Kids love being creative and often we forget that we can recycle and re-purpose items we already own to create fun recycled crafts for kids. With a little creativity, you can create some unique and fun crafts together with your little ones. Here are 25 creative and unique crafts you can do with your kids using items you already have in your home.
I really want our kids to learn to recycle. On the website, Care to Recycle, I found some really great guidelines on how to teach them exactly what can and can not be recycled. I love this printable on Scholastic (you can print it here)
Recycled Crafts for kids
Kids love being creative and often we forget that we can recycle and re-purpose items we already own to create fun recycled crafts for kids. With a little creativity, you can create some unique and fun crafts together with your little ones. Here are 25 creative and unique crafts you can do with your kids using items you already have in your home.
I really want our kids to learn to recycle. On the website, Care to Recycle, I found some really great guidelines on how to teach them exactly what can and can not be recycled. I love this printable on Scholastic (you can print it here)
Care To Recycle®, a program of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc., provides creative new ways for parents to reimagine their recycling habits beyond the kitchen and into the bathroom, while engaging their children. It aims to teach the importance of recycling personal care products in the bathroom. Instead of viewing recycling as a chore, let’s teach our kids to it will make life better and have a lasting impact.
It worked out that we were talking about recycling, because today Mickey and Ethan were shopping and they brought me home gorgeous purple flowers. Well, Allie wanted some for her room, but I didn’t want her to have a glass vase, so we made one from a Johnson & Johnson purple bottle (we made her a green one, too).
id you know that a 2016 consumer survey on in-home recycling habits, conducted in partnership with Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc., shows that 60% of parents would be more likely to discuss recycling with their children if it was an activity they could do together and they had more creative, engaging ways to explain the impact of recycling? Pretty interesting! That is why I wanted to share these 25 ideas with you today!
1) Create a cute puzzle for your kids using craft sticks and old cards.
2) Something as simple as a gingerbread man mold can create fun with ice for kids to enjoy.
3) Use celery to create a beautiful flower painting.
4) How cute is this orange juice container turned into a bird feeder?!
5) Use a paper plate to make a cute wreath with your kids.
6) Broken crayons tend to constantly be in our home. What a great idea to turn these into a fun shaped crayon.
7) An old formula or coffee can is the perfect container to create a letter bucket for learning.
8) Coffee filters make the perfect tool to create some adorable butterflies.
9) Tin cans make the perfect bug for kids to create.
10) Toilet paper rolls can create so many things- one is an octopus. Perfect craft for an ocean themed week.
11) Have fun making an airplane using a toilet paper roll.
12) Use straws to create fun firework pictures.
13) An old egg carton makes the perfect ant for a little one to play with.
14) Use a milk jug to make a fun Easter bunny.
15) Make your own blocks using old baby food containers.
16) An oatmeal container and straws are perfect for creating a fine motor activity.
