Showing Results for old

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Instead of tossing old school supplies, turn them into a work of art and teach your kids how to find new uses for old things.

Capture the past with this photo mobile that turns old photo negative strips into hanging art!

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

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Boost creativity with this simple activity where kids make up biographies of people they find in old magazines.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Use up your leftover hardboiled Easter eggs with our healthy, gourmet variations on an old classic: deviled eggs

Your child will look forward to lunchtime with this artistic reinterpretation of the same old cold lunch.

Re-purpose an old glass bottle into a cute vase using a few pieces of felt and a little imagination.

Re-use old plastic food containers to create these uniquely beautiful stepping stones to embed in your backyard!

With a few creases and crimps, you can turn regular old aluminum foil into tin foil art!

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Keep your child active this summer by transforming old milk jugs into scoops and newspaper into a ball with this exciting game of catch!

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

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.

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

Don't toss out those old tortillas! Your child can use them to create her own tortilla chips in any flavor she can imagine.

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.

Use an old strawberry basket to create a decorative box for storing knickknacks, jewelry or odds and ends with this recycled craft.

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

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.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Help your second grader make his own badminton set--out of your old pantyhose! He'll delight in his crafty independence, and you'll love saving money.

Celebrate Hanukkah the old-fashioned way with an oil lantern. This craft is a perfect opportunity to teach your child the history of this special holiday.

Make a personalized pillowcase for your third grader with his old-fashioned silhouette image. You won't be able to find these in stores!

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

Help your third grader craft a homemade version of this classic strategy game, using just an old egg carton and a few beads!

Oragami Christmas ornaments make a beautiful addition to your family's tree. Make origami Christmas ornaments out of old wrapping paper this holiday season.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!