Easy To Make Finger Painted Planet Earth

Earth Day is coming soon, and we wanted to do something fun for it. My girls have loved different earth day crafts. The earth we live on is such an amazing place.

I’m always looking for fun new projects for us to do for Earth Day. Today we have a twist on the torn paper planets we did a few years ago. It is a fun finger painted planet earth!

This was a craft project my girls wanted to do.

The Finger Painted Planet Earth is a fun addition to the Earth Day activities on the site.

Finger Painted Planet Earth

We have done several craft and painting projects similar to this planet Earth painting. We have done planets and moons.

This is a Fun Earth painting that kids draw the earth and then use finger paints or paint to paint the earth. A simple and fun Earth for Earth Day or an space theme.

A Fun Earth Book to Read with the Earth Finger Painting

Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years is a fun book about the Earth! Kids will love all the facts and information about it.

What you need for the Finger Painted Planet Earth Painting

• watercolor paper with circle traced on it.
• black glitter cardstock
• washable paints: blue, green, and white
• paint tray – (we used ice cube tray)
• scissors
• glue
• q-tip

How we made the Finger Painted Planet Earth

here are all the steps we used to make the finger painted Earth!

Step 1: Draw the Earth on the white Paper

Each of us looked at a map of the Earth and drew on the contents for us to paint. We use the Children’s Atlas of the World for this.

If you want to skip the drawing part of the Earth you can find an Earth template in the Earth fine motor mats.

Step 2: Put Paint in Ice Cube Trays

Then we filled in the paint into the ice cube trays. This made it easy to keep the colors together.

Step 3: Paint the Earth

We all finger painted our worlds. I love projects like this because everyone has their own ideas and that is okay. And you see how creative they can be painting their own Earth.

Step 4: Paint the Stars in the Sky

We set our planets aside to dry and got the black glitter cardstock to paint stars on it. We used q-tip and white paint and dotted around the paper.

We left the center of the paper blank because the Earth will cover it.

Step 5: Cut Out the Earth & Glue on Black Paper

Once our earth and stars were dry we cut out the earth and glued it onto the black cardstock.

If your Earth starts to roll up have kids put something to help it keep flat.

Here is a look at our final Finger Painted Planet Earth

Check out these other Earth Day Activities & printables

Earth Fine Motor Mats has an earth to color, Earth to q-tip Paint and Earth to trace. All great for Earth day or an Earth theme.

Model Magic Earth is a fun Earth Day craft you can do with kids. Only a few simple supplies needed.

Watercolor Planet Earth Process Art is a fun Planet Earth painting activity you can do with kids for Earth Day.

Paper Roll Stamped Earth was a great project using paper rolls. Super fun and creative way to make an earth

Oil Pastel Earth with Heart Shapes is a Earth project made with hearts! You can see how fun it is to make the earth using shapes!

Check out all the fun Earth Day Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com