1st - 5th 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.

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.

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

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

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

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

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

Have your kid create DIY abstract art Easter decorations worthy of a spot at the Smithsonian!

Transform a brown paper grocery bag into a hat in this arts and crafts activity!

Your child will make her mark on the world with unique homemade ink stamps.

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

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.

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.

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

Make this mason jar craft that looks like a glowing snowflake and works like a lantern!

Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.

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

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

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

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

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

Everyone loves homemade cookies, but have you ever thought about making the cookie cutters at home? Here's some instructions for making homemade cookie cutters.

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

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

Using an empty plastic bottle, your child can create a newfangled version of this African percussion instrument.

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