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!

Recycled Napkin Rings

*Grades 3-5, *K-2, Crafts, Recycling

Recycled Photo Frame

Crafts, Holidays, Mother's Day, Recycling, Summer Camp

Scrap Wood Sculpture

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

Shaved Crayon Window Hangings

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

Little noisemaker shakers. KinderArt.com

Simple Noisemakers/Shakers

*Grades 3-5, *K-2, Crafts, Holidays, Musical Instruments, New Year's Eve, Recycling, Summer Camp

Snowglobes

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, Christmas, Crafts, Recycling, Winter

St. Patrick’s Day Snakes

*Grades 3-5, *K-2, Holidays, Recycling, Spring, St. Patrick's Day

Stamp Jars and Boxes

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

Tin Can Sculpture

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

Tin Punching

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, Crafts, Recycling

Twig Construction

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

Make a folk art book bag out of a pair of old denim jeans. KinderArt.com

Upcycled Denim Book Bag

Crafts, Holidays, Recycling, Summer Camp

Waste Not Picture Frame

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, *Grades 9-12, *K-2, Crafts, Recycling, Summer Camp

Waste Not Snowman

*Grades 3-5, *Grades 6-8, Crafts, Recycling, Winter

Water Bottle Flowers

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

Water Mist Globes

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

Woven Strawberry Basket

Crafts, Holidays, Mother's Day, Recycling

Wrapping Paper Collage

Recycling

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