Coffee Filter Planet Earth Craft for Kids

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This coffee filter planet Earth craft is great for Earth Day or a planets unit study. Our oldest was obsessed with planets a couple of years ago and we did a lot of crafts like this.

I’m not a coffee drinker, tea is my thing, but I keep a supply of coffee filters with our craft supplies for fun crafts like this.

Pro Tip: Coffee filter crafts like this are super easy, super inexpensive, and super easy to set up. If you are huge coffee drinker, or crafter, and want to get a great deal on coffee filters, you can order them online. It brings the filters down to 3 cents per filter.

Pro Tip: Need markers but don’t want to go to the store? Grab markers online and save time.

Supplies:

Coffee filters
Blue marker
Green marker
Spray bottle

Directions:

1. Color the coffee filter with the blue marker and green marker. Remind kids that Earth is made up of a lot more water, so they will want to color more blue than green. We started by coloring most of the coffee filter with blue and then went back and added some green. As you can see in the picture, you don’t have to be neat or stay in the lines when coloring this.

This coffee filter planet Earth craft is a great Earth Day craft.

2. Spray coffee filter with water. until the coffee filter is saturated. We did this outside, so that the colored water could drip on the ground. You could also do it over the sink, just rinse the sink immediately after you finish the project. As you are spraying the coffee filter, the colors are running and combining. You might need to rotate the coffee filter as you are spraying to get all the entire surface.

This coffee filter Planet Earth craft is a great Earth Day craft for kids.

3. Lay the coffee filter out to dry.

As you can see, each one is unique based on how much green was added and how the colors ran together.

This coffee filter planet Earth craft is a great craft for kids to do on Earth Day.

Written by About a Mom contributor, Kim. Kim, the mama behind The Resourceful Mama, is a medical social worker turned stay at home mom to three. She enjoys sharing simple crafts and activities, parenting and homemaking tips, and a lot of holiday fun.

Comments

Julie Wood says
March 31, 2016 at 8:53 AM

This craft for kids is such a good idea to have fun making. I have a lot of extra coffee filters and my daughter and son would love to make these!

kid can doodle says
April 11, 2016 at 5:53 AM

The technique looks like watercolor. Pretty!

Hannah C says
April 12, 2016 at 7:46 PM

I really love this craft! It looks so pretty!

Nicole says
April 13, 2016 at 2:46 PM

What a super easy and fun craft idea for kids. I love how colorful it turned out. Sharing with my followers, thanks for sharing on Inspire Me Monday. Have a wonderful week!!

Amanda @ The Kolb Corner says
April 13, 2016 at 4:51 PM

Such a fun craft! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!

Shirley Wood says
April 15, 2016 at 8:46 PM

So glad you shared with us at Merry Monday. I’m sharing this post on my Twitter this weekend.

Sara Zielinski says
June 4, 2017 at 2:32 PM

This i s a really cute craft for kids.

Janet W. says
June 21, 2017 at 7:06 AM

What a fun craft idea! My grandsons learned about Earth a few months ago in school. They would love to make this!

Barrie says
June 27, 2017 at 8:38 PM

i love this simple yet fun craft. we always have coffee filters around, although ours our brown as we purchase unbleached ones.

Dina L says
August 12, 2017 at 9:23 PM

Coffee filters are so versatile. I love this idea… very creative!

Denae says
April 22, 2018 at 10:57 AM

I loved making this craft but would love any suggestions on how I could do this for a class. The ink got on my hands and desk when I layed it out to dry. A little messy for 21 kids! Thanks!

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