In the past year we’ve been blessed with lots of new kid-craft books that use eco-friendly methods and materials, and have the explicit intention of encouraging children and their caregivers to live green lifestyles. Here are my favorites!
The Best Eco-Friendly Kid Craft Books Published in the Past Year Read More 👉
Take a few pages out of the camp counselor handbook and check out my list of my favorite summer camp-style crafts. They’re all highly kid-approved, and you can very likely source all the necessary supplies from around your house, yard, or recycling bin.
20 Summer Camp Crafts for a Kid-Friendly Summer Read More 👉
Not all homemade instruments can handle an energetic toddler. These homemade instruments have stood up to more than a month of heavy toddler use and abuse.
3 Homemade Instruments for Toddlers Read More 👉
Summer crafts for toddlers, to help your little ones stay busy all summer long!
15 Summer Crafts for Toddlers Read More 👉
If you’ve got a kid who loves art projects, then this dyed bean kid mosaic is going to be a rainy day hit!
Kid Mosaic: Dyed Beans in an Upcycled CD Case Read More 👉
If you’ve got kids (or a Scout troop, or a day camp…) who love making jewelry, then they’ll love making these embossed aluminum pendants.
Embossed Aluminum Pendants: An Upcycled Kid Craft Read More 👉
My kid is just starting to really be able to do art projects. At two, he’s finally learning that paint and crayons are for making art, not for eating. It’s like this whole world of art projects for kids is opening up to us. These are some of the natural and recycled art projects for kids that I want to try with my guy.
8 Natural + Recycled Art Projects for Kids (toddler edition) Read More 👉
Grrr, why do board games suck so MUCH to store?!? Here are ten crafty ways to make your board game storage neat and tidy.
10 Ideas for Better Board Game Storage Read More 👉
Balsa wood is a pretty genius crafting supply. But is it good for the planet? The answer is complicated.
Is Balsa Wood Eco-Friendly? Read More 👉
This craft project is so easy that an eight-year-old kid could do it.
Heck, this craft project is so easy that an eight-year-old-kid INVENTED it
Kid Craft: Make Toilet Paper Tube Toy Binoculars Read More 👉
Need a present for a kid’s birthday party?
Skip the mall, and let your kids make their own gifts to give to their friends. The hands-on problem-solving is good for them, and putting real time and effort into a gift (not just your money) is a good lesson on friendship.
15 Birthday Gifts that a Kid Can Make Read More 👉
You’ve got some scrap wood in your garage, yeah?
Hand that wood over to the kids, because they’ve got a stomp catapult to build!
Kid-Built Scrap Wood Stomp Catapult Read More 👉
Want to attract some birds to your backyard for summer birdwatching? See how to make a bird feeder using an old paint can.
Spotted: How to Make a Bird Feeder from an Empty Paint Can Read More 👉
School is out and it’s time to find summer crafts for kids! Here are 40 incredible kids crafts and activities to keep your kids entertained and engaged!
40 Awesome Summer Crafts for Kids! Read More 👉
Let your kid make herself her very own bug barn using this simple tutorial.
Kid Craft: Make a DIY Bug Barn from a Mason Jar Read More 👉
Ever since planning a joint superhero birthday party for my son and his almost-birthday-twin, I’ve had superhero crafts on the brain.
23 Awesome Superhero Crafts Read More 👉
Need to find some kid crafts to keep your little ones entertained? These sites are packed with DIY ideas using eco-friendly materials.
Top 10 Kid Crafts Sites for Green Crafters Read More 👉
Fortunately, the kiddos were perfectly happy with my suggestion that we carve the pumpkins into something appropriate for Thanksgiving, not Halloween, and that’s how we ended up with our leaf-carved pumpkins. They’re festive without being spooky, use real leaves as stencils, and are, thankfully, just as fun to carve as Jack-o-lanterns are.
Holiday Crafts: Leaf-Carved Pumpkin Read More 👉
‘Tis the season for making origami Mayflowers!
