Blossoming Green Spring!
Can you think of better green period of year than spring? Time when nature itself is going green, breaking coldness and darkness of winter!
There are so many ways to celebrate nature's renewal that happens every spring season! Let's contribute to new life of nature by reusing many ordinary household items people usually throw into trash!
On this page you'll find many suggestions for craft projects for kids to do at home with their parents but also for teachers for school art class.
Let's make spring green even greener!
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- A Child of Spring
- The Green Year Guide
- Reusing Popsicle Sticks for Birdhouses, Picture Frames...
- Flowers, Bugs and Wreaths from Used Egg Carton
- Transfering Paper Plates into Animals, Flowers...
- Simple Crafts for Reused Paper Rolls
- Reusing Plastic Bottles & Containers for Crafts
- Gardens and Pots Made from Glass Jars & Tin Cans
- You Can Reuse Eggshells!
- Many Other Items Can Be Reused for Craft projects...
- More About Holiday Crafts
- Make Each Day Earth Day!
- The Complete Holiday Game Collection
- Share Your Thoughts Here!
- Promote 3R: Reducing, Reusing, Recycling
- Go Green & Thrifty! Follow my blog!
A Child of Spring
by Ellen Robena Field
I know a little maiden,
She is very fair and sweet,
As she trips among the grasses
That kiss her dainty feet;
Her arms are full of flowers,
The snow-drops, pure and white,
Timid blue-eyed violets,
And daffodillies bright.
She loves dear Mother Nature,
And wanders by her side;
She beckons to the birdlings
That flock from far and wide.
She wakes the baby brooklets,
Soft breezes hear her call;
She tells the little children
The sweetest tales of all.
Her brow is sometimes clouded,
And she sighs with gentle grace,
Till the sunbeams, daring lovers,
Kiss the teardrops from her face.
Well we know this dainty maiden,
For April is her name;
And we welcome her with gladness,
As the springtime comes again.
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Reusing Popsicle Sticks for Birdhouses, Picture Frames...
... and some other creative crafts
- Butterfly Wand - Enchanted Learning Software
- Make a butterfly wand with things found around the house.
- Craft Stick Sunflower Picture Frame
- craft Stick Sunflower Picture Frame
- Fun Kids Spring Crafts - Craft Stick Birdhouse Craft Kit
- Make this fun Craft Stick Birdhouse Craft Kit- Spring craft ideas for kids. Spend quality time with your children making these fun Spring crafts.
- Picket Fence Photo Frame
- Spring Picket Fence
- Fun Kids Spring Crafts - Welcome Sign Craft Kit
- Make this fun Welcome Sign Craft Kit- Spring craft ideas for kids. Spend quality time with your children making these fun Spring crafts.
When you eat ice cream, use sticks to make:
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How to Reuse Popsicle Sticks?
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Your kid just love to eat popsicles? Can't get out of the store without buying some? Who can blame them - I love them too! This page is a collection of possible uses for popsicle sticks and here you'll find how it can be reused in house, garden and...
Flowers, Bugs and Wreaths from Used Egg Carton
Simple crafts for kids, parents and teachers
- Egg Carton Ant Craft
- instructions and picture of an egg carton ant craft
- Free Kids Crafts - Egg Carton Wreath
- Free kids craft ideas including free printables, holiday crafts, coloring pages and more!
- Egg Carton Caterpillar Craft
- instructions and photo of an egg carton caterpillar craft
- Daffodil Egg Carton Craft
- Free, printable educational activities for preschool, kindergarten and grade school children.
- Child Flower Craft
- For an easy child flower craft, use egg cartons to fashion spring bouquets.
- Egg Carton Caterpillar
- For this easy egg carton caterpillar craft all you need is an egg carton, scissors, pipecleaner (or other material for the antennas), and your child's imagination.
Few more ideas how to reuse egg cartons
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How to Reuse Egg Cartons?
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Well, you may ask yourself - what could be done with the egg cartons?!? Plenty of stuff as you will see when you read the rest of this article! Not just crafts for kids - egg crates can be reused in household, garden as well for some DIY projects......
Transfering Paper Plates into Animals, Flowers...
... and few other crafts
- Paper Plate Flower Wreath
- Printable templates for a paper plate wreath craft suitable for preschool, kindergarten and gradeschool kids.
