Free Earth Day Bag Toppers Printable for Classroom Gifts
If you’re looking for a simple Earth Day classroom activity, these free Earth Day bag topper printables are an easy way to celebrate with your students. 🙋🏼♀️🙋🏻♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋🏾♀️
Just print, cut, and staple them to small treat bags or seed packets for a quick classroom gift. They also work perfectly for Earth Day centers, school celebrations, or Arbor Day activities. 🌍
We often begin planning our Earth Day activities weeks in advance. These printable Earth Day bag toppers are a simple way to prepare small student gifts while also creating a classroom project our students can enjoy throughout the spring. By starting with seed packets on Earth Day, students can watch their plants grow and later take them home as a Mother’s Day gift! 🤓
A Simple Earth Day Classroom Project
One way we use these Earth Day bag toppers is to give each student a small packet of seeds on Earth Day.
Students can plant their seeds in cups or small containers and watch them grow in the classroom. Over the next few weeks, students care for their plants and observe how they grow.
Then, just in time for Mother’s Day, students can take their growing plant home as a thoughtful gift.
Why We Love Bag Toppers
I love bag toppers because they are so simple. Just print, cut, and fold over a bag. Then you can add anything inside the bag — a favorite treat, a small gift, or seeds for this Earth Day project.
They’re perfect for quickly making lots of class gifts.
These bag toppers work especially well during National Environmental Education Week, when we celebrate Earth Day on April 22 and Arbor Day on the last Friday in April.
Ways We Use These Earth Day Bag Toppers
• Earth Day classroom gifts
• seed packet giveaways
• Earth Day party favors
• Arbor Day activities
• environmental science celebrations
• Mother’s Day student gifts
Planting Seeds in the Classroom
Planting seeds is a classic Earth Day classroom activity. Students love watching their plants grow and learning how to care for them.
When choosing seeds for this project, look for plants that germinate quickly so students can see results within a few days.
Seeds that work well include:
- nasturtium
- grass
- marigold
- sunflower
- bean
- pumpkin
- lettuce
You can find helpful tips for planting seeds with students at Growing Plant Seeds with Kids or Craftulate. Many seeds will germinate faster if they are soaked in water overnight, so be sure to check the planting directions.
Easy Math Ideas While Plants Grow
If you decide to plant the seeds in your classroom, this activity also creates easy opportunities to connect Earth Day with math while students observe their plants growing.
Students can:
• measure plant height each week
• compare which plants are tallest or shortest
• create a simple class graph of plant growth
• measure how much water each plant receives
• estimate how tall their plant will grow
These small observations turn a simple planting activity into a meaningful learning experience.
If you’re planning more seasonal activities, you might also enjoy these spring math activities for elementary students.
How This Project Fits the Spring Calendar
This activity works beautifully with the spring classroom calendar:
Earth Day: Students receive their seed packets with the bag toppers.
Late April: Seeds are planted, and students observe plant growth.
Early May: Students measure and care for their plants.
Mother’s Day: Students take their growing plants home as gifts.
Assemble the Earth Day Bag Toppers
Making the bag toppers is very simple.
Just print them, cut them out ✂, and fold along the dotted line. I used a paper cutter to speed things up, but scissors work just as well. I printed mine on regular printer paper, but cardstock will make them more durable.
The toppers are just over 6 inches wide, which fits a sandwich bag nicely. Attach the topper to the bag using a mini stapler or double-sided tape.
Here’s what the finished Earth Day seed packet gifts look like.
Printable Preview
Here’s a quick preview of the printable pages you’ll receive.
Before You Go
I always love simple classroom projects like this. Students get excited about planting their seeds and watching them grow, and they feel proud when they take their plants home to share with someone special.
It’s a small activity, but it creates a meaningful connection between Earth Day, caring for plants, and celebrating the people they love.
More Earth Day Ideas
These are some Earth Day resources I think you and your kids will love as you talk about Use, Reuse, and Recycle. 🤓
And as always,
This post was updated in March 2026 with additional teaching tips and visuals.
