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Tinkering is an active, hands-on approach to discovering the richness and depth of the world around you-and it lends itself perfectly to the home environment, using materials and tools you might already have to explore everyday phenomena in surprising ways. Try this collection of invitations and resources to get started.

Share your creations with other tinkering explorers on social media using #TinkeringatHome and the hashtags included in each invitation. We'll share playful tips, inspiring ideas, and delightful outcomes as tinkerers around the world contribute their creations.

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Tinkering is an active, hands-on approach to discovering the richness and depth of the world around you-and it lends itself perfectly to the home environment, using materials and tools you might already have to explore everyday phenomena in surprising ways. Try this collection of invitations and resources to get started.

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Tour the Smithsonian and create a digital Primary Source Museum

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Tour the Smithsonian and create a digital Primary Source Museum

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Introduce students to the Smithsonian Virtual visits so see the power of primary sources.  Have your class create a digital primary source museum with something from their home.  Some examples- letters,  photographs,  newspaper clippings,  toys,  games.  Encourage them to share the item and tell a story of why it is meaningful to them and their family.  Some tools you can use for a digital museum- padlet, flipgrid, google classroom, google sites, seesaw.

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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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Challenge your student to a scavenger hunt that connects to your curriculum standards. Or, lighten their load by sending them on a fun, fantastic hunt. Either way you'll build community while your students are out of the classroom.

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Take a novel or story that your students have already read, use a story available online, or a classic story that everyone knows (like 3 little pigs) and ask your students to design a solution to a problem they find in the story. They can use a variety of materials they find at home. Or... they can even use a design tool like tinkercad to do the design work.

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Students use existing classroom literature - stories, novels, and expository texts - as the basis for engineering design challenges that help them identify problems, design realistic solutions, and engage in the Engineering Design Process while reinforcing their literacy skills.

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Students can use common household ingredients to create Play Doh or slime!
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Playdough-Play-doh/

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What can your students create with cardboard that connects to curriculum content? A model? A game? Have students post their creation to Padlet or Flip Grid to share with their classmates.

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Ask your students to read or listen to a book and post a written,  drawn or video recommendation.  (Share on Padlet,  Flipgrid, Google Classroom, or a website). Kindle offers tons of free online reads.  Project Gutenburg publishes classics for free.  This is a great site for younger students to listen to free read aloud... https://www.storylineonline.net/

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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Have your students compete to design the best marshmallow catapult. Using whatever materials they already have at home they can build and test their catapult. You can give them constraints or just let them decide on the design without constraints. Create a space (like padlet) for them to post a video of their design test. Have them continue to iterate on their design and share improvements. Let other students comment on their design and give them suggestions.

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Every Month Instructables puts out new contests with great prizes. Have your students choose a topic and create an Instructable.

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We've run over 1000 contests with more than 19,000 winners to date. Join the winner's circle! Publish your project to enter one of our current contests for your chance to win a fabulous prize.

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Is there something you know how to do well? Make a "how to" video to teach other students how to do it. Think about things you do around your home like make a great sandwich, play a video game, fold fitted sheets, clean your room.

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Send your Students a TinkerCad Tutorial and challenge them to create something amazing

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Tinkercad is a simple, free design space. You can assign a challenge related to your curriculum or even choose a pre-created lesson to inspire your students.

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Learn how to design and print in 3D, code, and create circuits using our free, easy-to-use app Tinkercad.

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Have your students use recycled materials to create a musical instrument and join their classmates online to make some music. Recommended tools for synchronous chat... Google Hangout

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Work with your students online or work via email to design a service project that you can implement when school is back in session.

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Unique kindness ideas that you can do today.

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We got this great idea from a twitter user.  People in nursing homes are not getting many visitors right now. Why not have your students write a letter or a postcard and send it to residents at a nearby nursing home. Its a great chance to practice writing for an authentic, and kind purpose.

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Collect things you find outside and sort them into categories in your collection. Try to name all the items you find. You can use a shoebox, egg carton, cardboard box or anything else you can find to keep your collection.

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Find some objects that are already on the ground and create a simple, kind message to leave for others to find.  It doesn't have to be fancy and it shouldn't be permanent.  Just something that someone else will enjoy when they happen upon it.

