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Recycling Crafts for Kids

Creative recycling crafts and activities, reusing common materials, promoting eco-friendly and inexpensive projects for kids, classrooms, and children's youth groups.

Reuse Plastic Bottles

Use plastic bottles and bottle caps for creative crafts, games and decorations.

bottle fish

Bottle Fish Mobile
Vibrant fish mobile made from plastic bottles.

soda dome

Soda Bottle Dome
Create a floral dome from a recycled pop bottle.

cap magnet

Bottle Cap Magnet
Make a flowered fridge magnet from bottle caps.

bottle tee

Bottle Print Tee
Print flowers on a t-shirt with a soda bottle!

bottle butterfly

Pop Bottle Butterflies
Butterflies from pop bottle plastic.

bottle cap ornament

Bottle Cap Ornament
Make a Christmas ornament from plastic bottle caps.

Recycle Containers

Creative reuses for tin cans, plastic and cardboard tubes, milk cartons and other containers.

photo pencil holder

Photo Pencil Holder
Print photos on sticker paper to decorate a recycled pencil container.

dads pencilbox

Dad's Pencil Holder
Tin can pencil holder with faux leather finish.

dads pencilbox

Popsicle Stick Pen Holder
Cover a container with popsicle sticks; paint and add pens.

cans

Tin Can Storage
Recycle tin cans for art supply storage.

Milk Carton Bird Feeder
Reuse a milk or juice carton as a backyard bird feeder.

pringle bunny

Pringle Can Bunny
Recycle a potato chip can into an Easter bunny.

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M&M Lip Balm Necklace
Keep lip balm in an empty candy container necklace.

tube scarecrow

Cardboard Craft Projects
We have a whole page of projects based on cardboard recycling.

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Paper Snow Globe
Make a snowy confetti scene in a clear plastic container.

Recycle Oddments

Find a use for those odd bits and pieces lying around.

dryer sheet butterflies craft

Dryer Sheet Butterflies
Recycle dryer sheets to make this butterfly magnet kid's craft.

dryer sheetflowers

Dryer Sheet Flowers
Used dryer sheets flower bouquet.

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Packing Peanut Necklace
Patriotic necklace made from packing peanuts.

butteryfly

Ribbon Butterfly Magnet Note Holder
Let the kids use your ribbon remnants!

corker

Corker Knitting Spool
Make a corker knitting spool and learn the art of corking.

crayons-molded

Recycle Wax Crayons
Reuse old crayons to make new ones; recycled wax fire starters.

cdbunny

Recycled CD Bunny Bunny memo board made from a CD.

timmy turtle cd

Timmy CD Turtle
Transform an old CD into a turtle fridge magnet!

cd-snowman

CD Snowman
Recycled juice can lid and CD snowman.

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