15 Recycled Crafts for Kids That Are Easy and Fun for Earth Day

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Making crafts with your children is always enjoyable, especially if you use materials directly out of your recycling bin. We’re sharing our favourite recycled crafts for kids that are easy, distinctive, and excellent for keeping your kids amused at home in honour of Earth Day and our love for the world.

Our easy-to-make crafts, which include everything from toilet paper roll fish to water bottle fish to cork bottle bugs to egg carton flowers, are great for encouraging your child’s creativity and educating them about climate change (and how to have a positive impact on the environment). Additionally, don’t fret about going overboard on craft supplies. The materials required are adaptable; a few examples include glass, plastic, and cardboard.

1.Accordion Paper Flowers

Making these paper flowers is enjoyable and full of colour. Before completing the instructions below, download these templates (available in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colours).

1. Using the first design, cut out 4 pieces of yellow or white paper (depending on the colour of daffodil you desire).

2.Fold the paper in half both vertically and horizontally, then unfold it once again. The bottom should be rolled up and wrinkled along about 14″.

3. To make an accordion, flip the paper over and fold all the way up.

4. Double-sided tape should be used to join the two central sections of the accordion-folded paper after it has been folded in half.

5. With the remaining 3 pieces of paper, repeat steps 2-4.

6. To form a floral shape, join all 4 with a strip of double-sided tape.

7. Cut out a rectangle of orange paper about 2″ x 1.5″ and cut little points on one of the long edges.

8. The bottom edge of the rectangle should be folded down to produce a flat bottom before rolling the rectangle loosely into a tube form and joining with a small piece of double-sided tape.

9. To complete your daffodil, glue the tiny cup you constructed into its centre.

2.Window Frame Organizer

Organise your entryway with a window frame that was headed for the trash. Paint the frame with your children’s aid in their favourite colour, then add utilitarian DIY touches like tiny hooks for keys and small accessories.

3.Egg Carton Flowers

These vibrant flowers only need a few supplies, including egg cartons, and will stay longer than real ones.

4.Paper Flowers

Your young children will love crafting paper flowers to decorate their rooms. To make, instruct the kids to fold coloured cupcake liners in half before cutting off petals and fringe. Then, twist the artificial flower stamen with a piece of floral wire that has been folded in half. Three to four paper liners should have their centres punctured by the wire. Finish it off by bringing floral tape all the way down the stem and wrapping it around the base of the liner.

5. Recycled Robot

Allow your children to look through the recycling bins for components to build their own robots. They can choose the robot parts they want from a collection that includes cardboard, tissue paper rolls, canisters, and containers.

6.Toilet Paper Roll Bird Feeder

Going bird watching in the spring is a lovely experience. With a DIY bird feeder, you can attract birds to your backyard.

7.Tin Can Planter

After transforming a standard tin can into a goofy planter, teach your children how to grow and take care of succulents.

8.Bottle Cap Horse

Invite your children to make their own DIY horse out of the bottle caps you’ve been saving. If you don’t have enough caps for this assignment, you can also buy some.

9.Wine Cork Giraffes

Bring the animals directly to your youngster if the zoo is their favourite place to go! Your child can use a variety of wine corks to create their very own little and tall giraffes.

10.Earth-Shaped Crayons

Bring the animals to your youngster immediately if the zoo is their favourite place to be! With a variety of wine corks, your child can create their very own miniature and tall giraffes.

11.Juice Jug Rocket

You won’t believe it, but an empty bottle of apple juice was used to make this rocket. Give youngsters the flexibility to turn any empty juice, water, or soda bottles in the house into rockets.

12.Mini Lid Banjos

It takes less than ten minutes to make these little banjos. Even though they have a gentle sound, they are nonetheless adorable crafts that youngsters can do.

13.Water Bottle Flowers

Your kids may use pom poms, construction paper, and straws to transform your pack of empty water bottles into vibrant flowers rather than throwing them away when they’re empty.

14. DIY Terrarium

With this easy-to-make terrarium made of paper and a plastic cup, you may cultivate your child’s green thumb from an early age.

15.Tin Can Wind Chimes

Tin cans and washers can be used to create wind chimes by you and your children. To experiment with a variety of noises, use washers and tin cans of various sizes.With this easy-to-make terrarium made of paper and a plastic cup, you may cultivate your child’s green thumb from an early age.

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