30 Crafts & Activities Using Recycled Material
Let’s raid your recycling bins for supplies and then try one of these eco-savvy crafts that is sure to excite kids of all ages.
Recycling Activities for Kids
Find everything you need to encourage kids to recycle!
You and your kids can help to make the world a better, more sustainable place. Change starts with one bottle, one person, one action. Below, you'll find hands-on activities, printables, and games created in partnership with PepsiCo's school program, Recycle Rally, to help make a difference in your community. Learn more about Recycle Rally and get free resources here.
Recycling Hands-On Activities
Get composting! We generate 21.5 million tons of food waste each year. If composted, that food would reduce the same amount of greenhouse gas as taking two million cars off the road. - EPA
Recycling Printables
Get your kids thinking about recycling, conservation, and being good green citizens!
Sign Up for the PepsiCo Recycle Rally!
Get your kids pumped up to recycle by joining PepsiCo’s Recycle Rally. When you set recycling goals to increase recycling and track progress, everyone wins! It’s free, it’s easy and it comes with loads of perks. Get the full scoop here.
Only three in ten plastic water bottles get recycled. Recycling plastic bottles conservestwice as much energy as burning them in an incinerator. - EPA
Recycling Games
Test Kids' Recycling Knowledge with this Quiz!
A gameshow-style quiz to find out how savvy of a recycler you are.
8 Amazing, Creative, Must-See Videos to Promote Recycling at School
Your green curriculum just got an upgrade.
Recycling Posters
Use these free, printable posters and infographics to encourage kids to get involved in recycling.
It’s a Recycling Bin Makeover Challenge, and These Teachers Nailed It!
They made amazing classroom art out of recycling bins!