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If your kids are anything like ours, they like to bring all kinds of "treasures" home from a trip to the park, landing us with a collection of sticks, seed pods, flowers, and fungi. Whether in a small city space like ours or a roomy house, this habit has its limits. So, what better way to make good use of nature treasures than to design a nature display together? Far beyond giving kids (and you) a great way to leave treasures behind, you can include all kinds of powerful lessons into the making of your display. Kids play with all senses, sort objects by categories, develop language as they describe objects and categories with you, play with patterns and develop a sense of design-time well spent!

The Guide

1. Do some serious collecting: Bring a bindle, pail, bag or other container outdoors. Gather anything that interests you and pleases the senses--leaves, sticks, seed pods, berries, petals, mushrooms, you name it.

2. Find a spot to make your display: Look for a surface on which you can place treasures. Avoid spots that have a lot of traffic, wind or too much slant. These can lead to unnecessary frustration and loss of focus. Tree stumps, the hollow spaces in logs and the flat spaces between the roots of a big old tree are good choices.

3. Start arranging: Dump out the contents of your collection container and start adding objects to the display. If it's your child's first display, model a few approaches by putting one category of objects (sticks, soft things, things animals eat) in the same area in the display. Share your thinking out loud as you go. Or, just quietly start making a pattern using objects and let them observe what you are doing. Check to see if your child is also engaged and ease up if their work slows in response to yours.

4. Chat: Talk about the objects you each are adding and try to get kids talking about why they are placing them as they are. If your child is not one to work and chat (and many are not), simply watch and take note of their purposeful actions. Later, you can ask them about why they made certain choices in their design.

5. Savor and celebrate: Step back and behold your display. Take some pictures to share (and share them with us too!). Take time to touch, smell and gaze at the objects you've displayed. Celebrate with a high-five or hug.

6. Leave it for other friends to behold: Encourage kids to leave the display so that other people can enjoy the display and even add to it. Wonder about how happy this will make someone, and take one special item home if kids clearly have trouble walking away empty handed.

Why is this activity great for kids?

This activity basically begins with kids' natural compulsion to collect and cart around objects. It turns out that children are innate collectors-and for good brain-building reasons. Kids use and develop multiple senses as they collect, arrange and enjoy the objects in their display. As you and your child place objects, you can model and they can practice with making patterns, a valuable basis for understanding algebra and mathematical functions later. Plus, kids who are grooving on the trajectory schema get a great chance to line objects up in rows.

The designing of a nature display also gives kids the chance to sort and categorize found objects, helping to build their ability to make connections, a gateway skill needed for higher level thinking. If you describe the objects to one another or talk about your decisions as you build your display, kids strengthen both vocabulary and communication skills. Finally, if kids leave the treasures they would normally cart home outside for others to see, they are giving of themselves in some small way, developing empathy. And, lest we forget, you have that much less to clean up at home!

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Design a Nature Display - Tinkergarten outdoor activities where kids learn through play

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Take the nature treasures that kids love to collect and help them turn it into a nature display. Not only will you find a beautiful use for their collectibles, you'll help them connect directly to the nature we hope, someday, they'll protect.

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Start recording what you notice in the world around you.   Make note of the birds and insects you see,  how many times you see them.  Notice the changes that are happening outside as the weather gets warmer.  Draw pictures,  collect samples and paint a picture of your world.

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It's the world's largest treasure hunt! Join millions of people who are Geocaching. Look for Geocaches or create an adventure of your own. (Be sure to follow guidelines for cleanliness, wash your hands, use hand sanitizer, clean your items)

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Get the free Official Geocaching app and join the world's largest treasure hunt.

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There are millions of geocaches worldwide, just waiting for you to find them. There are probably even some within walking distance of where you are right now. Visit Geocaching.com to see just how many geocaches are nearby and to learn how to start finding them.

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Connect with your neighbors and friends by leaving them a positive sidewalk chalk message,  a riddle or a joke.  Try to make someone smile even though you can't be with them.   If you don't have chalk you can make some chalk paint with  just cornstarch,  water and food coloring.  https://www.momadvice.com/post/homemade-sidewalk-chalk-paint-recipe
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Make an origami heart, or two or 20 and send them to friends and family members that you miss. Your teacher would love to know you are thinking of him/her. Or, give one to your mail carrier, package delivery person or grocery store clerk.

