The Incredible Edible Easter Egg

 Fun Ways To Recycle Plastic Eggs

Easter is over.  How many ways can we resurrect those Plastic Easter Eggs?

Love Earth Recycle Plastic

Of course, we can save them and reuse them next year.  But what else? Here are some creative and fun recycle craft ideas to use plastic eggs. Please, remember to use recycled materials to decorate them whenever possible!

Egg Shape Chalk

 

Plastic  Egg and Egg Carton Game

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Egg Cup Tea Party 

 

Egg-phabet Game 

Egg Wreath

Egg Tub Activity for Preschoolers

Egg Snake

plastic egg snake pull toy

Egg Bugs 

Eggimals 

Egg-liens

For more recycle crafts and fun food crafts for holidays, Earthday or everyday see Planetpals crafts pages.

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The Incredible Edible Easter Egg

April Marks Easter And That Means Eggs!

Here is a fun list of egg-citing ideas and facts.  Everything you ever wanted to know about eggs for Easter and every day.

Fun Ideas for decorating eggs:

10 Fun ideas to help you reuse and recycle plastic eggs:

How to make non toxic natural dyes for eggs from Planetpals

plus this handy egg dye chart:

How healthy are eggs?  Check this infographic from maisiaosiao.com.

How to Boil an Egg Infographic Did you know?

Need more healthy Easter ideas?  See Planetpals Green Spring Journal  

So much egg fun makes us egg-static!  Hope you feel the same.

Have a green holiday!

Teach Kids To Be A Planetpal This Earth Hour

Let An Hour Without Power Last A Lifetime!

Watch Planetpals Earth Hour Video:

Here, at Planetpals, we believe that Earth Hour should be just the beginning. We want you to think about the energy you use every day after that.

When Is Earth Hour?

Earth Hour is held on the last Saturday of March each year, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time.  This year it is being held worldwide on March 27.

What Is Earth Hour?

Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change.

Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global conservation movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. The numbers have increased every year! Soon the whole world will participate.

Global landmarks such as the, Sydney Harbour Bridge, The CN Tower in Toronto, The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.

What Can You And Your Kids Do?

We suggest you involve the kids in Earth Hour by attending an event or doing it at home.  Plan it ahead of time.  Make it an annual event that you all look forward to. We suggest No DSS, leapfrogs or Ipods...just good old fashioned entertainment. Let them learn a little about what life was like without energy.

• Hold an annual "Earth Hour Party"!
• If it's warm enough cook out
• Plan a Cold dinner and get everyone involved in planning and making it
• Try playing board games by lantern and radio
• Do an Earth craft
• Teach them about energy, how we use it, discuss how to use it more wisely
• Have them research life before "lights" and talk about what they learned
• Discuss modern inventions effected by energy and talk about the inventors
• Talk about how energy changed society
• Talk about the beautiful things on Earth so that they can appreciate what they do have.  Then give them the tools to learn to care for it!
• For ideas, activities and fun facts go to Planetpals Earthday Pages.

Above all, show them Planetpals Hour Without Power Video (below), so that they will get the message!

© JAG Planetpals.com

June Starts Hurricane Season Be Prepared With This Simple Kit

In North America hurricane season runs from June first though the end of November.  Make sure you are prepared. 

Whatever the emergency event, particularly a hurricane, here is an essential Survival Kit. This kit would also be great just to keep in your car. 

Essentials:

1. Map of your area or to some place you plan to go should you need to leave the area. 
2. Army knife 
3. First Aid Kit
4. Medications
5. Flashlight 
6. Spare Batteries
7. Power Bank 
8. Charging Cords
9. Water Bottles
10. *Add anything else you think you might need, such as money, keys, food, etc. 

Lastly, remember to keep your phone handy!

Free Planetpals Poster For The Classroom For Earthday

Kids will love this poster for Earthday. 

It says it all with a cute and meaningful rhyme: 

I love my world

so blue and green

I do my best

to help keep it clean!

