Check out these ways to celebrate Earth Day with your family in 2024!
With Earth Day approaching, you might be wondering how to involve your kids in the ecological discussion. They are never too young to enjoy Earth Day events, participate in eco-friendly habits such as recycling, and even start to see that their world goes beyond your backyard.
Helping with the recycling is a great start, as is making art out of reusable products — toilet paper rolls, clean foil, bottle caps, you name it. Your child will love finding stuff around the house or heading down to Artscraps in St. Paul — an innovative store that combines waste management with craftiness. The place is filled with unique recyclables, overstock, scraps and other landfill fodder. Or you can start in your own backyard — digging for worms, smelling flowers, rolling in the grass and touching the trees.
Additionally, Minnesota has about 70 state parks stocked with walking trails and wildlife. All offering free admission on April 27.
Get out there and enjoy, with no judgment about the depth of the woods you explore or the level to which you are happy to get your hands dirty. Just get out there. Even the most metropolitan Minnesota parent feels a sense of relief and calm when momentarily trading concrete for greenery. You’ll also enjoy the added benefit of a well-worn toddler at bedtime. Fresh air and exercise is magical in that sense.
As for the big day? Earth Day falls on a Saturday this year and you’ll find plenty to do across the state this weekend. Most cities and parks have organized clean ups — totally doable for your family.
Check out all these opportunities to get involved on Earth Day:
St Paul –
Earth Day: Citywide Spring Cleanup
Earth & Arbor Day Storytime with Colleen Muske, LINDEN
Seed Library Open House
Hastings– Hastings Area Earth Day Birding Festival
Minneapolis–
Earth Day 5K Bee Run/Walk/River Cleanup
2024 Earth Day 5K Bee Run/Walk/River Cleanup
Duluth – Earth Day Celebration
Lake Elmo – John Neitge Earth Day Celebration
Lino Lakes – Earth Day Celebration & Sugar Bush Sound Garden
Columbia Heights – Earth Day Clean Up
Wildflower Seed Ball Event at Fleet Farm
North Branch – Earth Day on the Farm: Celebrating the Soil!
Richfield – Community Cleanup at Taft Park
Earth Day activity and coloring sheets for kids! Click on image to download!
Learn more about Earth Day here.