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Earth Man Craft

We’re sharing today what could possibly be the cutest Earth Day craft. This Earth Man Craft is unbelievably adorable, so easy to make, too, and the perfect craft to celebrate our Earth. He’s even holding our heart in his hands.

Earth Man Craft

We’ve included a Free Printable Earth Template that you can color in however you’d like. We chose paint for this craft, but you could use markers, crayons, colored pencils. You are free to color it in whatever way you want to color the Earth.

Earth Man Craft

Earth Day Earth Man Craft

To make our Earth guys you will first need to print the Earth template.

Craft supplies needed.

You will also need coloring supplies. We chose paint. As well as red and white cardstock, pipe cleaners, medium sized googly eyes, a black marker, scissors, and tape. We used self-adhesive googly eyes on this craft, but if you don’t have those then you will also need glue.

Earth Man Craft Supplies Needed

  • Earth Template
  • Cardstock – red, white
  • Pipe cleaners – blue, green
  • Coloring supplies (paint, crayons, etc.) – blues, greens
  • Black marker
  • Googly eyes, medium
  • Tape
  • Scissors

Earth Guy Craft Step by Step Directions

Begin by printing the Earth template on heavy white cardstock.

Paint or color in Earth. Let dry completely.

Color in the Earth. We chose paint for ours. We then let the paint dry completely.

Cut out.

When the paint is dry, cut out the Earth.

Cut a heart from red cardstock.

You will also need to cut out a heart shape from the red cardstock.

Cut pipe cleaners in half.

Now, you will need 2 pipe cleaners for each Earth guy. Cut the pipe cleaners in half.

Tape 2 pipe cleaners in place for arms.

Flip the Earth over to the back and tape two of the pipe cleaners in place for arms.

Tape legs in place. Bend bottom to make feet.

Tape the other two pipe cleaners in place for legs. Bend the very end of the legs to make feet.

Add googly eyes and a simple black mouth.

Next, add googly eyes. Also, draw a simple mouth with a black marker.

Tape end of pipe cleaner arms to heart.
Earth guy holding heart.

Finally, tape one end of the pipe cleaner arms to the heart. Then bring the other arm to the heart and tape that in place, as well.

Earth Guy Craft

These Earth guys are such a fun way to celebrate and show our love to our Earth. And our Earth’s love back to us.

Earth Man Craft

Pin this Craft!

Love this craft? Be sure to save the image below to Pinterest! And let us know if you made this craft on Instagram!

Earth Man Craft pin image.

More Earth Day Crafts for Kids

Looking for more great Earth Day crafts for kids? Check out our Smush Paint Earth Craft, Galaxy Handprint Earth Craft, Earth Suncatcher Craft, and our Crumpled Newspaper Painted Earth Craft to name just a few of our fun Earth Day crafts at Our Kid Things!

Earth Man Craft

Earth Man Craft

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Active Time: 35 minutes
Additional Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

These adorable Earth guys that you get to color in have our hearts in their hands

Materials

  • Earth Template
  • Cardstock - red, white
  • Pipe cleaners - blue, green
  • Coloring supplies (paint, crayons, etc.) - blues, greens
  • Black marker
  • Googly eyes, medium
  • Tape
  • Scissors

Instructions

  1. Begin by printing the Earth template on heavy white cardstock.
  2. Color in the Earth. We chose paint for ours. We then let the paint dry completely.
  3. When the paint is dry, cut out the Earth.
  4. You will also need to cut out a heart shape from the red cardstock.
  5. Now, you will need 2 pipe cleaners for each Earth guy. Cut the pipe cleaners in half.
  6. Flip the Earth over to the back and tape two of the pipe cleaners in place for arms.
  7. Tape the other two pipe cleaners in place for legs.
  8. Bend the very end of the legs to make feet.
  9. Next, add googly eyes.
  10. Also, draw a simple mouth with a black marker.
  11. Finally, tape one end of the pipe cleaner arms to the heart. Then bring the other arm to the heart and tape that in place, as well.

Notes

We chose to paint to color in for our Earth guys, but you can use whatever coloring supplies you would like.

Did you make this craft?

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