3rd and 4th Grade Recycled Crafts Educational Resources

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. 

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

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

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.

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 fun Christmas craft recycles paper bags to create personalized stockings by your kids to enjoy during the holidays.

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

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.

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

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

Celebrate Earth Day by making colorful animal sculptures using recycled materials from around the house in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.

Would your child like to learn about a hidden world? All she needs to do is open her box of markers!

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

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

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

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

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

Rid your family of that pile of old Christmas cards once and for all! Show your child how to create a nifty 8-sided ornament using his favorite holiday images.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

Music is all around us. Bring some melody into your home with a hand-crafted door harp.

It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.

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

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

Few architectural features are as recognizable as the Russian onion dome. In this project, your kid will recreate the striking beauty of this roof-top marvel.

Save up your paper rolls to help your child create an upcycled craft that looks just like iron work!

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.

Ask your fourth grader to jazz up the family kitchen by creating this adorable clothespin giraffe to sit on the counter and hold recipe cards.

Design and throw a boomerang in this exciting craft project!