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Create bookmarks that you'll be able to hide in books in your school library when you return.  Or,  your public library may let you place them in books in their collection when they reopen.  Remember to ask the Librarian before you leave items in books.

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See our collection of fun kindness ideas, inspirational stories & quotes, FREE K-8 lesson plans and more. Let's make kindness the norm.

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Add pictures, decorations, notes to a scrapbook that illustrates some time in your life. Have fun and use what you can find at home. Ask your family to help. Share it virtually with family online.

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Explore your community and create a digital map with Jane Goodall

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Explore your community and create a digital map with Jane Goodall

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Community mapping practices many types of research including observation, internet, and print media searches, as well as interviews with family, friends, and community leaders who become collaborators with you on your efforts.

Learn the geography and layout of your local area

Determine areas of need for people, other animals, and the environment

Identify resources that may support efforts to meet community needs

Form a deeper commitment and resulting empathy towards the people, other animals, and the environment that makes up your community

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Do you live in a neighborhood, building or apartment complex where people can see your windows?  Leave a message on your front window for neighbors and friends who might walk by.  You can cut shapes or letters out of  paper to create your message.

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Find a pebble or a rock in your yard, paint it, sharpie it or write something on it then go for a walk and put it somewhere someone will see it.  Here's a website with a lot of ideas, tips and tricks for rock painting.  https://www.rockpaintingguide.com/

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Such a great idea to get kids outside and creating. You can also lay items out in the sun on colored paper and the sunshine will fade all the uncovered parts. What a great way to start a talk about shadows and light.

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If you have some cardboard at home you can Make Something great! Try out some of the ideas from our CardBoard Projects Pin Board.

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Get an adult to help you with this one so you can submit your project to the Instructables Cardboard Challenge!

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For this Speed Challenge, make something out of cardboard!

Whether you use corrugated cardboard (like from shipping boxes) or single-ply cardboard (from cereal and food-type boxes), or cardboard tubes (toilet paper and paper towel rolls, or similar) - all projects that include cardboard are eligible.

There is a special Judges' Prize for the most impressive and creative use of recycled cardboard tubes.

Get crafty fast; this challenge is only open for two weeks!

Only left to enter the Cardboard Speed Challenge!

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Have your kids mail a hug to friends and family that they don't see often! It's a fun, easy way to brighten someone's day.
Hi friends!

Last Fall, we did this mail a hug activity as part of our 75 Acts of Kindness for Kids challenge and it was a huge hit! We mailed one to my parents and one to my sister, since they both live several states away. It's such a simple activity but it really can brighten someone's day.

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Here are your directions:

1. Spread out a long sheet of butcher paper.

2. Trace the child's head, arms, and upper torso onto the paper.

3. You can either cut it out now or decorate first and then cut. We used paint but markers or crayons would work just fine!

4. Print or write out the message below to accompany the hug.

5. Fold it all up, put in an envelope and mail!

Here's the message we use:

"I miss you when you're far away.
I'd love to see you every day.
But since I can't come over to play,
I'm mailing you a hug today.

So although it might be quite a sight,
wrap my arms around you tight.
Repeat daily to keep your smile bright,
until we get to reunite!"

We mailed a few more hugs this weekend to friends and family both near and far since we're all stuck at home right now!

I'd love to see pictures of your hugs if you mail some!

Enjoy!
-Lindsay-

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Have your kids mail a hug to friends and family that they don't see often! It's a fun, easy way to brighten someone's day. Hi friends! Last Fall, we did this mail a hug activity as part of our 75 Acts of Kindness for Kids challenge and it was a huge hit!

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Make Something with recycled materials in honor of earth day!

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Earth Day is fast approaching (April 22), though there really is never a bad time to celebrate Mother Earth. It's important to teach students the environmental benefits of recycling, like conserving energy and natural resources and reducing air and water pollution, all year long. While recycling breaks down old items in order to create something new, upcyling makes something new from an existing object in its current state. Challenge your students to create something unique and wonderful from preexisting items like magazines, plastic water bottles, tin cans, egg cartons, and more. Check out our list of the best upcycled crafts for Earth Day or any day, and give some of them a try!

