4th and 5th Grade Recycled Crafts Educational Resources

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

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

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 an empty cereal box into a teacher appreciation card in this eco-friendly craft project! 

Transform ordinary metal paper clips into wearable jewelry by adding beads and linking the clips together.

Your child can re-purpose any used (and cleaned) can into a colorful container to hold Dad's pens and pencils on his desk!

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

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

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.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

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

Don't throw out all those old artworks! Your child can transform them into a fun and exciting paper circle garland she can use for decorating her room.

Show your fourth grader how to embrace a green lifestyle and enjoy the outdoors with a homemade, recycled picnic basket.

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

Is your child a nature nut with an eye for creative, green-friendly projects? Introduce them to this amazing DIY bird feeder!

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.

Turn all those broken bits of plates, random buttons, or other odds and ends into a lovely flower pot for Mom on Mother's Day.

Repurpose those plastic shopping bags hiding in your house into a fun and exciting decoration your child can hang in her room!

This pet blanket is a perfect sewing project for your little gifter with a furry friend. Make a pet blanket with your child this holiday season.

Breathe new life into a battered old paperback with this creative book art craft that revolves around reading!

As school starts, there's no better time to get your kid off to a fresh, fun, organized start. Here's a desk craft for style-minded students!

This Halloween, your child can make her very own jar light that will shine bright throughout the night!

Your child can create a string wrapped headband to hold her hair back during the hot summer. Plus, it will re-purpose left over bits of string and thread!

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.

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

Help your child create a mosaic mirror frame that's a bit modern and a bit vintage at the same time. All she needs are a dollar store frame and an old CD!

Upcycle an old dress shirt into artsy bow with just a few simple sewing techniques.