Paper Plate Crayon Resist Earth Craft

Get ready to celebrate our Earth Day with this super fun Paper Plate Crayon Resist Earth Craft! This is such a great craft to do while learning about our Earth and all we can do to help make it better.

Paper Plate Crayon Resist Earth Craft

Crayon resist projects are always so much fun. To make this one a bit more precise, we have a Free Printable Earth Template with the continents that you can cut out then trace with a white crayon. You can always do it freehand, though.

Paper Plate Crayon Resist Earth Craft

Crayon Resist Watercolor Earth Day Craft

To make our watercolor Earth you will first need our Earth printable template. The rest of the supplies include paper plates, a white crayon, watercolors, and scissors

Craft supplies needed

Paper Plate Crayon Resist Earth Craft Supplies Needed

Crayon Resist Earth Craft Step by Step Directions

You will first need to print our Earth template.

Cut continents from template.

Cut out the 3 continent pieces from the template.

Trace around continents with white crayon.

Now, place a continent piece on the paper plate. Use a white crayon to trace around the continent. You can also use doubled up masking tape to keep the continent in place. Or, skip the template altogether and go freehand. Repeat for all 3 continent paper pieces.

Use watercolors to start painting oceans.

Once all the continents are drawn, gather your watercolors. Begin painting the oceans in the crayon lines. Now is a great time to give a lesson about all the oceans and land in our Earth.

Oceans blue watercolors.

Try to keep the oceans blue. But if you get some blue on land, that’s ok, too. Add some purples and different shades of blue watercolors. It’s fun to see the white crayon lines as you paint.

Paint the continents green.

Then once all the oceans are painted, continue on with green for the land.

Watercolor Earth.

Finally, once your Earth craft is painted, let it dry completely.

Paper Plate Crayon Resist Earth

We had a lot of fun with this Earth Day craft and hope you do, too!

Paper Plate Crayon Resist Earth Craft

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Paper Plate Crayon Resist Earth Craft

More Earth Day Crafts for Kids

Looking for more Earth Day crafts for kids? Check out our Crumpled Newspaper Painted Earth Craft, Handprint Earth Day Craft, CD Earth Day Craft, and our Recycled Newspaper Flowers Craft to name just a few of our many fun Earth Day crafts at Our Kid Things!

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Paper Plate Crayon Resist Earth Craft

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Active Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

A fun Earth Day craft using crayon resist and watercolors on a paper plate

Materials

Instructions

  1. You will first need to print our Earth template.
  2. Cut out the 3 continent pieces from the template.
  3. Now, place a continent piece on the paper plate.
  4. Use a white crayon to trace around the continent.
  5. Repeat for all 3 continent paper pieces.
  6. Once all the continents are drawn, begin painting the oceans in the crayon lines with watercolors. Now is a great time to give a lesson about all the oceans and land in our Earth.
  7. Try to keep the oceans blue. But if you get some blue on land, that’s ok, too. Add some purples and different shades of blue watercolors. It’s fun to see the white crayon lines as you paint.
  8. Then once all the oceans are painted, continue on with green for the land.
  9. Finally, once your Earth craft is painted, let it dry completely.

Notes

You can also use doubled up masking tape to keep the continent in place better for little hands. Or, skip the template altogether and go freehand.

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