Kindergarten and 1st Grade Recycled Crafts Educational Resources

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

Recycle your cereal boxes and engage your child's creativity with this fun arts and crafts project.

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

Music instruments can be expensive. Sidestep steep prices with this art project that uses recycled materials to create a melodious music maker!

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.

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.

Even your first grader can get involved in the lighting of the Kwanzaa Kinara with this clever flameless Kinara project!

Bring some winter fun into your home while your child practices her number matching skills with this adorable snowman math game.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Kids can put old magazines and unwanted clothing to good use by creating an Earth Day-themed multimedia collage in this eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

Maracas are most commonly found in music around the world. Introduce your child to percussion and rhythm with this easy-to-make instrument.

Make a candy wrapper collage with your leftover candy wrappers! This candy wrapper collage is a cool, upcycled post-Halloween craft project.

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Try a little eco-friendly crafting this Easter: turn lonely, misfit socks into bunny sculptures in this recycled arts and crafts activity.

Looking for a fun way to display photos? Give recycled objects a second life by turning them into a creative photo holder.

This children's menorah is a fun craft that lets your child celebrate Hanukkah while learning their ABCs. Make this children's menorah for the Festival of Lights.

Crafting a valentine mailbox is the perfect way to get your child ready for Valentine's Day. Now no heartfelt mail will get lost in the shuffle!

Does your child still want to play in the snow, even after he has to come inside? In this activity you'll build a snowman indoors!

Kids of all ages will delight in making these jumbo "cupcake" crayons from all of the broken crayon stubs that seem to pile up around the house.

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.

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

In this easy and fun animal craft, make a cute pig nose using recycled egg cartons!

Transform paper towel tubes into some great binoculars for imaginary playtime!

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

Make a roaring rocket ship toy out of a paper towel roll and some tissue paper.

Using just a deck of old playing cards and some general craft supplies, you can create a unique and fun Valentine's Day decoration that's made with love.