- Flower Paper Plate Craft
- Santa Claus christmas doorknob hanger that children can make.
- Flower Paper Plate Craft - EnchantedLearning.com
- Flower Paper Plate Craft for kids. Kindergarten, preschool, and elementary school crafts. Make wonderful, simple crafts with things found around the house.
- Flower Crown - KinderCrafts
- Flower Crown: Make a pretty, flowery crown from a paper plate and paper flowers.
- Duck Paper Plate Craft - EnchantedLearning.com
- Duck Paper Plate Craft for kids. Kindergarten, preschool, and elementary school crafts. Make wonderful, simple animal crafts with things found around the house.
- May Day Baskets
- May Day Baskets
- Paper Plate Ladybug Craft for Kids
- Paper plate ladybug craft for kids. Turn a few paper plates into a paper plate ladybug craft for kids! Our ladybug craft makes a great spring craft for kids as well as a great insect craft. With a little paint your kids can create their own ladybug.
- Spring Paper Plate Decoration
- Spring Paper Plate Decoration
Resource for even more paper plate crafts
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Paper Plate Craft Ideas - Easy Kids Crafts
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Here's some kids craft projects that your children can make very easily using paper plates. If you prefer it, these can also be used as masks. Just stick an iced lolly wooden stick (pop stick) on the end of the plate (using sticky or masking tape). U...
Simple Crafts for Reused Paper Rolls
Make a new use for toilet paper rolls!
- DLTK's Bumblebee Craft for Kids
- Bumblebee
- Butterfly Craft
- Butterfly Craft
- DLTK's Valentine's Day Butterfly Craft for Kids
- printable templates for a children's st valentine's day butterfly toilet paper roll craft.
- Toilet Paper Roll Caterpillar
- Free printable instructions and photographs for making a caterpillar craft.
- TP Sunflowers
- Make pretty flowers from empty paper towel rolls.
- TP Roll Bee
- This TP Roll Bee is a easy and inexpensive craft for kids. Punch a hole in the top of the TP roll and tie on a string to fly your bee around the backyard!
Wondering what can be done with paper rolls? Check this:
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How to Reuse Paper Rolls
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Before you throw away a paper roll, do you consider what it can be used for? Never thought of that? Or you already reuse them? Although our society urges people not to throw out but recycle and reuse as many common household items as possible, we st...
Reusing Plastic Bottles & Containers for Crafts
Reuse before recycling!
- Recycled May Basket
- Recycled May Basket - Kaboose.com
- Terrarium
- Terrarium - Kaboose.com
- Plastic Jug Watering Can Craft
- Plastic Jug Watering Can Craft: Earth Day Crafts for Kids - Recycling Craft Ideas -
- Plastic Bottle Crafts
- We show you how to use plastic bottle crafts to fashion spring flowers. Make a flower craft bouquet with your kids!
Few more ideas to reuse soda bottles
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How to Reuse Old Plastic Soda Bottles
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There are over 10,000 different kinds of plastic throughout the world, but only 5% of that plastic is recycled. The plastic that isn't recycled is then thrown into our overcrowded landfills, where it can take up to 700 years to decompose and break do...
Gardens and Pots Made from Glass Jars & Tin Cans
Simple and effective crafts
- Baby Food Jar Garden
- Baby Food Jar Garden - Kaboose.com
- Fun Kids Spring Crafts - My Bug Jar Craft Kit
- Make this fun My Bug Jar Craft Kit- Spring craft ideas for kids. Spend quality time with your children making these fun Spring crafts.
- Tin Can Herb Pots
- Tin Can Herb Pots - Kaboose.com
Other ways of reusing glass jars and soda cans
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Empty Glass Jar Crafts
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Kids have a way of using their imaginations to turn everyday objects into something extraordinary. A large cardboard box can be a house, car or spaceship, a rock can be their dog or a walkie-talkie, and a hairbrush can be a microphone used in their...
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What to Do With Your Old Soda Cans
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What can you do with your used soda cans? pop cans? beer cans? What are your choices? Think your have two options: trash it or recycle it? I assure you, there are many more options than that. People worldwide are using aluminum cans in creative and a...
You Can Reuse Eggshells!
