Earth Day Hat Printable for Kids (Free Template)

Make Earth Day extra fun with this free printable Earth Day hat! Kids color, cut, and wear their own Earth Day crown. Perfect for preschool, kindergarten & classrooms.

Every year around Earth Day, my kids and I volunteer for trash cleanups at the rivers and hiking trails near us. They have their own grabber tools, and I’m not exaggerating when I say those things are their most prized possessions. My daughter will spot a candy wrapper fifty feet off the trail and sprint for it with that grabber like it’s the most important mission of the day.

We talk a lot about why we do it – what happens to trash that ends up in rivers, what animals mistake for food, and why it matters to leave places cleaner than you found them. The kids get it. Kids usually do, when you actually take them outside and show them.

This Earth Day hat started as a quick craft to do the morning of our cleanup. Now it’s just part of how we celebrate. We make the hats, put them on, and head outside.

The template features a kawaii-style globe with a little smiling face (my kids call it the “happy Earth”), and it comes together in about ten minutes, whether you’re doing it at home or setting it up for a whole classroom.

Download the free PDF template below, print it out, and you’re ready to go!

How You’ll Need

• White printer paper (or cardstock for extra durability)
• Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
• Scissors
• Tape or glue

One note on cardstock: if you’re doing this in a classroom and the hats need to survive a full school day of wearing, cardstock makes a real difference. Regular paper is totally fine for a quick at-home craft.

How to Download the Free Earth Day Hat Template

The template is free! You just need to sign up for the Mombrite newsletter to get it delivered to your inbox. The PDF will land in your inbox within a minute or two. From there, just open the attachment and print.

A couple of printing notes before you hit print:

• Print at 100% scale (not “fit to page”) so the template comes out the right size.
• Cardstock is worth it if you want the hats to last through a full day of wearing, especially for classroom use. Regular printer paper works fine for a quick at-home craft.
• One set per child. The PDF includes the main crown piece and two side strips, all on one or two pages.

How to Make an Earth Day Hat

Step 1: Print the template

Print all three pages of the template – the main crown piece and the two side strips. If you’re printing for a classroom, one set per student is all you need.

Step 2: Cut out the pieces

Cut out the main crown piece and both side strips before anyone starts coloring. I know it sounds backwards, but hear me out. When you’re working with a group of preschoolers, the logistics of collect-all-the-pages-then-cut is a nightmare. If you hand out already-cut pieces and let kids color from there, the whole thing goes much more smoothly. You control the scissors; they get straight to the fun part.

For at-home crafts with older kids, it doesn’t matter much either way. Do whatever order works for you.

Step 3: Color the hat

Hand the cut pieces to your kids and let them color the globe with crayons, markers, or colored pencils. Blue and green are the obvious choices, but let them go wherever they want.

Don’t forget about the hearts! One has the recycling symbol, and the other one says “Happy Earth Day.”

Step 4: Size the hat to your child’s head

Before you permanently tape anything, place the crown on your child’s head and loosely attach the side strips. Every head is a little different, so you want to get the fit right before you commit. Once you’re happy with the length, tape or glue the two strips together.

If there’s an extra strip hanging off, just cut it off, or fold and tape the excess onto the band.

Step 5: Wear it proudly

Done. Your kid now has a hat, and Earth Day just got a lot more festive.

Tips for the Classroom

If you’re a teacher or homeschooler doing this with a group, a few things that make the process smoother:

• Print on cardstock. It holds up better when kids are moving around, and the hats don’t flop over as easily.
• Pre-cut the pieces for younger grades. For preschool and kindergarten, having the pieces cut ahead of time lets kids jump straight to coloring and assembly, which is usually where the excitement is anyway.
• Use a stapler instead of tape. Faster to assemble when you’re working through 20+ kids. Staples hold better too.

What Kids Learn While Making This

This Earth Day hat looks like just a simple craft, but there’s actually a lot going on:

Fine motor skills. Coloring, cutting, and assembling the hat all require precision and control – especially the cutting. For younger kids, this is great practice.

Earth awareness. While you’re making the hat, it’s a natural opening to talk about why Earth Day exists. What does the Earth need from us? What can kids do to help? Questions like “Why do you think the oceans are blue?” or “What’s your favorite thing about being outside?” can spark a real conversation without it feeling like a lesson.

Spatial reasoning. Figuring out how the strips attach and how to size the hat to fit their head is a small but real problem-solving moment.

More Earth Day Activities to Pair With This

Once the hats are on, the celebration doesn’t have to stop. A few ideas to keep the Earth Day momentum going:

Take the kids outside with our Earth Day scavenger hunt printable. It’s a free download and a great way to connect what they’ve been learning to the actual world around them.

If you’ve been reading The Lorax together (perfect Earth Day read-aloud), our Lorax paper bag puppet is a fun follow-up craft that takes the story a step further.

And if your kids are into space and want to connect Earth Day to a bigger picture of our solar system, the Sun, Earth, and Moon paper craft is a hands-on way to explore how our planet fits into everything around it.

I hope your kids love wearing these Earth Day hats as much as mine do. If you make them, I’d love to see! Tag me @mombrite on Instagram or drop a photo in the comments below. Happy Earth Day!