A few simple crafts can get your kids started with recycling. Here are some recycling projects for children that your child likes to work on.
1. A letter holder from old CDs and packaging foam
A good recycling project for kids make a letter holder from old data CDs and foams. Old data CDs are hard to sell sometimes, and then packaging foam.
To make a letter holder of such materials, you will need the following:
• Four old data CDs
• Packaging foam
• Remains of decorative cloth, art paper or pages from a glossy magazine
• Glue
• Other decorative items like pearls, silk flowers or glitter
To make this recycling project for kids, glue two CDs together to make them a pair. Decorate these CDs with your choice of decorative cloth, art paper or magazine pages and then reinforce them with beads or flowers and other accessories.
Packaging foam serves as a base of the letter holder, so you can shape it as you want and decorate the way you did the CDs. Then cut the foam panels, which you can insert CDs.
2. A bird feeder from milk cartons
This is another simple recycling project for children which will also teach them to appreciate nature. This would work well if you live outside the city, you would have a greater chance of attracting birds.
All you have to do with this recycling project for kids is to take a milk carton and cut an opening on its side. You do not need to throw out the part you have cut out, though. You can fold it and glue it on top of opening on the milk carton, so it would look like a flap. This flap should be stiff, so it would not fall on the heads of the birds as they feed from the milk carton.
Once this is done, fill the carton with bird seed and then prop it up where the birds can reach it.
3. A kite from paper bags
We usually throw paper shopping bags, but these can be good materials for recycling projects for children. Everything you need to do is get your kids to paint these shopping bags any way they wish, submit strings to it and then go flying dragons.
An important thing to remember when making your kids to do recycling projects for children is to supervise them, especially when using sharp objects like scissors, so they would not harm himself.
