day Vocabulary and Questions Printables from Live Speak Love, LLC
- Earth Day Pledge from Babalisme
- Free Worksheets at Vocab Maker
- Writing Paper with an Earth Day Theme at Elementary Matters
- Teach Kids to Sort Recyclables at Lakeshore Learning
- Make the Right Choice Earth Day Freebie at Primary Inspiration
Books about recycling
The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story About Recycling (Little Green Books)
I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (Little Green Books)
The Adventures of an Aluminum Can: A Story About Recycling (Little Green Books)
Reusing and Recycling (Help the Environment)
Young Discoverers: Garbage and Recycling (Young Discoverers: Environmental Facts and Experiments)
Where Does the Garbage Go?: Revised Edition (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
ReMake It!: Recycling Projects from the Stuff You Usually Scrap
The Three R’s: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle (What Do You Know About? Books)
Something Old, Something New: Recycling (You Can Save the Planet)
Trash to Treasure: A Kid’s Upcycling Guide to Crafts
Crafts for Earth Day
- Earth Day T-Shirts at Little Priorities
- Earth Day Activity Jar at Skip to My Lou
- Felt Book at Repeat Crafter Me
- Coffee Filter Craft at Pattie’s Classroom
- Earth Day Stained Glass at Mom on Time Out
- Recycled Daisies and Dragonflies at For the Love of Art
- Nature Book from Impressions by Tricia
- Earth Day Batik at Skip to My Lou
- Recycled Art at Laugh Paint Create
- Earth People Mini Book at Step into Second Grade
- Earth Day Collage at I Heart Crafty Things
- Earth Day Fish Craft at Mixie Studio
- Earth Day Sign at We Made That
- Textured Paint Earth at Itsy Bitsy Learners
- Recycled Crayon Craft at Spoonful
- Paint A Plate Earth at The Chaos and The Clutter
- Tissue Paper Earth at Share & Remember
Additional resources for a lesson on recycling
- Earth Day Anchor Charts at A Cupcake for the Teacher
- Give a Hoot printable at CRAFT
- Earth Day Song Compilation at Lets Play Kids Music
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Interactive Lesson at Currclick
- Earth Day party printables at Catch My Party
- 3 R’s of Recycling on YouTube
- Composting Slideshow at A to Z Teacher Stuff
- 6-8 Printable Recycle Plan at Pinellas County
- Simple Composting Activity at What We Do All Day
- Happy Earth Day (video) on YouTube
- Recycle City online activity at the EPA
- Recycling for Kids (video) on YouTube
- Classroom Composter Lesson Plan at Currclick
- How Many Batteries Can You Recycle Lesson at Currclick
- Earth Day Song at Fantastic Fun and Learning
- Recycling (video) on YouTube
- Earth Day Activities at Play Dr Mom
More recycling crafts ideas
Looking for craft ideas to make from recycled products? Check out these boards on Pinterest:
Follow Tabitha Philen (Meet Penny)’s board Baby Food Jars on Pinterest.
WOW what a great list! Thanks so much for putting this all together and including our Earth Day Sign.
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