2nd and 3rd Grade Recycled Crafts Activities

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

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!

Valentine's Day is a great day to show loved ones how much you appreciate them, and this love bug craft is an adorably simple way to spread the love.

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

Celebrate the Presidents Day the creative way by constructing toilet paper tube figurines of a couple famous U.S. Presidents!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

Make unique and pretty bracelets using that all-purpose mainstay of crafts and home repair: duct tape!

All you need to put together this guitar is an old shoebox. Soon your kid will be rocking out while saving room in the landfill.

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

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

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

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.

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.

Instead of tossing old school supplies, turn them into a work of art and teach your kids how to find new uses for old things.

Let your fourth grader contribute to your 4th of July picnic with this creative caddy craft project.

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.

This Fourth of July, create some explosive colors on black paper for fun Fourth of July decorations!

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

This is the perfect recycling project for back to school! Your child will put all those extra paper bags to good use and assemble her own personal notepad.

Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

Learn how to make a mustache with these simple instructions. See how to make a mustache on a stick for Halloween, costume parties, or dress up.