4th Grade Recycled Crafts Educational Resources

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Reuse old Christmas cards by showing your fourth grader how to weave strips of them together to create new and unique woven holiday cards!

Make this mason jar craft that looks like a glowing snowflake and works like a lantern!

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

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.

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.

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

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

Design and throw a boomerang in this exciting craft project!

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.

Create a paper jack-o'-lantern from upcycled paper bags and newspapers with this fun Halloween craft project!

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!

Pine cone centerpieces make for a festive and natural holiday decoration. Make a pine cone centerpiece to display on your table or mantelpiece.

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

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.

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

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

Your fourth grader will hone his fine motor skills and learn to follow directions as he creates this recycled angel tree topper out of an ordinary soda bottle!

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

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

Make your own picture frame! Show your fourth grader how to construct the an adorable, decorative picture frame for her favorite photo.

Discover a way to take old denim out of your child's closet without removing it from her life with this beautiful recycled craft.

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

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

Your child can twist and turn their way to creating a freestanding wire form! When they're done they can position and display their small statue wherever they want.