1. Make wildflower seed bombs.

Give back to Mother Earth with these easy-to-make seed bombs. Blend together used scraps of construction paper, water, and wildflower seeds in a food processor, then form them into tiny muffins. Let them dry, then toss them in the ground. As the seed bombs receive sun and rain, the paper will eventually compost and the seeds will germinate.

2. Create nature wreaths.

Take your kids on a nature walk to gather interesting leaves, flowers, berries, etc. To make the wreath forms, braid together strips of old T-shirts and form them into a circle. Then attach natural items into the crevices and secure with clear fishing line or hot glue. Attach a ribbon at the top to hang your wreath.

3. Construct a bug hotel.

Create a cozy place for all the creepy-crawlies to hang out. Cut a two-liter plastic bottle into two cylinders, then stuff it with sticks, pine cones, bark, or any other natural material. Make sure to pack the organic material tightly. Then loop a piece of twine or yarn around the two cylinders and hang your bug hotel from a tree branch or fence.

Learn more: Red Ted Art

4. Make a quilt.

Textiles make up a huge portion of municipal solid waste- over 16 million tons per year. Teach your kids to repurpose old material that would otherwise end up in the landfill by putting together a cozy quilt.

Learn more: Teach Student Savvy

5. Use magazines to create a bowl.

We love Earth Day crafts that result in a practical object you can use around the house. This project is best for older students who have the patience and dexterity necessary to carefully roll their magazine strips and glue them together.

Learn more: DIY Joy

6. Create Earth moss balls.

Pay tribute to our lovely planet on Earth Day with these fuzzy moss balls. Kids who love getting their hands dirty will particularly love this craft. All you do is squish pre-soaked sphagnum moss into a tight ball, wrap it tightly with blue yarn or strips of discarded T-shirts, layer more moss and more yarn, etc., until you've created an Earth-shaped orb. Finish with a loop of yarn and hang it in a sunny window. To keep your moss ball healthy, simply spray it with water every couple of days.

Learn more: Mother Natured

7. Create a hanging garden.

Large plastic bottles become beautiful hanging planters in this green-living and green-thumb project. A great way to make a gorgeous hanging garden.

8. Upcycle trash into flower art.

Scraps of paper are the only supplies you need for this recycled-flower-garden activity and lesson. The measurement and math element is an added bonus.

9. "Grow" an egg carton tree.

Save those egg cartons! This simple project only requires a few supplies to make a recycled egg carton tree.

Learn more: Glued to My Crafts

10. Create binoculars using paper towel rolls.

Save those paper rolls so your class can customize their own binoculars! Have a variety of paints, stickers, etc., on hand so your students can really personalize their bird watchers!

Learn more: Today's Parent

11. Create your own flexible seating.

One of our favorite Earth Day crafts has to be upcycling tires into comfy seating for our reading nook.

Learn more: Hanging With Mrs. Hulsey

12. Fashion a pop-top bracelet.

Aluminum beverage pop tops become wearable jewelry thanks to some ribbon ninja work. Put this video onto your interactive whiteboard to give your students the full 411, and then get crafting!

13. Chime the wind.

Go outside for a nature walk and gather sticks, weeds, and pickable blooms, then bring the treasures inside to be showcased in recycled jar lids. With some wax paper and string, your students can craft this surprisingly beautiful recycled wind chime.

Learn more: Hands On as We Grow

14. Paint paper bags.

Brown paper bags become eco-canvases for artwork and a perfect way to adorn fridges for Earth Day. Bonus points if you can source handled bags, because the handles serve as built-in artwork hangers.

Learn more: Small for Big

15. Make a recycled city.

Create an adorable village using little more than paper rolls, paper, scissors, paint, glue or tape, and your imagination!

Learn more: Today's Parent

16. Create pebble art.

Take students outside to collect small rocks and pebbles. Have them arrange the rocks into a creative pattern of their choice. Get creative, and try for as many different designs as you can! Once you're finished, simply leave the rocks where you found them.

17. Use old crayons to make new ones.

This isn't just any recycled crayon. It's a gorgeous Earth crayon! You can make these with your kids using a muffin tin. You just need to sort out the right colors.

Learn more: The Gunny Sack

18. Use upcycled objects to make mazes.

STEM and recycling go together wonderfully! This idea is a great way to challenge kids to make mazes or something else entirely.

Learn more: Hello, Wonderful

19. Make a rope snake.

Recycling projects that use objects you may have laying around your garage or shed are some of our favorites! Grab that old rope you've been saving and create these adorable rope worms/snakes with your students.

