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How to Make a Magic Wand

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How to Make a Magic Wand

Second Grade

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

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How to Make a Magic Wand

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How to Make a Magic Wand

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Pre-K

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Make a Cereal Box House

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Make a Cereal Box House

Kindergarten

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

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Make a Cereal Box House

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Make a Cereal Box House

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

Kindergarten

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New Year's Recycled Noisemakers

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New Year's Recycled Noisemakers

Pre-K

Help your child think outside the box as they create these festive noisemakers, a fun way to ring in the new year.

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New Year's Recycled Noisemakers

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New Year's Recycled Noisemakers

Help your child think outside the box as they create these festive noisemakers, a fun way to ring in the new year.

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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.

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.

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Make a Paper Bag Costume

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Make a Paper Bag Costume

Pre-K

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

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Make a Paper Bag Costume

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Make a Paper Bag Costume

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

Community and Culture

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

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

Kindergarten

Community and Culture

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Toilet Paper Roll Maracas

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Toilet Paper Roll Maracas

Kindergarten

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

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Toilet Paper Roll Maracas

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Toilet Paper Roll Maracas

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

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

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

Pre-K

Geometry

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Vinegar and Baking Soda Balloon

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Vinegar and Baking Soda Balloon

Third Grade

Physical Science

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

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Vinegar and Baking Soda Balloon

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Vinegar and Baking Soda Balloon

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

Third Grade

Physical Science

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Underwater I Spy Alphabet Bottle

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Underwater I Spy Alphabet Bottle

Pre-K

Alphabet

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.

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Underwater I Spy Alphabet Bottle

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Underwater I Spy Alphabet Bottle

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.

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

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

Third Grade

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How to Make a Paper Reindeer

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How to Make a Paper Reindeer

Pre-K

Let your child celebrate the season with this recycled craft that turns paper tubes into sweet reindeer ready to be filled with holiday goodies.

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How to Make a Paper Reindeer

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How to Make a Paper Reindeer

Let your child celebrate the season with this recycled craft that turns paper tubes into sweet reindeer ready to be filled with holiday goodies.

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.

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.

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

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

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

All you need to put together this guitar is an old shoebox. Soon your kid will be rocking out while saving room in the landfill.

All you need to put together this guitar is an old shoebox. Soon your kid will be rocking out while saving room in the landfill.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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

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

Pre-K

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Recycled Pencil Holder

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Recycled Pencil Holder

Fifth Grade

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

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Recycled Pencil Holder

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Recycled Pencil Holder

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

Fifth Grade

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Make a Kid-Friendly Egg Carton Kinara

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Make a Kid-Friendly Egg Carton Kinara

Kindergarten

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

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Make a Kid-Friendly Egg Carton Kinara

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Make a Kid-Friendly Egg Carton Kinara

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

Turn a boring lunch bag into a personalized suburban house. Your child will look forward to his lunch when he has the coolest bag house on the block!

Turn a boring lunch bag into a personalized suburban house. Your child will look forward to his lunch when he has the coolest bag house on the block!

Second Grade

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Recycle Paper Bags into Christmas Stockings

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Recycle Paper Bags into Christmas Stockings

Fourth Grade

This fun Christmas craft recycles paper bags to create personalized stockings by your kids to enjoy during the holidays.

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Recycle Paper Bags into Christmas Stockings

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Recycle Paper Bags into Christmas Stockings

This fun Christmas craft recycles paper bags to create personalized stockings by your kids to enjoy during the holidays.

Fourth Grade

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Make a Shekere Instrument

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Make a Shekere Instrument

Fourth Grade

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

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Make a Shekere Instrument

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Make a Shekere Instrument

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

Fourth Grade

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Write with a Quill Pen

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Write with a Quill Pen

Fifth Grade

History

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

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Write with a Quill Pen

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Write with a Quill Pen

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

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

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

Kindergarten

Numbers and Counting

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About Recycled Crafts Activities

On Education.com, recycled craft activities teach children how to create art and functional items using everyday waste materials like cardboard, plastic bottles, and egg cartons. These projects promote sustainability while encouraging creativity and fine motor skills. Examples include making bird feeders from milk cartons, creating mosaic art from bottle caps, and weaving mats from newspaper strips.

Parents and teachers can access recycled craft worksheets, step-by-step guides, printable templates, and project ideas on Education.com. These resources provide structured activities for different age groups, helping children learn about recycling, conserve materials, and develop DIY craftsmanship. The site offers education-focused tutorials that make projects manageable and fun.

This collection allows educators and parents to teach sustainability while engaging children in hands-on creative projects. By using printable templates and activity instructions, adults save time planning activities that reinforce reuse, creativity, and environmental awareness. Reinventing waste materials into useful objects or art helps students understand the value of conserving resources and problem-solving.

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