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How to Make a Magic Wand

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How to Make a Magic Wand

Second Grade

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

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How to Make a Magic Wand

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How to Make a Magic Wand

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.

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

First Grade

Addition

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Make a Paper Bag Costume

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Make a Paper Bag Costume

Pre-K

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

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Make a Paper Bag Costume

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Make a Paper Bag Costume

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

Community and Culture

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

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

Kindergarten

Community and Culture

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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

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

This dreidel craft gets your child to make the spinning top out of a milk carton. Make an upcycled dreidel craft with your child this Hanukkah.

This dreidel craft gets your child to make the spinning top out of a milk carton. Make an upcycled dreidel craft with your child this Hanukkah.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Second Grade

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Create a Faux Stained Glass Vase

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Create a Faux Stained Glass Vase

Second Grade

Try this creative art project with your second grader to help him build up his fine motor skills and artistic awareness as he makes a faux stained glass vase.

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Create a Faux Stained Glass Vase

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Create a Faux Stained Glass Vase

Try this creative art project with your second grader to help him build up his fine motor skills and artistic awareness as he makes a faux stained glass vase.

Second Grade

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How to Celebrate Earth Day

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How to Celebrate Earth Day

Second Grade

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.

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How to Celebrate Earth Day

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How to Celebrate Earth Day

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.

Second Grade

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How to Make Your Own Paper

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How to Make Your Own Paper

Pre-K

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

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How to Make Your Own Paper

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How to Make Your Own Paper

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

Pre-K

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Build a Recycled Box City

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Build a Recycled Box City

Second Grade

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.

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Build a Recycled Box City

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Build a Recycled Box City

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.

Earth and Space Science

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

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

Second Grade

Earth and Space Science

Party noise makers help you ring in the New Year loud and proud. These party noise makers are eco-friendly and festive for your holiday celebration.

Party noise makers help you ring in the New Year loud and proud. These party noise makers are eco-friendly and festive for your holiday celebration.

Recycle bottles of different shapes and sizes to create a group of unique dolls that are as unique as the real people around you!

Recycle bottles of different shapes and sizes to create a group of unique dolls that are as unique as the real people around you!

Earth and Space Science

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Second Grade

Earth and Space Science

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Second Grade

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Strawberry Basket Craft

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Strawberry Basket Craft

Second Grade

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

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Strawberry Basket Craft

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Strawberry Basket Craft

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

Second Grade

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about 2nd grade recycled crafts activities

On Education.com, second-grade recycled crafts activities harness everyday items like paper towel rolls, plastic bottles, and yogurt containers to create fun and educational projects. These crafts introduce young children to recycling concepts while encouraging creativity through activities such as making bird feeders, rockets, or animal figurines. By engaging in paper, cardboard, and craft material-based projects, students learn about environmental responsibility in a tangible way.

Educators and parents can access a variety of printable resources and worksheets on Education.com that demonstrate how to transform recycled materials into inventive arts and crafts. The site provides step-by-step lesson plans, activity pages, and project ideas tailored for 2nd-grade learners, supporting both school and at-home learning.

Practitioners can use these recycled craft activities to teach foundational STEM and hands-on arts skills, while also fostering critical thinking and resourcefulness. Accessing these materials can simplify planning, save preparation time, and create engaging lessons that promote sustainability alongside creative expression.

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2nd Grade Recycled Crafts Activities

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