Earth Day 2026 with CBeebies

Earth Day takes place on Wednesday 22 April 2026. It’s an annual event celebrated around the world, bringing people together to take action and protect our planet. In the CBeebies Earth Day page you'll find a collection of activities to help you and your little ones explore environmental issues, from reducing waste to supporting wildlife. You’ll find craft ideas, animal colouring sheets, video clips, and games you can enjoy together, all focused on discovering more about our incredible planet.

Make it an eco-mission 💚

How to get kids recycling. Newsletter
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Junk Rescue
Go on your own Eco Quest. Video
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Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest

Protect our planet episodes on BBC iPlayer 💚

Hey Duggee. Special Badges, Loving the Green Planet Badge. Video, 3 minutes
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Grace's Amazing Machines. Series 4, Recycling Machines. Video, 14 minutes
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Nick Cope's Popcast. Series 3, It's All Our Planet. Video, 7 minutes
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Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest. Series 1, Allotments. Video, 13 minutes
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Get garden curious 🌻

What plant should I grow next quiz. Activity
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Fun ways to start gardening with your child. Interactive
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What’s in Your Plant Pot?
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I Can Grow It
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The Green Planet Badge quiz. Activity
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Hey Duggee
Octonauts Ocean Adventures Game
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Octonauts
Guide to wildlife spotting in the UK. Video
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Garden Tales
Tee and Mo: Our Little World. Game
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Tee and Mo
Baby Animals. Video
Tee and Mo: Help Our Little World Song. Video
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Tee and Mo
Animal Colouring Sheets. Interactive
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Andy's Wild Adventures
Animals in the Galapagos Islands. Video
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My Pet and Me

Recycled crafts and DIYs

Build your own robot Interactive
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Plastic – ugh! To plastic wow! Interactive
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Junk Rescue
Make a simple jigsaw. Interactive
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Maddie's Do You Know?

Discover the animal of Puffin Rock 🐧

Puffin Rock sing-along 'Every Single Day' song. Video
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Puffin Rock Bedtime sticker book. Activity
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Puffin Rock
Puffin Rock Jigsaw. Activity
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Puffin Rock
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Fun facts about your favourite animals

Fact File: Ring-tailed lemur Video
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Go Wild
Fact File: Bats. Video
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Go Wild
Fact File: Rhinos. Video
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Go Wild
Fact File: Giraffes. Video
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Go Wild

Free animal games on CBeebies 🐣

A Year On Your Farm game. Game
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Down on the Farm
My Pet Friends game. Game
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My Pet and Me
Hey Duggee Squirrel Club Quest game. Game
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Dog Squad: Mission Alert! game. Game
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Dog Squad
Peter Rabbit Hop To It game. Game
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Green ideas to try with your kids 🌽

Grow Vegetable Scraps. Interactive
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Down on the Farm
Grow herbs together at home. Interactive
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Down on the Farm

Animal-tastic CBeebies Bedtime Stories

CBeebies Bedtime Stories. A-E, Billie Eilish - This Moose Belongs to Me. Video, 4 minutes
Singer-songwriter Billie Eilish reads This Moose Belongs to Me.
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. P-T, Sampha - Heavy Metal Badger. Video, 5 minutes
Rock with Sampha at Glastonbury as he reads a Bedtime Story all about a Heavy Metal Badger
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. P-T, Eddie Redmayne - Big Little Hippo. Video, 2 minutes
Eddie Redmayne reminds us that you don't have to be big to feel important
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. F-J, Celia Imrie - A Busy Day for Birds. Video, 3 minutes
Flap, hop, peck and sing along with this Bedtime Story about a bird’s busy day.
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. K-O, Jason Momoa - Tiddler. Video, 6 minutes
Join Jason Momoa for the mighty tale of a tiny fish and his tall tales.
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. K-O, Scott Mills - What Makes a Lemur Listen. Video, 6 minutes
Join BBC Radio 2 DJ Scott Mills for a story about a lovable lemur who learns to listen.
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. K-O, Vicky McClure - Augustus and His Smile. Video, 2 minutes
Vicky McClure reads a Bedtime Story about a tiger on the hunt for his lost smile.
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. F-J, Chris Hoy - The Squirrels Who Squabbled. Video, 5 minutes
Join Chris Hoy for an action-packed story about two squirrels chasing a juicy pine cone.
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. F-J, Dave Grohl - Octopus's Garden. Video, 2 minutes
Dave Grohl takes us on an underwater adventure to the Octopus's Garden.
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. A-E, Luke Evans - The Secret Life of a Tiger. Video, 5 minutes
Luke Evans reads a Bedtime Story about Tiger, who reveals his secret life in the jungle
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. A-E, Steve Backshall - The Ugly Five. Video, 7 minutes
Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall reads the classic story of The Ugly Five.
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. A-E, Idris Elba - Hedgehog's Balloon. Video, 4 minutes
Idris Elba reads a Bedtime Story about Percy the Park Keeper helping a hedgehog have fun.
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. F-J, Mo Gilligan - My Dad Is a Grizzly Bear. Video, 4 minutes
Mo Gilligan reads a funny Bedtime Story about a very hairy and very bear-y dad!
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories. P-T, Louis Theroux - Peggy the Always Sorry Pigeon. Video, 6 minutes
Louis Theroux tells the story of Peggy, the pigeon who can't stop saying sorry
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