Preschool - 5th Grade Recycled Crafts Educational Resources

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

What better way to raise awareness about the environment than with an eco-friendly Earth-themed party? Get your party started with this step-by-step guide.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Celebrate Earth Day with a decorative tree made out of strictly reused and recycled materials.

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

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.

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.

Show your fourth grader how to embrace a green lifestyle and enjoy the outdoors with a homemade, recycled picnic basket.

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

Making these fabulous cupcake liner flowers is a great way to introduce your child to relief artwork and patterns.

Instead of painting a picture of a whale, let your preschooler make their own whale toy using a paper bag and some recycled art supplies.

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

Show your kindergartener how to craft a pretty Mother's Day jewelry box that's fit for the baubles of a queen (or at least an extra special mom)!

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

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

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.

Want to build some homemade instruments? These maracas make a racket, and they couldn't be easier to make...

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

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.

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

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!

Help your child use an old water bottle and a few other household materials to make her own eco-friendly pal!