Tutorial + How-to: Make Origami Waterproof with Beeswax Read More 👉
Since having a baby, I have been getting more into crafts for kids. I can’t wait for the day that my son asks me if we can finger paint, make miniature rockets, or build paper structures together.
Crafts for Kids: 26 Natural or Upcycled Projects for Your Child Read More 👉
The folks at Atlanta Veg Fest asked for volunteers to run some crafts for kids. This fruit and vegetable stamping project is a test run for my table at the show.
Crafts for Kids: Fruit and Vegetable Stamping Read More 👉
If you’re looking for a fun Halloween craft for kids, or even a craft for a school lesson on bats, we have you covered!
Crafts for Kids: A Toilet Paper Roll Bat! Read More 👉
Dress up your little prince or princess in a handmade kid crown!
Are you guys ready to see this month’s amazing features? Without further adieu, here are the incredible projects from March!
Top 5 Projects from the March Green Crafts Showcase Read More 👉
Kids love to make their own jewelry, and these pendants, crafted from upcycled cardboard, are especially fun to create and wear. The pendants cost no money, slip easily inside a letter to a pen pal, and, if the kid gets tired of wearing them, can be tossed right back into the recycling bin.
Beeswax cut-outs take seconds to make, and can be used to decorate candles (even boring store-bought ones!), make candles of their own, or just hang out in your house and look pretty.
How-to: Make Beeswax Cut-outs to Decorate Candles (or Your House) Read More 👉
Cinnamon dough is as easy to make (and as fun play with!) as play dough, and the ornaments that you can make with cinnamon dough are both sturdy and sweet-smelling.
How-to: Cinnamon Dough Ornaments that Smell Delicious and Last Forever Read More 👉
Recycled craft kits delivered monthly to your door? Don’t mind if I do!
Giveaway: Win a Craft Kit from Green Kid Crafts Read More 👉
Kid going on a field trip? Generally gotta have a name tag.
Instead of buying disposable name tags, my kiddos and I make reusable name tags. These name tags can be made almost entirely by a kid with just a little adult help, and can be used until any of the information changes–if a kid made one of these in kindergarten, and used it until she headed off for middle school, that’s probably worth an entire package of disposable name tag stickers right there, and if the whole class did it, that’s a good effort towards helping a school go green.
How-to: Make a Reusable (Not Disposable!) Kid’s Name Tag for School Field Trips Read More 👉
Cardboard is a terrific material to reuse for kids’ crafts because it’s so sturdy, and it’s amenable to a wide variety of media, from duct tape to spray paint.
Reader Question Answered: Reusing Cardboard for Kid-Friendly Crafts Read More 👉
What kiddo doesn’t love to fingerpaint, right? The thing about commercial fingerpaints is they are often full of not-so-natural ingredients, including petroleum products, and the packaging is none to green, either. Rather than deal with plastic packaging and questionable ingredients, you can make your own finger paint with ingredients that you probably have in the kitchen right now!
How-to: Make Your Own Fingerpaint with Kitchen Ingredients [video] Read More 👉
A bar of soap is easy to carve even with simple, blunt, household tools, which makes it an extremely satisfying activity for a kid, who probably doesn’t get a lot of chances to carve something these days. If you make or buy organic, natural-ingredients soap, soap carving is also a wholesome activity, and it won’t add anything to the waste stream.
Summer Craft: Soap Carving for Kids Read More 👉
Leave those nasty foam stickers on the store shelf and show your kids how easy it is to make your own custom reusable stickers. While you’re at it, make yourself some stickers for your scrapbook, and that’s one more aisle that you don’t have to shop!
Make Reusable Stickers from Upcycled Paper Read More 👉
Store bought playdough is full of artificial coloring, and after a while it starts to get dried out and unusable. Homemade, edible playdough is free from chemicals and creates much less waste, since the kids will eat their creations!
Edible Crafts: Chocolate and Peanut Butter Playdough Read More 👉
