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Summer Fun Turning Trash into Crafts!
Summer time. Kids at home. As we all know, first week will be great - they will find something to do on their own and pretty much keep themselves busy! But not long after, we hear those word we hate the most: "Mom? Dad? I'm bored!"
This page holds a number of crafts suggested for kids of different age. What's great about these crafts is: all of them are created using reused item from around a home. You know, stuff you usually throw away? Well, in this way, you'll save some money, keep kids busy and de-clutter your home a little bit!
Have fun!
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- Paper Plates Can Become Suns or Flowers Easily!
- One of the Most Vertisile Craft Items - Paper Rolls
- Repurpose Broken CDs, DVDs and Their Boxes
- Many Faces of Cardboard Box for Summer
- Summer Crafts from Reused Plastic Bottles and Caps
- Tin Cans Can Be Fun!
- Ah! Summer is Time for Some Popsicle Sticks Fun!
- Egg Carton Bugs are Kid's Favorites
- Make Each Day Earth Day!
- Do You Create Summer Crafts Around Your Home?
Paper Plates Can Become Suns or Flowers Easily!
Have fun creating these simple and effective crafts!
- Paper Plate Sun Craft
- Summer Crafts and Camp Crafts for Kids - Kaboose.com
- Paper Plate Porthole Craft
- Summer Crafts & Summer Activities for Kids - Kaboose.com
- 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.
- May Day Basket Paper Plate Handprint Craft
- free printable templates and instructions for making paper plate May Day baskets with handprint handles.
- Paper Plate Bumblebee Craft
- Free, printable educational activities for preschool, kindergarten and grade school children.
- Buzzing Bugs Paper Plate Craft
- Fun children's crafts, including printable craft templates, for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school kids.
- Paper Plate Summer Wreath
- Printable templates for a paper plate wreath craft suitable for preschool, kindergarten and gradeschool kids.
- Paper Plate Fish
- Make a school of colorful fish to decorate your classroom or bulletin board.
- 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.
- Family Faces Totem Pole
- Like a friendly welcome sign, these smiling paper plates offer greetings to fellow campers and help kids remember whose tent is whose.
- Handprint Sun Craft
- Handprint sun craft for kids. Young kids will have fun making this sun using their handprint and then drawing the eyes and mouth. It makes a great kids summer craft. Find lots of kids summer crafts at AllKidsNetwork.com.
- Paper Plate Fish Craft
- Try this paper plate fish craft. Combine a couple paper plates and some paint and glue to create a fantastic paper plate fish craft. This craft is easy enough for a toddler to do and uses materials that are most likely already in your home.
- Paper Plate Jelly Fish | No Time For Flash Cards
- Includes book recommendation to go with a craft
- Crab Craft | No Time For Flash Cards
- Crabby!We went on a fun play date to the local marine science center, where my son was taken with the crabs. You would think an octopus or eel would have been
- Paper Plate Tropical Fish | Make and Takes
- you and your kids can make your own salt water fish using miniature paper plates and brightly colored paints
- Summer Camp for Kids: Paper Plate Frisbees | Make and Takes
- Sit down and make these fun frisbees from paper plates, and even on days when it is too hot, you can play a summertime game!
Other crafts using paper plates can be found in:
One of the Most Vertisile Craft Items - Paper Rolls
We all have them around the home, reuse them in any one of these project:
- Kids' Crafts: Summer Rain Stick
- Recreate Rain Sounds With a Summer Craft for Camp - Kaboose.com
- Elmo Craft
- Elmo toilet paper roll craft.
- DLTK's Bumblebee Craft for Kids
- DLTK's Crafts for Kids
- Butterfly Craft
- Toilet paper roll 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.
- DLTK's Millennium Crafts for Kids
- Free printable templates for a millenium crafts for preschool, kindergarten and gradeschool kids.
- TP Sealife
- Make an octopus, squid and a sea anemone from recycled cardboard tubes.
- TP People Puppets
- Make one to look like you and one to look like all your friends.
- Free Kids Crafts - Binoculars
- Free kids craft ideas including free printables, holiday crafts, coloring pages and more!
- Free Kids Crafts - Hair Accessories Holder
- Free kids craft ideas including free printables, holiday crafts, coloring pages and more!
- Free Kids Crafts - Sand Castle
- Free kids craft ideas including free printables, holiday crafts, coloring pages and more!
- The Idea Room: Olympic Cookie Gold Medals and Torch
- Reuse tp roll and paper plate to make an olympic torch
- Craft Your Own Pirate Telescope | Activities | Education.com
- Craft a pirate telescope using an old paper towel roll, and get ready for some goofy pirate adventures!
Many other possible suggestions to repurpuse paper rolls from around the home:
Repurpose Broken CDs, DVDs and Their Boxes
From ladybugs to indoor gardens - summer crafts everyone love!
- Ladybug CD Rom Craft
- Free, printable educational activities for preschool, kindergarten and grade school children.
- CD Holder
- Very kewl. Who would think a simple cardboard box could make such an outstanding CD holder. Make a bunch a stack them on top of each other to hold all your CDs.
- Free Kids Crafts - Photo Frames from CD Boxes
- Free kids craft ideas including free printables, holiday crafts, coloring pages and more!
- Make An Indoor Garden
- Make An Indoor Garden using scraps from the junk box and your imagination | Free Kids Crafts from Activity Village
If you have even more Cds on your hands, check this page for inspiration:
Many Faces of Cardboard Box for Summer
Carton box can be turned into a doll or a monster! Which one your kids like more?