Learn more: Make Film Play

20. Feed the birds.

Herald spring with this easy crowd-pleaser: the large plastic bottle bird feeder. This short video will teach kids how to get started constructing their feeders.

21. Get organized with old cans.

Tin cans are easy to get your hands on, and they can go a long way in organizing supplies. Get your kids involved by having them help decorate the cans. They'll really take ownership of this, which will hopefully help them want to keep supplies more organized.

Learn more: Sandy Toes and Popsicles

22. Make papier-mâché pots.

Cut off the bottoms of beverage bottles or reuse food containers and jazz them up with bright-colored paper scraps. Except for the glue, these papier-mâché planters are composed solely of recycled materials.

Learn more: Childhood 101

23. Make a necklace out of junk.

Earth Day art that is wearable is a bonus! Use found objects or some string to create these unique necklaces.

Learn more: The Awesome Childhood Project

24. Make chair fidgets out of old tees.

Give old T-shirts new life with this craft by making chair fidgets. This uses a simple braiding technique, and your kids will love helping out.

25. Collaborate on an aluminum can recycling bin.

Kids can work together to create an aluminum-can recycling center. Watch the video above to get the simple instructions and learn how your school can make recycling fun and rewarding.

26. Create tin can robots.

Recycling projects like these are the best since kids love robots. Be sure to have an extra pair of adult hands around to help with the hot glue.

Learn more: Creative Jewish Mom

27. Fashion fairy houses.

Are these the sweetest Earth Day crafts ever? Plastic bottles from home become homes for fairies, thanks to paint, scissors, glue, and real or faux greenery.

Learn more: Crafts by Amanda

28. Create a giant upcycled art wall.

This is an amazing recycled wall masterpiece. You could set it up on a cardboard backing and then let students add to it, paint it, and create with it whenever they have free time throughout the day.

Learn more: Art Bar Blog

29. Make your own games.

Use bottle caps in a game of tic-tac-toe. They can also be turned into checkers. This would be a great makerspace activity. Give your kids several upcycled items and challenge them to create games!

Source: Reuse Grow Enjoy

30. Make a treasure magnet.

These treasure magnets are just so beautiful! Recycle a bottle cap and glue a variety of gemstones and beads inside. Finally, add a magnet to the back.

Learn more: Hattifant

31. Turn old magazines into art.

We love how this upcycled magazine cut-paper art project can be modified for primary students or used to inspire sophisticated art by high school students.

Learn more: Suzy's Artsy Craftsy Sitcom

32. Build beautiful terrariums.

A bottle gets a second life as a museum-worthy terrarium as well as a home for an environmental science project. Be sure to add the activated charcoal and moss for plastic bottle terrariums that flourish.

Learn more: Adirondack Girl at Heart

33. Paint with corks.

This is the perfect kind of Earth Day art since you use recycled material (corks) to paint your favorite scene from nature.

Learn more: 30 Seconds

34. Set up a self-watering planter.

Your classroom studies of plant life, photosynthesis, and water conservation will get a boost with this hands-on crafting of a self-watering planter. The base? A good ol' large plastic bottle.

Learn more: ehow

35. Form flowers from water bottles.

Upcycled water bottle flowers are an easy craft that can be sourced directly from your recycling bin, with the help of some paint.

36. Build cardboard castles.

Gather all your recyclables and put those tiny engineers to work. You'll be amazed by what they create!

Learn more: Fun-a-Day

37. Make these newspaper owls.

Old newspapers find their spirit animal when they become recycled newspaper owls. All you need are markers, watercolors, and paper scraps to make them come alive.

Learn more: I Heart Crafty Things

38. Construct a plastic bottle recycling bin.

Water bottles come together, as do your kids, to make this water bottle recycling center. This project combines teamwork with respect for our environment, a double win.

39. Create genius ideas out of cardboard.

Cardboard is one of the easiest, least expensive materials you can get your hands on. Grab a ton of it and challenge your kids to make awesome creations. You never know what they might come up with.

40. Make an instrument.

There are no limits to the recycling projects you can create using paper rolls. We especially love that this DIY instrument will teach kids about vibrations and sound.

