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Earth Day is a time to show love and care for our planet. This craft lets kids make a smiling Earth with hugging hands, teaching them that protecting the Earth is like giving it a big hug. It’s fun, simple, and helps children understand how important it is to care for our world.

What You Need:

  • Earth template (with or without face features)
  • Eyes and mouth template
  • Hand templates
  • Colored sheet for background
  • Crayons or markers
  • Scissors
  • Glue

How to Make:

Print and color

  • Print all templates on white sheets.
  • Color them using crayons or markers.
  • Cut out each piece along the outline.

Prepare the background

  • Take a colored sheet for the background.
  • Place the Earth in the middle.
  • Apply glue only in the center of the Earth and paste it down lightly.

Add the face

  • Paste the eyes and mouth on the Earth’s face.

Attach the hands

  • Paste the two hands on both sides, behind the Earth.
  • Fully paste the Earth to the background page.

Make the hug

  • Bend both hands forward.
  • Paste the hand tips onto the Earth so it looks like the Earth is being hugged.

Templates:

Click here to get the FREE PDF template: Download ( Printable )