4th and 5th Grade Recycled Crafts Activities

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens.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!

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

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

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.

Show your love of nature with this pretty vase made with vines. It will be perfect for holding a floral bouquet!

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!

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.

Recycle paper and old magazines with this art project that creates a great tool for artists: a color wheel!

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.

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

Design and throw a boomerang in this exciting craft project!

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.

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!

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.

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

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.

If your kid looks like she needs a break from homework or something to work on during commercials, show her how to make a necklace of paper beads!

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

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