Preschool Recycled Crafts Learning Resources

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

Create colorful paintings using the turntable on an old record player, and help your child experiment with color and movement!

Whether your child wants to be a cowboy or a princess, this homemade horse prop is perfect to use in all sorts of imaginative play!

Make necklaces, bracelets, belts, or garlands in this simple and fun activity that recycles old objects and let's your child make one-of-a-kind pieces of 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!

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your preschool child busy, while helping her recognize letters in a creative way.

In this activity, you'll find out an easy way to make your own pretend potato -- out of an old pair of stockings!

Let your preschooler feel like a real chef by helping him create his very own chef's hat!

Melted crayon art is all the rage right now. It's simple, inexpensive, and there's no wrong way to do it!

Save money and get creative by helping your preschooler create and make her own unique sketchbook to put her art in.

Craft a pirate telescope using an old paper towel roll, and get ready for some goofy pirate adventures!

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.

Your child may have fallen in love with certain brand-name trains, but it's just as much fun to make your own - and a whole lot cheaper. Here's how.

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.

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.

Make homemade potpourri out of roses with your child!

Use the activity below to help your child create bath salts as she observes how a solid changes when placed into a liquid.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

This year on Dad's day, here's a creative gift that your child can make using simple materials, some of them even recycled.

This adorable toy is fun to play with and easy to make. Even better, you should be able to find all the materials you need lying around your house.

Explore the changing seasons with your preschooler by helping her create a cork-stamped masterpiece.

This school bus is easy to make, and all you need are some common household items.

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

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