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Earth Day Wreath

This is a fun earth day wreath to do by yourself or with a group.

If you are doing it with a group, each person can write something they think would help keep our planet healthy on one of the strips of construction paper before making it into a loop.

MATERIALS:

bulletRing of cardboard (empty cereal boxes work wonderfully)
bulletconstruction paper (blue and green)
bulletscissors
bulletglue
bulletsmall piece of wool

earth day wreath
bulletTrace a small plate and a large plate onto a piece of old cardboard.  
  
bulletEmpty cereal boxes or frozen dinner boxes work well as a source of recycled cardboard.
  
bulletIt doesn't matter if you go over the folds of the cardboard 

trace plate
bulletCut a small strip of cardboard and glue it onto the back of the ring over any folds in the cardboard.
  
bulletThis will reinforce the ring.
  

reinforce
bulletCut strips of construction paper (about 1 1/2 inches by 4 inches)
  
bulletGlue the strips into rolls (like making a paper chain)
  

  
bulletGlue the rolls of construction paper onto the wreath.  Alternate colors to make a pattern.  This craft is good pattern practice for Kindergarten thru Grade 2 students 
  
bullet Use the template pieces below for the earth.
  
bulletTape a small piece of wool to the earth and the wreath so it hangs in the middle.

earth day wreath
bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
   
bulletSet page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP in most browsers). 
 

Template   (color)   or   (B&W)

 

 

Printable version of these instructions