Recycled Crafts

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

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.

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

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens.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

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.

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.

Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.

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

In this arts and crafts activity, work with your preschooler to transform a cardboard box into a puppet theater and put on your own puppet drama.

Take the plunge into handcrafting with this neat and tidy soap recipe. Here's how to create your own personalized soap.

This surprisingly good glue recipe comes from common kitchen items.

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!

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.

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

Help your fifth grader or middle school teenager transform spice tins into fridge magnets and pencil holders in this arts and crafts activity.

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

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.

These spaghetti ornaments take seconds to make and are a great addition to a tree, gift or window.

Help your little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

Explore African culture by helping your child make his very own djembe drum! Help your child explore music and rhythm as he celebrates Black History Month.

Show your teen how to live green by transforming old CD cases into drawer dividers and help her get organized in the process.

Outfit a pair of dark sunglasses with sneaky mirrors for eyes in the back of your head.

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!