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.

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

Celebrate Earth Day, or any day, by recycling an old CD and make a colorful, decorative fish!

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Help your child use an old water bottle and a few other household materials to make her own eco-friendly pal!

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

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

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

Make Frankenstein bolts for your trick-or-treater this Halloween. These homemade Frankenstein bolts make your child look just like the popular monster.

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.

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

Make your own Matryoshka out of simple craft materials in this easy how-to!

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.

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

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

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

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

Light up your home with this lightning bug craft that will keep glowing even after summer's gone!

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

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

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!

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Celebrate the 100th Day of School by making a collage frame that can showcase your childâs favorite piece of art.