Recycled Crafts For Earth

Free Green Club Printable: Celebrate Recycling with Your Students! Including a poster, bookmarks, a coloring page, and more. No matter where you and your students are on your recycling journey, celebrate your efforts! Started a “Green Club” or sustainability group in your school? Use these inspiring, happy and hopeful printable to motivate earth-minded students to take care of the earth by giving back. Recycling rocks, so keep the excitement going! Their simple acts make a BIG impact. Use them together or separately as rewards or swag to honor them and encourage them to keep recycling and be proud of their contributions. Here’s what you’ll get with your printable:  A Mini Poster with Big Impact Students will love a “Simple Acts, Big Impact” 8×10 poster. Great for lockers, decorating the classroom, or as a take-home reminder on their family fridge. Their efforts mean big things! Bookmarks to Celebrate Their Recycling Commitment This set of five beautiful bookmarks will...

Best Friend Dolls – Toilet Roll Crafts We just love making with toilet paper tubes in our house – making dolls to act out engaging story lines from Peg + Cat , the chicken coop , superhero adventures, princesses parties and today, with summer holidays in mind, we made best friend dolls for pretend play fun in the sun. Toilet roll crafts are perfect for kids age 5+, or for you to enjoy making together. Materials: Toilet paper tubes Decorative tape or washy tape Flesh-colored paint and brush Felt and yarn for the hair Glue Markers Instructions: Paint the tops of the toilet paper tubes with the flesh-colored paint. Wrap the decorative tape around the paper tube to create the clothes. Create the boy's hair with felt and then glue around the tube. Tie a bunch of yarn together to create the girl's hair. Glue the yarn into the inside of the toilet paper tube. Draw the face and any details you would like on the clothes.

How to Make a Trophy by Recycling a Plastic Bottle 7 easy steps to turn an ordinary plastic bottle into an innovative cycled trophy! We love projects that encourage recycling, especially when the inspiration comes from recycling bin! All you need for this project is an empty plastic bottle and some paint. Soon you’ll have an amazing, sparkling trophy to use as a special incentive in your classroom. Your students are going to love the chance to win this! What You Need Plastic bottle Nail Pipe cleaners Low-temp glue gun Spray paint Glitter (if you dare) STEP 1 Remove the bottom of your plastic bottle. STEP 2 Punch two holes in each side of the plastic bottle (we used a nail), which will make your trophy’s handles. STEP 3 Twist two pipe cleaners together. STEP 4 Insert pipe cleaners into the holes on each side of the bottle and secure by twisting the ends. Shape the handles as you see fit. STEP 5 Place the mouth of...

21 Earth Day Crafts and Classroom Activities Using Recycled Materials Save the earth, make art. Buying brand new craft supplies to celebrate and learn about Earth Day? That seems squarely out of sync with the recycle-reuse-renew lessons we are teaching our students. Instead, let’s raid your recycling bins for craft supplies and then try one of these Eco-savvy, hands-on activities that are sure to excite students. 1. Create a hanging garden. Large plastic bottles become beautiful hanging planters in this green-living and green-thumb project. You can send the planters home with students, or hang them on campus for a gorgeous hanging garden to promote the Recycle Rally program at your school. The video below will show you exactly how to make these planters. 2. Up-cycle trash into flower art. Scraps of paper are the only supplies you need for this  recycled flower garden activity and lesson . The measurement and math...