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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Outfit a pair of dark sunglasses with sneaky mirrors for eyes in the back of your head.

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.

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

This surprisingly good glue recipe comes from common kitchen items.

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.

Embrace the spooky and creepy thrills of Halloween night with a nightlight that will do more to frighten than soothe.

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.

No need to head to the toy store for her next stuffed animal once she has the skills to create her own!

There's no better way to show mom you love her than with the tried and true breakfast in bed routine. Make whole wheat waffles along with a vase just for mom.

Make use of your family's leftover Christmas cards and wrapping paper with a colorful letter craft activity!

Is it a bird? Is it Superman? No, it's your third grader's homemade miniature plane zooming across the room on a zip line.

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.

Re-purpose an old glass bottle into a cute vase using a few pieces of felt and a little imagination.