- Kids Crafts - Sandwich Box Monster
- Classic, Camp & Summer Craft Ideas - Kaboose.com
- Kids Crafts - Juice Box Dolls
- Classic, Camp & Summer Craft Ideas - Kaboose.com
- Camp Diorama Box Craft
- Summer Crafts for Kids - Camp Crafts, Scout Crafts - Kaboose.com
- Table Top Easel
- Simple to make!
- Dinosaur Feet
- Got a little monster in your family? He will just love these dinosaur feet for dress up.
- Make a lapdesk
- Make one for the car on your summer vacation. Your kids will love it!
- CD Holder
- Make a bunch a stack them on top of each other to hold all your CDs.
- Preschool art table
- Recommended for adults to make for children.
- Summer Crafts - Paper Mach%uFFFD Fish Wall Decoration
- Summer Craft Idea - Paper Mache Fish Wall Decoration.
- Free Paper Craft Ideas - Recycling Craft for Cardboard Boxes- Decoupaged Tote Bag
- Craft Idea - Decoupaged Cardboard Tote Bag.
What else can be done with cardoard box? Here are some ideas you might like:
Summer Crafts from Reused Plastic Bottles and Caps
You can make an ocean or catch a bug! Enjoy in the fun creating and using your creations!
- Crafts: Learn To Catch With This Easy Ball Catcher For Kids - Kaboose.com
- Simple and fun craft
- Crafts: Ocean Bottle - Kaboose.com
- Cool little summer craft!
- Easy Juice Bottle Bug Catcher - Kaboose.com
- Kids Outdoor Crafts
- Backyard Napkin Holders
- Recycle food containers to make functional table decorations your guests will love.
- Recycling Craft for Kids - Bottle Cap Lady Bug
- Free Craft for Kids - Bottle Cap Lady Bug.
- Super sailboat
- Take to the high seas with a trim little sailboat fashioned from a soda bottle; another great craft from FamilyFun.com.
We all have them around our homes! Check for more ideas:
Tin Cans Can Be Fun!
Check these ideas for summer crafts and you'll see why!
- Crafts: Easy Kids Stilts Made From Cans - Kaboose.com
- This will be so fun!
- Recycled Utensil Holder
- Very impressive final result.
Other ideas what to do with cans from around the house:
Ah! Summer is Time for Some Popsicle Sticks Fun!
Gather them all and repurpose them for these cooling crafts:
- Canada Day Crafts for Kids
- Easy Canada Day Fan for Children, July 1st - Kaboose.com
- Crafts: Keep Kids Cool and Baseball Fun With This Special Team Spirit Fan - Kaboose.com
- Fan for baseball fans.
- Tomato Fan Kids Can Make - Kaboose.com
- Crafts: Veggie Tales
- Kids' Fourth of July Crafts: American Flag Independence Day Fan
- Make for the 4th of July - Kaboose.com
- DLTK's Bumblebee Craft for Kids
- Bumblebee Bookmark
- TP People Puppets
- Make people from Tp rolls and popsicle sticks
- Card Puzzles
- Reuse greeting cards or magazine photos
- Chinese Fan Craft
- Kids will enjoy making this Chinese Fan Craft for your China theme| Kids Crafts from Activity Village
- Summer Crafts For Kids: Sunburst Popsicle Stick Art! - creative jewish mom
- Here's a relatively quick craft project that could be great for a group of kids or just a few. I think these sunbursts would look fabulous covering a whole wall at a day camp, brightening up an outdoor room, or...
If you just love popsicles, you can find many more suggestions what to do with those sticks here:
Egg Carton Bugs are Kid's Favorites
You can find links here how to do them and other fun summer crafts
- Daffodil Egg Carton Craft
- Free, printable educational activities for preschool, kindergarten and grade school children.
- Egg Carton Caterpillar Craft
- instructions and photo of an egg carton caterpillar craft
- Ladybug Egg Carton Craft
- Fun children's crafts, including printable craft templates, for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school kids.
- Egg Carton Ant Craft
- instructions and picture of an egg carton ant craft
- Free Kids Crafts - Egg Carton Lobster
- Free kids craft ideas including free printables, holiday crafts, coloring pages and more!
- Egg Carton Crab - Free Arts and Crafts for Kids
- Find out how to create this fun crab using egg carton cups and a few other supplies.
- Egg Carton Fish - Free Arts and Crafts for Kids
- Find out how to create this fun fish using egg carton cups and a few other supplies.
- Egg Carton Jellyfish - Free Arts and Crafts for Kids
- Find out how to create this fun jellyfish using egg carton cups and a few other supplies.
- Egg Carton Octopus - Free Arts and Crafts for Kids
- Find out how to create this fun octopus using egg carton cups and a few other supplies.
- Egg Carton Oyster - Free Arts and Crafts for Kids
- Find out how to create this fun oyster using egg carton cups and a few other supplies.
- Egg Carton Star Fish - Free Arts and Crafts for Kids
- Find out how to create this fun Star Fish using egg carton cups and a few other supplies.
- Egg Carton Fish
- The next time you think of throwing out your egg cartons, think again for they can be used to make beautiful fish!
Repurpose and other egg crates from around the home using some of these ideas:
More about holiday and season crafts from reused items:
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.
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Do You Create Summer Crafts Around Your Home?
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AzotaPhotography
Jun 20, 2011 @ 11:39 pm | delete
- Thanks for all the great ideas.
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partybuzz
Jul 27, 2010 @ 11:22 am | delete
- Great summer craft ideas! Lensrolled with my Summer Beach Party Ideas. :)
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callinsky
Jul 24, 2010 @ 8:08 pm | delete
- We bead and paint a lot. Sometimes we buy stuff and sometimes we use what's around the house. Sometimes it's a mixture.
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prosperity66
Jul 22, 2010 @ 6:17 pm | delete
- Hope that with this huge resource, persons who are looking for summer crafts to do will be delighted!
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