Here are few ideas:
- Eggshell Plant Pots - Enchanted Learning Software
- Make tiny plant pots from eggshells.
- Eggshell Tulips - Enchanted Learning Software
- Make delicate tulips from eggshells and pipe cleaners.
Reusing eggsells?! Here is more:
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The Very Many Uses for Eggshells
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I recycle, reuse and repurpose as much as I can to prevent things from going to the landfills and for economic reasons also.There are many uses for eggshells some are more suited for industrial uses and some you can do at home.
Many Other Items Can Be Reused for Craft projects...
... puzzles, clothespines, milk carton, newspaper, cardboard box, paper cups
- Personalized Easter Basket Craft
- Make a personalized Easter basket this holiday season for your favorite kid. Kid holiday crafts make every day a holiday.
- Free Kids Crafts - Recycled Magazine Flowers
- Free kids craft ideas including free printables, holiday crafts, coloring pages and more!
- Puzzle Piece Butterfly
- PuzzlePiece Butterflies
- Table Top Wishing Well
- Make a pretty little wishing well as a gift for mom or just to bring in the spring!
- DLTK's Muffin Flower Craft for Kids
- Printable template for a simple muffin cup flower craft.
- DLTK's Muffin Flower Pot Craft for Kids
- Printable template for a simple muffin cup flower craft.
- Spring Bunny Wreath
- Printable templates for children's holiday crafts and activities for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school kids.
Few more items you can also reuse:
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What Can Be Done With Wallpaper Leftovers?
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Do you put wallpapers on your walls? And what do you do with residues? Wallpapers aren't just for walls - they can be a free source for some of the most creative yet simple crafts.
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How to Reuse Paper Bags
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What do you do with paper bags? Toss them into garbage? Recycle? Reuse? Renew? The obvious first option is to reuse them for your groceries and other goods. They likely won't hold up for as many reuses as the plastic bags, but remember even one reus...
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How to Reuse Old Mouse Pad?
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Here are listed some cool ideas how to reuse old mouse pads but also links to many online sources with instructions and tutorials how to make your own homemade mouse pad. All mouse pad images on this page are from my Zazzle gallery - Willowdesign....
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How to Reuse Old CD or DVD
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Do you burn CD-ROMs on your computer and get errors, where you have to toss the CD-ROM? Do you get tons of CD-ROMs in the mail from Internet providers and trial programs? I do and all these unwanted CD-ROMs are piling up. You can recycle them but it...
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Multifunctional Aluminium Foil
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Is there a way to reuse aluminium foil? You bet! I've listed numerous household tips, gardening tips and craft projects with aluminium foil! Hope you'll find something useful! Enjoy!
More About Holiday Crafts
Books full of ideas!
On the 22nd of April, 1970, Earth Day marks the beginning of the modern environmental movement. Among other things, 1970 in the United States brought with it the Kent State shootings, the advent of fiber optics, "Bridge over Troubled Water," Apollo 13, the Beatles' last album, the death of Jimi Hendrix, and the meltdown of fuel rods in the Savannah River nuclear plant near Aiken, SC. Americans of the era consumed leaded gas in massive V8s. Heavy industry released smoke and sludge. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. The 1970 Earth Day helped to change many peoples' minds.
(Earth's Day is April 22, 2010)
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* Recyclable and reusable gift tin
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Do you have some other idea about making spring crafts from reused items? Share it with rest of the world! Any new idea is welcome!
MiaBellezza wrote...
I think reusing and recycling just about everything conceivable is an excellent idea! And, yes what better time of the year to be creative than Spring. Thank you for your blessing.
Posted November 04, 2009
Laniann wrote...
Very good looking cookies. It's amazing - the many different things that can be reused and given new life. 5*
Posted June 27, 2009
TheGreenerMe wrote...
This is the featured green lens of the week at A Million Ways to Go Green! Happy Earth Day!
Posted April 19, 2009
seegreen wrote...
This is a wonderful lens with some great ideas. I had forgotten that I once used eggshells as mini plant pots. I'm going to have to do that again this spring.
Posted April 18, 2009
JaguarJulie wrote...
You have some very adorable pictures! I particularly like the Funny Bee Cartoon on Daisy by doonidesigns. This lens definitely captures the heart of spring!
Posted April 14, 2009
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