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Earth Day 2025: Best Earth Day Activities in New Jersey for Kids

Head over to the Cape May County Park and Zoo for a day of Earth-friendly fun. Photo by Lisa Warden
Head over to the Cape May County Park and Zoo for a day of Earth-friendly fun. Photo by Lisa Warden
4/11/25 - By Laurie Rein

Happy Earth Day to you, New Jersey! This year, Earth Day falls on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, and parties for our planet take place on the adjacent weekends throughout the state. Families can learn how to protect the Earth through hands-on demonstrations and activities such as environmental-themed crafts, green vendor markets, food, petting zoos, and more.

From a scavenger hunt and amusements at Cape May County Park & Zoo to local bands and crafts in Hoboken, experience Earth Day at these fun and mostly FREE events throughout New Jersey.

Find more events and April holiday celebrations in our New Jersey Events Calendar. 

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Earth Day 2025 Activities in New Jersey for Kids

Earth Day Festival in Clifton

Clifton – FREE
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Celebrate the Earth at City Green's Earth Day Festival. Stop by the farm's Eco-Center for nature, crafts, gardening lessons, giveaways, raffles and more. READ MORE

Pitman Community Earth Day 2025

Pitman – FREE
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Gather at Betty Park for a Waterpalooza Earth Day. This year's festivities are all about water, including the ways we enjoy it for fun and what we can do to protect it. There are activities for the whole family and plant and tree giveaways.  READ MORE

Cape May Earth Day Celebration

Cape May – FREE
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Head over to the Cape May County Park and Zoo for a day of Earth-friendly fun, featuring educational exhibits, children’s amusements, live entertainment, environmental eco-shops, and a scavenger hunt.  This year's theme is Seas the Moment: Protect Our Oceans. READ MORE

Earth Day Open House at Huber Woods Environmental Center

Middletown – FREE
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Families and friends of all ages are invited to celebrate Earth Day at Huber Woods Environmental Center. Events include live animal displays, guided nature walks, talks, and crafts. READ MORE

Earth Day & Ecosystems Family Event at New Jersey State Museum

Trenton – FREE
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Celebrate Earth Day and the new exhibition Ecosystems at Risk: Threatened and Endangered in New Jersey with free hands-on activities, talks, urban bird watching (weather permitting), and more with museum curators and other guests. READ MORE

Point Pleasant Borough Earth Day

Point Pleasant – FREE
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Music, rides, a petting zoo, vendor market and more are all part of the fun at this Earth Day festival. Learn about the environment through educational displays, and peruse the vendors market for green products and ideas.  READ MORE

ACUA Earth Day Festival

Egg Harbor Township – FREE
Sunday, April 27, 2025
ACUA Environmental Park hosts an Earth Day festival with fun and educational activities. More than 150 vendors, food trucks, and exhibitors join the celebration. READ MORE

Union County's Wild Earth Fest

Mountainside
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Families are invited to Trailside Nature & Science Center for an outdoor event that features live animal demonstrations, educational displays, music, food, and more. READ MORE

Earth Day Celebration at The New Weis Center

Ringwood – FREE
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Stop by this free Earth Day celebration featuring crafts, games, and fun activities like forest bathing, a bird walk, and a geology hike. READ MORE

Earth Day Celebration & Music Festival in Hoboken

Hoboken – FREE
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Honor Earth Day at this family-friendly, open-air event, which features music from local bands, delicious food trucks, live animal encounters, upcycled arts and crafts, fitness demos, and eco-friendly vendors showcasing their products. READ MORE

Party Like It’s Your Earth Day Celebration at Morven Museum & Garden

Princeton – FREE
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Join Sustainable Princeton and Morven Museum & Garden for a day of sustainable, Earth-friendly fun. Enjoy yoga, music, garden tours and more. READ MORE

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Laurie Rein
Laurie Rein is passionate about finding fun (especially free!) activities for her twin daughters. Before joining Mommy Poppins New Jersey, Laurie worked in the television industry, with roles as an NBC page, copywriter, affiliate liaison for The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and research manager for CBS.
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