Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

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

Make these homemade friendship pencils for a party or the beginning of school and have a stylish writing utensil that kids will love trading.

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

Is it a bird? Is it Superman? No, it's your third grader's homemade miniature plane zooming across the room on a zip line.

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

Your fourth grader will hone his fine motor skills and learn to follow directions as he creates this recycled angel tree topper out of an ordinary soda bottle!

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens.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!

This Halloween, your child can make her very own jar light that will shine bright throughout the night!

Embrace the spooky and creepy thrills of Halloween night with a nightlight that will do more to frighten than soothe.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Make unique and pretty bracelets using that all-purpose mainstay of crafts and home repair: duct tape!

Teach your child how to accessorize the environmental way!

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

Light up your home with this lightning bug craft that will keep glowing even after summer's gone!

The elegance of a glitter vase will rival the flowers inside it! Help your child craft this artsy gift as a special gift for a loved one.

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 this paper mache gargoyle for a lesson in Medieval architecture and sculpture.

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

Is your child a nature nut with an eye for creative, green-friendly projects? Introduce them to this amazing DIY bird feeder!

If your kid looks like she needs a break from homework or something to work on during commercials, show her how to make a necklace of paper beads!

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

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Discover what makes an alligator an alligator with this adorable and affordable alligator craft.

Save money by having your tween rock these homemade jeggings, a good craft for a lazy afternoon.

This nutcracker soldier won't crack any nuts, but he will hide candies. Make a nutcracker soldier with your child this Christmas and have a cracking good time.

This zombie shirt is a fun and incredibly simple Halloween costume. Have your kid don the shirt lurch around the neighborhood searching for brains...or candy!

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

Upcycle an old dress shirt into artsy bow with just a few simple sewing techniques.

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