Recycling

Find inspiration in the recycle bin as you learn how to make musical instruments from flower pots, gargoyles from coffee trays and relief carvings from drywall. These lesson plans and ideas will inspire you to reduce, reuse and recycle!

Coffee Filter Butterflies (with tissue paper or food coloring)

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *K-2, *Preschool, Crafts, Recycling, Summer Camp

Shaved Crayon Window Hangings

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, Crafts, Printmaking, Recycling

Louise Nevelson Assemblages

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, Art History, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Bean Mosaics

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *K-2, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Clothespeg Dragonfly Sculpture

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *K-2, Crafts, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Coffee Tray Gargoyles

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, *K-2, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Maracas (Recycled Objects)

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, *K-2, *Preschool, Cinco De Mayo, Crafts, Mardi Gras Crafts, Multicultural Art, Musical Instruments, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Maracas (Paper Cups)

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *K-2, *Preschool, Cinco De Mayo, Crafts, Mardi Gras Crafts, Multicultural Art, Musical Instruments, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Media Collages

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, *K-2, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Juice bottle penguin art lesson plan. KinderArt.com.

Juice Bottle Penguin Sculptures

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *K-2, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Pumpkin Seed Mosaics

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, *K-2, Art History, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Scrap Wood Sculpture

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, *K-2, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Tin Can Sculpture

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Chinese Gong

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, Crafts, Multicultural Art, Musical Instruments, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Harp Box

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *K-2, Musical Instruments, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Make a Sticker Shekere

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *K-2, Multicultural Art, Musical Instruments, Recycling, Sculpture/Collage

Grass Head Guy

*Grades 3-5, *K-2, Crafts, Earth Day, Recycling, S.T.E.M., Spring, Summer Camp

Water Mist Globes

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *K-2, *Preschool, Earth Day, Painting, Recycling, S.T.E.M.

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