Green Activities and Crafts for Kids
Here you can find great activities and crafts for children that will teach them about the importance of saving the enviroment.
How to make a bracelet from junk mail – children’s crafts
This is another fun way to make good use of your junk mail. You can make bracelets or if you are very ambitious you can make many as napkin rings.
How to make a bracelet with a hole puncher and scrap paper
This guide will show you how to use leftover paper to make an amazing beautiful bracelet or necklace from the circles cut with a hole puncher.
How to make a tangram. Chinese puzzle toy
This guide will show you how easy it is to make a tangram from paper. A Tangram is a Chinese puzzle toy. It comes in the form of a square cut into 2 large triangles, 3 smaller ones, a small square and a parallelogram. The object of the puzzle is to figure out how to place all 7 geometric pieces to copy the shapes in a picture or to create your own. They must be touching but not overlapping.
How to make a maze game from an old CD case
This guide will show you how to turn a CD case into a toy
How to make a mask or costume glasses.
This guide will show you how to make interesting shaped glasses or a mask. You can make one or many to hand out at parties to be decorated.
How to make an easy flower garland
This cute garland is easy enough for children to make and good for holiday or party decorations. You can make it with junk mail or scrap paper.
How to make a 3D star with 6 points
This guide uses the magic of the number 3 to create a 6 pointed star in a 3d shape. Use it for decorations, boxes, book selves or whatever you imagination comes up with.
How to make a woven paper napkin ring
This guide will show you how to make a napkin ring or bracelet with paper strips woven into a simple weave. The directions can be used for weaving ribbons or even strips of cloth.
How to make a pretty door sign or name plaque from junk mail or old magazines
This guide will show you how to turn your junk mail or old magazines into a beautiful name plaque or door sign.
How to make a color wheel collage
Kids and adults love to rip, cut and glue paper. This guide will show you how to turn junk mail, old magazines and other paper scraps into a pretty collage of a color wheel. It is a good way to teach children about primary and secondary colors or just to have fun making a nice work of art.
How to make a pretty vase from a plastic bottle
This guide will show you how to make a pretty vase from an empty plastic soft drink bottle using scrap paper or junk mail
How to make a paper mache bell from a lemon
This guide will show you a quick and easy way to make a paper mache bell using a lemon. This method can be used with other fruit or items with dome shaped tops that you have at home.
How to make a star from rolled paper beads
This 5 pointed star decoration is a fun project for children and adults. It is made from paper beads and pipe cleaners
How to make a daisy from junk mail
Make good use of your junk mail with these easy to make daisies. They can be used for party decorations or put on stems to make a bouquet.
How to make a flower bouquet from wrapping paper
Next time you get pretty wrapping papers with flower prints don’t throw them out. This guide will show you how make a cute bouquet with them. This is an easy craft to do with children.
How to make a pencil case from toilet paper rolls
If you have junk mail and empty toilet paper rolls you can make a pencil case!
How to make a paper mache decorated box
This easy way to decorate a box with paper mache doesn’t make a big mess and you don’t have to wait a long time for it to dry.
How to make a box with reverse engineering
Taking things apart and putting them back together is a great way for kids and adults to understand how things work. This guide will show you how to make as many copies of a favorite box shape as you want without needing a printed template.
How to make a Tic-tac-toe game in a CD case
Here’s another game to make in a CD case. It is great for travel and easy to store. This game is also known as Tick-tack-toe, Noughts and crosses or Xs and Os
How to make a bracelet or napkin ring from junk mail or scrap paper
Here is another great way to use your junk mail, scrap paper or that wrapping paper you saved.
How to make a toy that does a happy dance
This guide will show you how easy it is to turn a toilet paper roll into a fun toy When you move it up and down the arms and legs bounce