Available at TPT Website PLANETPALS Store:

Remember Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Rethink!

 

Planetpals New Lesson How To Have A HAPPY WORLD

 

Check out this activity!

We are excited to bring you a new social and emotional activity from Planetpals.com and ikidsclub.org.

An Inspirational social emotional activity creative writing and coloring set teaches life skills. It is a mood changer through activities and poetry! Teaches kids how rethink their mindset and ways to make themselves happy. To make their own rainbows. Enables them to learn how to change their day and find a way to a happy place! The poem is an incentive that makes them think and rethink.

Each exclusive activity is unique and fun. Colorful and Playful. Thought provoking. And will make kids smile whatever age they are! Offers life lesson and Life skills, creative writing and visual arts.

Activities bundled includes:

1. Inspirational Poem
2. Happy Face Coloring Page
3. Make Your Own Happy Place List Writing Lesson
4. Greeting Card Kids Can Color & Send To Someone Special
5. BONUS: Classroom Poster

Love your planet, everything and everyone on it!

April is Earth Month!

If you're a parent with young children, a teacher  at school or homeschool, Planetpals is loaded with lessons and activities to help you inspire students to care for the planet and everyone on it... Earth Month, Earth Day and Everyday,

Check out our PLANETPALS STORE

Inspire a GREENER and HEALTHIER World!

 

Candy Wrapper Crafts That Are So Sweet And Green!

 

Halloween sure can leave us with a lot of things to recycle!  There are costumes, pumpkins, trick or treat bags, pails and of course bags full of candy wrappers.

Here are some fun ideas and creative crafts to help you use the 4"R"s after Halloween.

Recycle Costumes:

• Save it for next year 
• Give it away to a costume swap, thrift or friend
• Kids costumes can be used again for dress up play 
• Stuff it and use it as a decoration in the yard next year
• Sell it!

Recycle Candy Wrappers Crafts:

Candy Wrapper Recycle Craft

• Use for a collage or scrapbooking
• Make a light switch cover
• Make a candy wrapper bookmark
• Make a book cover
• Make a candy wrapper belt
• Weave a candy wrapper bracelet
• Make a gum wapper chain
• Make a candy wrapper wristlet
• Make candy wrapper beads for earings, necklaces etc

Candy wrapper craft ideas that are oh so sweet!

Recycle Pumpkins 

• Compost them
• Use them for Thanksgiving decor
• Make something delicious to eat
• Give them away 
• Town Recycle (check their policies)
• More ideas!

Halloween Candy Bags and Pails

• Reuse them for next year's trick or treating
• Give them to away to a thrift, friend, swap
• Use them for decoration next year 
• Use Pails as containers for small toys 
• Use them as next years festive Halloween party containers and planters
• Use bags to shop

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Appreciating Nature Interactive Storybook Set

Planetpals book is now part of "Appreciating Nature" Set of Storypod story books. Teach Kids To Make The World Greener!

Spark your child's ecological curiosity with the 'Appreciating Nature Learning Set,' blending interactive storytelling and sensory-rich activities to instill a foundational love for science and the environment.

You can also get it alone!

Care About Your World Today And Everyday

World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5th.

It was established at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. That's over 50 years ago! Where are we today?

Make a pledge to care about the world in big and small ways everyday in small ways it all adds up! 

Be a PLANETPAL!

 

Ready for Earthday? We are! A World of Activities.

We have the best activities on EARTH for the classroom and homeschool! Time tested and uniquely PLANETPALS. Teaching kids since 1998!

http://www.planetpals.com

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The World Is Singing A Greener Tune With Planetpals:

Planetpals  Licenses to Storypod for an audio book Storyteller.

View on Storypod

Join PLANETPALS, Earthman and his friends, as they teach kids about the planet, everyone and everything on it! Meet each inspiring and fun character, and learn about their world and what you can do to make your world better.

Planetpals is a unique approach to important issues. The Earth Times wrote about Planetpals: "Planetpals has a nice balance of fact and fantasy presented in a way that dares you not to have fun while learning why being a "pal " to the environment which is so important."

