1st and 2nd Grade Recycled Crafts Activities

Help your child channel his inner wizard with this crafty activity perfect for imaginative youngsters.

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

This Earth Day, create an adorable litter bug while learning about the importance of recycling.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

What better way to raise awareness about the environment than with an eco-friendly Earth-themed party? Get your party started with this step-by-step guide.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Ever wonder how those kooky kazoos work? Get to know the science behind this silly instrument by making your very own kazoo!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

Making these fabulous cupcake liner flowers is a great way to introduce your child to relief artwork and patterns.

This little bumble bee is the perfect springtime party table decoration and is great practice for pattern-making, folding and cutting.

Turn a boring lunch bag into a personalized suburban house. Your child will look forward to his lunch when he has the coolest bag house on the block!

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

In this easy and fun animal craft, make a cute pig nose using recycled egg cartons!

In this colorful craft, make an enchanting star card for a birthday, holiday, or just for fun with construction paper and foam sheets!

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Even your first grader can get involved in the lighting of the Kwanzaa Kinara with this clever flameless Kinara project!

Help your child organize her jewelry or hair bands with this pretty holder made from recycled materials. The finished holder also makes a great gift!

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

Discover what makes an alligator an alligator with this adorable and affordable alligator craft.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

2nd graders with some weaving experience can turn a gallon milk jug and plastic grocery bags into a functional basket.

These DIY coasters are an easy-peasy, activity for small hands to manage, and a good way to get ready for summer, when cold drinks abound.

There are a lot of ways to make decorative wreaths. This wreath uses cloth and egg carton flowers!

Use an old strawberry basket to create a decorative box for storing knickknacks, jewelry or odds and ends with this recycled craft.