Save time and money by creating recycled crafts with your kids. These 21 DIY craft activities are a great way to keep your kids entertained, while also teaching them about recycling and working on their fine motor skills.
These 21 DIY recycled crafts for kids are perfect for Earth Day. They use inexpensive items you probably already have in your home, heading for the recycle bin. Take a look at these creative ideas and enjoy crafting and teaching your kids at the same time!
Table of Contents You don't have to spend a lot of money to craft with your kids. In fact, you most likely have items around your house that you can recycle into fun crafts for your kids. Take a look at these super simple and inexpensive recycled crafts, and plan a craft day with your kiddos. If you are looking for a fun and easy activity to do at home with the kids, this is it! You can teach your kids how to recycle their old sketch paper and other scrap paper and create some homemade paper! It's really a cool process, and easier than you think to create. Upcycled your jumbo box of broken and worn down crayons by making these homemade star shaped crayons. They are always a hit with kiddos. This DIY floating pirate ship is both easy to make, and budget-friendly! It uses products you most likely have laying around your house, like a milk carton or K-Cups. This DIY sunflower kids craft is just adorable! You can use empty water bottles to make your own. Make cute flowers out of egg cartons. You can use them for math activities, or glue them on a canvas to create a bouquet too! Recycle those small lids, caps, bread tags, and other small items that could have been put in your recycling bin, and use them for a fun but Earth Day math activity! This easy Toy Story inspired craft will finally give you a reason to use all of those empty TP rolls your kids have been collecting! It's a great way to teach them about recycling, or a fun Earth Day craft. Make these DIY corn husk dolls with your kids for a fun recycling idea. They are super simple to make and a great activity that's inexpensive too! This simple and too cute kids craft is perfect for all those left over egg cartons! The kids will get such a kick out of making their own little boat. Recycle a diaper box into his easy DIY Ball Drop Box for Babies. This is an easy DIY project that also helps to develop baby’s fine motor skills while using materials you already have at home! Use the free face template to make this fun set of adorable woodland animal recycled plastic bottle planters. Wouldn't these make a fun gift for teachers, or mother's day? Use a recycled box to make this fun, hands-on letter match activity. It's a great way to work on fine motor skills with toddlers and preschoolers. Make this quick and easy Summer Craft for Kids, or Back to School activity! These DIY Melon Pencil Holder and Pineapple Pencil Holder are absolutely adorable! Save those empty tin cans. How many times do you find an unmatched sock? Rather than throw it out, make sock puppets! Then you can have a little puppet show with them. Easy and inexpensive recycled crafts are the best! Cotton ball crafts are simple and inexpensive, and this cotton ball flower painting is so pretty! The kids will use colored water and eye droppers, which is a fantastic fine motor activity for little hands! This giant nail salon for toddlers, preschoolers, and even older kids, is an easy way to entertain kids indoors using a recycled cardboard box. We love to use newspaper for crafting, and this DIY newspaper koala kids craft is just darling. Repurposing, Reusing, Recycling – it’s so easy to apply these principles in crafting with kids! Take a look at these fun repurposed packaging boxes into robots! The kids will love to make these! Cereal Box Magnetic Tile Puzzles is a fun twist on this super easy classic. This DIY puzzle makes for a great distraction for your little one while you make dinner, or finish your coffee. They can put it together on the fridge, or dishwasher. Not only is this story prop cute, but it's also eco-friendly. It's made from just one recycled item, making it a fun & frugal craft to make. Reusing materials that you already have at home, at no cost , to make these plastic bottle caps activity for kids. It's a quick and easy apple search that makes for a perfect rainy day activity. Recycled Crafts For Kids
Summer Pencil Holders - Red Ted Art - Make crafting with kids easy & fun
Classic Sock Puppet Craft for Kids - Make crafting with kids easy & fun
