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.

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

Capture the past with this photo mobile that turns old photo negative strips into hanging art!

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

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!

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

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.

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.

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

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.

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

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

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

Re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your family's kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

Re-use old plastic food containers to create these uniquely beautiful stepping stones to embed in your backyard!

Get fashionable with this oh-so-easy, totally customizable washi tape bracelet craft.

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

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

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.