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!
Children love music as much as they enjoy making things. Why not join these two creative forces and make one or all of these fun and easy musical instruments to encourage play and creativity.
Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: ECE, Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School
Recycle an old cardboard egg carton into some Halloween craft fun with these ghosts in the graveyard.
Students will recycle egg cups and paper roll tubes.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Kids can make these wind chimes using items from the hardware store.
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.
Use paper rolls to make fun flowers that are perfect for serving eggs during Easter brunch.
You can make a cool flowerpot recipe holder. Perfect for Mother’s Day of for a favorite teacher.
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
Using a nylon stocking and some grass seed, your students will see how fast grass grows.
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
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
Students can make penguins using paper mache pulp and recycled drinking bottles.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
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
Students will use leaves and twigs to create leaf people.
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5
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
Make homemade Valentine’s Day messages using recycled items from around the house.
This is a lovely garden-inspired craft that teaches kids about recycling.
The KinderArt Club features standards-based art lessons which are designed to work in small or large group settings, with a range of ages (from 5 to 11 years). So, you don’t need to plan multiple activities, regardless of the grades you teach.
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