Preschool - 3rd Grade Recycled Crafts Educational Resources

Help your child channel his inner wizard with this crafty activity perfect for imaginative youngsters.

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.

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.

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

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

Reuse and recycle your CDs by having your kid turn them into colorful, eye-popping suncatchers.

There's no need to buy musical instruments when you can make your own castanets in less time than it takes to click your way through a percussive song.

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

Preschoolers can ply their creativity making recycled egg carton masks in this clever eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

Reuse the tops of tissue boxes as photo frames for treasured family photos in this fun craft activity.

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

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

Transform a paper coffee cup into an adorable Easter bunny gift basket in this second grade arts and crafts activity.

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.

This little bumble bee is the perfect springtime party table decoration and is great practice for pattern-making, folding and cutting.

This Earth Day, create an adorable litter bug while learning about the importance of recycling.

Have your kid create DIY abstract art Easter decorations worthy of a spot at the Smithsonian!

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

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

This school bus is easy to make, and all you need are some common household items.

Transform a brown paper grocery bag into a hat in this arts and crafts activity!

Your preschooler will strengthen his fine motor skills by cutting, painting, and drawing as he creates a crafty caterpillar out of an egg carton.

Your child will make her mark on the world with unique homemade ink stamps.

Building a rocket ship is a great way for kids to learn about measuring and construction. It'll fuel their creative side too!

Tap into your child's imagination while creating magic water bottles by filling a bottle with objects that they can search for and locate.

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

Melted crayon art is all the rage right now. It's simple, inexpensive, and there's no wrong way to do it!

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.