Egg Cup Flowers
Students will recycle egg cups and paper roll tubes.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Recycling and Upcycling Art Ideas
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!
Father’s Day Wind Chimes
Kids can make these wind chimes using items from the hardware store.
Find Amazing Recycling Ideas on Kuttlefish
At the heart of Kuttlefish is the basic idea that reusing or recycling a material is good – that materials are worth something, even after they are thrown away. Find out all about them, here.
Flower Pot Recipe Holder
You can make a cool flowerpot recipe holder. Perfect for Mother’s Day of for a favorite teacher.
Garden Shed Drum
Learn how to make a dumbek or conga drum with materials from your garden shed.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
Grass Head Guy
Using a nylon stocking and some grass seed, your students will see how fast grass grows.
Ice Cream Stick Dolls
Your kids will love creating these little characters and they’ll have loads of imaginary fun playing with them too!
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Invention Convention
Students will discover Leonardo da Vinci’s inventive ideas as they invent a new machine for the 21st century.
Ages: 8-11 yrs
Grades: Grades 3-5
Levels: Junior
Juice Bottle Penguin Sculptures
Students can make penguins using paper mache pulp and recycled drinking bottles.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Kids Art Note Cards
You can recycle children’s artwork to create one of a kind note cards.
Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: ECE, Primary, Junior, Middle School
Leaf People
Students will use leaves and twigs to create leaf people.
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5
Louise Nevelson Assemblages
Students will discover the art of Louise Nevelson as they enjoy making art out of recycled materials, or “junk”.
Ages: 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Junior, Middle School, High School
Love Notes Kids Can Make
Make homemade Valentine’s Day messages using recycled items from around the house.
Magazine Mosaic Pot
This is a lovely garden-inspired craft that teaches kids about recycling.
Magazine Mosaics
Students will use torn and cut up pieces of magazine pages to create colorful (and in some cases, complex) paper mosaics.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
Make a Chinese Gong
A gong is an East and South East Asian musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat metal disc which is hit with a mallet. Find out how to make one using simple, household materials.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School
Make a Didgeridoo
Make a didgeridoo using plumbing pipe or wrapping paper tubes.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
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