The Earth Day Groceries Project is an easy, cost-free environmental awareness project that teams up youth and grocers to spread the message of Earth Day. To participate, teachers simply borrow paper grocery bags from a local grocery store.
Students decorate the bags with environmental messages about reuse, recycling, wildlife, etc.
The bags are then returned to the grocery store, and on Earth Day, April 22 of each year, customers receive their groceries along with the message that kids care about our environment in the decorated bags. Borrow Paper Bags. Contact a local grocery store that uses paper grocery bags. Decorate Paper Bags. Have students decorate the bags with the name of their school, friendly environmental messages, pictures of the earth, or a favorite natural resource.