3rd Grade Recycled Crafts Activities

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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

Make beautiful print block art with your kids using recycled materials.

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.

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

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

Have your child create a project that combines the beauty of Japanese cherry blossoms with the eco-friendly fun of a recycled craft.

Brighten up the life lessons with a colorful and fun reward jar!

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Make your own wrapping paper with some materials from around the house. Try to make your own wrapping paper this year for a unique presentation for your gifts.

Your child will have a blast making art on a mini-canvas using rolls of washi tape. The finished product is lovely piece of art to hang on the wall.

In this activity, kids learn a little about Japanese culture by making their own windsock in the shape of a koi fish.