If you're trying to teach your child about waste and its impact on the environment, why not repurpose a plastic milk jug and make your own sandwich container?

This dreidel craft gets your child to make the spinning top out of a milk carton. Make an upcycled dreidel craft with your child this Hanukkah.

Help your child learn how to protect the environment by creating a useful reference for the family with this recycling poster.

Playhouses can be expensive, and they take up so much space. Why not make your own collapsible playhouse instead?

If you have a young child who loves physical stunts, try making these coffee-can stilts for backyard fun.

Recycle bottles of different shapes and sizes to create a group of unique dolls that are as unique as the real people around you!

Give items that usually get tossed in the trash a second life with this green arts and crafts activity for kindergarteners. Make a milk carton train engine!

Celebrate Earth Day, or any day, by recycling an old CD and make a colorful, decorative fish!

Create a one-of-a-kind lunchbox with your second grader using recycled materials and some down home ingenuity!

Looking for something to do on a slow afternoon? Try cornhole, a simple and fun tossing game. Make your own set with a few things from the recycling bin.

Celebrate the 100th Day of School by making a collage frame that can showcase your childâs favorite piece of art.

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

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

In this arts and crafts activity, work with your preschooler to transform a cardboard box into a puppet theater and put on your own puppet drama.

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

2nd graders with some weaving experience can turn a gallon milk jug and plastic grocery bags into a functional basket.

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!

Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

Want to reuse materials that would otherwise get tossed in the trash? Show your third grader how to get crafty with old newspaper and fabric.

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.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Thiscuddly stuffed animal is made from just a few materials, including your recycled stockings.

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, count backwards from ten and then BLAST-OFF!

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

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

Recycle an old soda bottle into a beautiful, functional soap dish! In this project your child will practice saving the environment in a proactive way.

Turn leftover puzzle pieces into a one-of-a-kind necklace that's sure to brighten any outfit.

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

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

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?