Preschool - 5th Grade Recycled Crafts Educational Resources

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

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

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.

Engage your preschool children's senses by discovering nature and geography on a walk through the neighborhood.

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.

Celebrate the Presidents Day the creative way by constructing toilet paper tube figurines of a couple famous U.S. Presidents!

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

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

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

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

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

Help your little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

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

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.

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

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

Explore African culture by helping your child make his very own djembe drum! Help your child explore music and rhythm as he celebrates Black History Month.

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

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.

In this colorful craft, make an enchanting star card for a birthday, holiday, or just for fun with construction paper and foam sheets!

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 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!

These spaghetti ornaments take seconds to make and are a great addition to a tree, gift or window.

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

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!

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

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.