Great Earth Day Project for Kids
April 12, 2008 by Jennifer
The Earth Day Groceries Project is a great way to get kids involved in spreading the word about Earth Day.
How it works:
- Gather up some kiddos – the more the better. Many schools participate each year from elementary to middle schools, but homeschoolers, church groups, day care centers, 4H clubs, girl scouts, playgroups or neighborhoods could as well. Basically, if you have a pack of kids, you’re good to go.
- Head to your local grocery store and ask the store manager for enough paper bags so that each child gets one.
- Kids decorate the bags with Earth Day messages about reuse, wildlife, energy conservation, and more. I think a bag that says, “Please recycle/reuse me” is a good idea.
- Return the bags to the store on or before Earth Day (April 22). Customers get a great surprise and a lesson in earth-friendly living from kids, when the store packs their groceries in these custom bags on Earth Day.
- Log onto the project website and leave a report on the short report form, so that your bag count can be counted. If you’re a school, you’re entered to win a prize package.
What you get (besides a nice happy warm feeling):
“You can download a Certificate of Participation after registering your report. Your groups’ report and photos will be featured on the site, and your bags will be added to this year’s national tally. If you contact your local media, you may get some press coverage too. And don’t forget the reward of being part of an international effort to promote environmental awareness!”
Bags from 2007 Earth Day at Arbor Heights Elementary in Seattle, WA:
Discovery School in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
This cost-free environmental awareness project started in 1994 and that first year more than 10,000 kids participated. How many kids do you think will participate this year? Will you be one of them?
Learn more at the Earth Day Groceries Project website.
Thank you for this!! My husband is a middle school teacher and he and his co-worker are currently having the kids work on a lot of Earth Day projects. This is an awesome idea! The bonus is that we know the manager of the grocery store, so I think he’ll be into this idea too! One more reason I appreciate you blog…
This really is an awesome project. It’s great for the kids and really cool for the store. Also, maybe those customers will remember to reuse the bags. I’m glad you can use it
Hey Jennifer… this is really a great way to spread the word about earth day… must say its a very very impressive thought and work to do… great idea…
Thanks for sharing
Happy Earth Day!!!
I am in first class. I would like to prepare project on Save Earth and spread message in my school. I would like to have some information on the same subject. Kindly help me in preparing this project. Thank you.
Rohit