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Earth day is a great opportunity to teach kids about taking care of the earth, recycling and the importance of being respectful of our environment.  A great way to show kids about recycling is to use recycled materials in earth day crafts.  Here are a compilation of Earth Day Craft ideas featured here at Toddler Crafts.  Enjoy, and Happy  Earth Day!

• Make a drum -Recycled Earth Day Craft
• Make a recycled loom
• Painted Planter - Earth Day Craft
• Recycled Watering Can Craft
• Earth Day Craft – Penguin Craft

This is a fun Penguin Craft to make with a toilet paper roll.  I love coming up with crafts that you can use recycled material.  In honor of Earth Day I thought this would be a great one to highlight!   This craft is thanks to a kindergarten teacher!  If you are doing this craft with young children who are learning their letters (ages 2-6) you might want to put a P on the stomach of the penguin using some glue and glitter.  You can name the penguin with a p name like “Peter Penguin” and show your child the letter P.  Let them trace the letter P with their fingers to help them feel what the letter shape feels like.  This a fun way to  help your child learn their letters.

Supplies:

• Toilet paper roll
• Black, white, and orange construction paper
• Orange pipe cleaner
• Googly eyes
• Glue
• Scissors
• Glitter

Steps:

1. Take black construction paper and cut it so it’s about 2 inches longer then toilet paper roll  and make sure it is wide enough to wrap around width of toilet paper roll.
2. Put glue on outside of toilet paper roll and on the top and bottom inside.  Wrap black paper around the toilet paper roll and press into the roll so it sticks to the insides.
3. Cut white oval from the white paper and glue on black construction paper to make the Penguin belly.
4. Cut a piece of the orange pipe cleaner and push through the toilet paper roll to make nose.
5. Glue on googly eyes.
6. Cut out feet (make them a little longer then needed), from orange construction paper and glue extra part on the inside of the roll.
7. If desired write a P with glue and add glitter on top of it.
8. Let dry.

Enjoy!  Happy Earth Day!!

I have found some great recycled crafts on some other sites recently and wanted to share some of them here with you as well as highlight a few we have had at Toddler Craft.  The creative things that can be created from our used cans, bottles, toilet paper rolls, boxes etc are endless!

Here are my 5 favorite recycled crafts I found:

1. Make a night light out of a crystal light container
2. How to make a papier mache fish
3. Giraffe Puppet sock
4. Earth Jug Planter
5. Things you can make with old wire hangers

Here are some more recycled crafts to check out here on Toddler Crafts …

• Make a Drum
• Make a recycled loom for weaving!
• Recycled craft – make a birdfeeder
• A compilation of recycled crafts on Toddler Craft

Enjoy!!

This is a fantastic recycled craft that the kids can play with too.  It’s a drum that they can play music with and create with recycled Oatmeal containers!  If you make a bunch you can have a little band!

Supplies:

• Oatmeal container (or other round container)
• Construction paper
• Tape
• Crayons/Markers for decorating
• Ribbon
• Stickers for decorating

Steps:

1. Cut Oatmeal container in half (you can make 2 drums from this)
2. Wrap construction paper around container and tape to secure it.
3. Fold extra construction paper into hollow part of container and tape it there.
4. Decorate outside of container with stickers and markers
5. Secure ribbon to sides with tape

Enjoy!!

I love recycled crafts all year round, but I thought I would highlight a few of them in honor of Earth Day!  There will be more to come on Toddler Crafts but, here a few that I have posted in the past.  Some are recycled and some are Earth Day Crafts with a more earth friendly theme.  Enjoy!

• Crafts for Preschoolers
• Earth Day Activities
• Earth Day Activity – Recycled Craft Watering Can (pictured above)
• Spring Craft – Painted Planter

I feel it’s so important to start teaching my kids about recycling and being good to the earth at a young age.  Recycled Crafts is a great way to do it!