Earth Day Activity

In celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd, here is a fun Earth Day Activity you can do using paper plates and shaving cream~   To make, you will need the following:

• paper plates
• shaving cream
• blue and green tempera paint
• craft sticks
• a ruler or another straight edge for scraping

  1.  To start, spread shaving cream on a surface- we used a baking sheet.

2.  Add drops of tempera paint to the shaving cream, and gently stir the colors into the shaving cream with a craft stick, making swirls of color.  Be sure not to mix the colors too much.

3.  Press a paper plate onto the shaving cream, and let it sit for a few seconds before taking off.  Be sure to press the whole surface of the paper plate into the shaving cream so the whole thing gets paint on it.

4.  Let the shaving cream sit on the paper plate for several seconds, and then using a straight edge (I used a plastic ruler), scrape the excess shaving cream off of the plate.  The colors will have absorbed into the plate, resembling Earth~

No two will be the same, and the kids really loved how different they all turned out!

Here are 11 facts about Earth Day that you can also share with your students along with this activity:  www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-earth-day