Teach your 2nd grader the value of recycling with this fun arts and crafts activity: make a DIY painted bookcase or set of shelves!

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

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.

Create a one-of-a-kind lunchbox with your second grader using recycled materials and some down home ingenuity!

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!

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!

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

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

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

Re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your family's kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.

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.

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

2nd graders with some weaving experience can turn a gallon milk jug and plastic grocery bags into a functional basket.

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

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

Valentine's Day is a great day to show loved ones how much you appreciate them, and this love bug craft is an adorably simple way to spread the love.

Delight your second grader (and his best friend!) by showing him how to make a friendship collage jar project for someone special this holiday season.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

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.

Party noise makers help you ring in the New Year loud and proud. These party noise makers are eco-friendly and festive for your holiday celebration.

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

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.

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

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.

Learn how to make a mustache with these simple instructions. See how to make a mustache on a stick for Halloween, costume parties, or dress up.

Take a page from Art Nouveau master Gustav Klimt and compose a shining collage.

Ever wonder how those kooky kazoos work? Get to know the science behind this silly instrument by making your very own kazoo!

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

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.