PLANETPALS “Be A Friend To Earth” is an uplifting, playful book and collection of poems put to music that children will love to hear,  as well as sing. Earth friendly and upbeat tunes that kids will find delightful and motivational. Included in the recording are an exclusive selection of songs for each of the adorable nine Planetpals and then some. 

Complete with Storypod's signature audio production including music, sound effects, narration, and interactive trivia your little ones are sure to love! It also includes an interactive trivia session at the end of the book to develop your child's listening skills and cognition!

Finally, it’s based on PLANETPALS popular children's website and blog, visited by nearly every country, used by teachers, parents and children for it's ideas and content and promoted by the best educational and environmental portals.

Plantpals activities and educational lessons are available on educational sources including activities from Teachers Pay Teachers and Amped Up Learning 

Characters and Rhymes created by Judith Gorgone, artist, writer and educator, who has been delighting children for decades with toys, educational activities and other children's products.  Her talent as an artist, combined with her love and understanding of children, make Planetpals outstanding and educational.

Planetpals educational portals have been used by families, teachers and kids and can be found on the award winning Planetpals.com and Planetpalsblog.com. 

Planetpals characters are available for licensing on a variety of product categories! PLANETPALS: THERE’S NO WAY IN THE WORLD YOU WANT TO MISS OUT! 

For licensing information contact Judith Gorgone / PLANETPALS™ 

www.planetpals.org

Planetpals celebrates 25th Anniversary Making The Wolrd Greener!

 About Planetpals PP 25th Anniversary!

About PP:

You can be a Planetpal, too! 

Planetpals.com based on Planetpals characters Created by Artist and writer Judith Gorgone.

25 years strong! PLANETPALS.com started in 1998 as a unique idea to educate the next generation about Earth issues and provide pro active tools to help care about their world. A unique character set, teaching about the environment and social responsibility.

Planetpals is a unique approach to important issues. The Earth Times wrote about Planetpals: "Planetpals has a nice balance of fact and fantasy presented in a way that dares you not to have fun while learning why being a "pal " to the environment which is so important."

• PLANETPALS, Earthman and his friends, teach kids about the planet, everyone and everything on it! About the environment and social responsibility. 
• Planetpals characters guide children through many of their favorite topics with sections that include Earthday everyday pages, dictionaries, teacher/parent, peace pages, clip art, games, activities and more.
• Planetpals teaching tools and information sources make learning about earth an adventure.
• Planetpals is loved by parents endorsed by educators!
• Endorsed by top educational and news sources.
• Used by kids, families, organizations and schools
• Hundreds of pages of award winning content
• Social outreach includes a blog, educational groups and networks Included in Curriculum studies, content resource, activities for events
• PLANETPALS.com has succeeded in being a trusted source and creative way to learn about earth science and ecology and social issues.
• Each inspiring and fun character, teaches about their world and what we can do to make our world better.  With Planetpals, kids learn about the beauty in their world.
• Planetpals Characters and Website has been successful online, in schools, with groups, educators and families, has received a myriad of awards and been instrumental in educating an entire generation already
• Planetpals music book was produced by Storypod this year!
• Planetpals BLOG engages popular content, too.

Target Audience

• Kids 4 to11 years

• Planetpals is loved by parents endorsed by educators!

Media

• One of the top 100 children’s websites

• Informational Blog

• High traffic equal to many popular children's properties

• High Popularity Rank of PR 6,

• Highly linked

• Encyclopedia Britannica Best Resource AWARD for content.

• Endorsed by top educational and news sources.

• Used by kids, families, organizations and schools

• Hundreds of pages of award winning content

• Social outreach includes a blog, educational groups and networks

• Included in Curriculum studies, content resource, activities for events

• Successful affiliate marketing and advertising partners

• Planetpals online store.

• Website

• Blog

• Activities

• Games

• Crafts

• Lesson Plans

• Children's Books

• Fun Facts

• Products