Learn more: No Time for Flash Cards

41. Create a spinning top.

Do you have a bunch of CDs lying around that never get played anymore? How about a box or drawer of markers that barely write? If you answered yes to these questions, then this is the perfect project for you.

Learn more: Artsy Momma

42. Fashion lady bugs from bottle caps.

These little ladybugs are so cute and yet so, so simple. Grab some bottle caps, paint, googly eyes, and glue and get ready to make some adorable friends!

Learn more: Love and Lollipops

What are your favorite Earth Day crafts? Share in the comments below!

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42 Earth Day Crafts and Classroom Activities That Use Recycled Materials

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Raid your recycling bins for supplies and then try one of these eco-savvy Earth Day crafts that is sure to be a hit with students.

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What a great project from the High Museum in Atlanta!

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If you could fly over buildings and streets, what do you think you would see? Draw an aerial view of a special place, and learn more with corresponding language arts prompts.
By Melissa Katzin, Manager of Family Programs, and Meg Williams, Coordinator of School and Teacher Services,
Nellie Mae Rowe, Brown Dog on the Road, Vinings, GA,1981, crayon and graphite on paper.
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Nellie Mae Rowe lived just outside of Atlanta, on Paces Ferry Road in Vinings, Georgia. Her house was called "Nellie's Playhouse," and she decorated it with objects she had found, sculptures, and many of her drawings.

Rowe didn't start creating art until she was forty-eight years old. Her good friend Judith Alexander encouraged her artistic practice and organized art shows of her works.

Hear Susan Crawley, the High's previous Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art, discuss Nellie Mae Rowe's works in the video below.

Rowe's passion to create was inspired by everyday events, friends, family, memories, and a desire to celebrate life. She often created artworks depicting things in her life, such as her garden, her church, and her friends. Look closely at Brown Dog on the Road, Vinings, GA. What do you think is happening in this drawing? Imagine stepping into it. What would you do if you were in this space?

Think of a place that's special to you. It could be a house, apartment, school, library, place of worship, or a park. If you could fly over your special place, what do you think you would see?

Nellie Mae Rowe's house was situated between two major interstates, I-285 and I-75. Can you find that area on the map below? Where is it in relation to your home or special place?

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Get Creative at Home: Imagine a Bird's-Eye View of Your Neighborhood

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If you could fly over buildings and streets, what do you think you would see? Draw an aerial view of a special place, and learn more with corresponding language arts prompts. By Melissa Katzin, Manager of Family Programs, and Meg Williams, Coordinator of School and Teacher Services, High Museum of Art Nellie Mae Rowe lived just outside of Atlanta, on Paces Ferry Road in Vinings, Georgia.

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Challenge your students to draw an Earth Day Google Doodle or Direct them to the World Wildlife Fund Art for Earth Page to submit their original Earth Day Art!

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Oceans
* Scientists estimate that 91% of marine species have yet to be discovered, cataloged or described. What do you imagine is in the deep unknown?
* Coral reefs support some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. Thousands of marine animals depend on coral reefs for survival, including some species of sea turtles, fish, crabs, shrimp, jellyfish, sea birds, starfish, and more.
* Bristol Bay, Alaska, is home to spectacular wildlife on land and in the water. Last summer, more than 56 million salmon swam through Bristol Bay and returned to their natal streams to complete their epic life cycles.

Where do I send my artwork?
You do not need to send your artwork to WWF. Post photos of your artwork onto your own social media account and include the hashtag #ArtForEarth and tag @world_wildlife on Instagram and Twitter or @WorldWildlifeFund on Facebook. If your account isn't private, others will be able to see your post and you can follow the hashtag to see everyone else's work. When you share the hashtag and tag WWF, we may share some of the posts we like on our accounts!

Is Art For Earth a contest?
Art For Earth is a campaign to inspire creativity and unity, it is not a contest or sweepstakes of any kind.

Do I have to create artwork based on the official themes?
We encourage you to create artwork within the daily themes, but feel free to follow your creative process without restrictions and create what is currently inspiring you! The themes are intended to help guide you and spark creativity.

Can I include WWF's name or logo in my artwork?
We greatly appreciate the enthusiasm and love behind this question. We encourage you to create nature artwork without mention of WWF, as we intend for this movement to be about much more than WWF-it's about our connection with each other and with nature.

For more information regarding the use of WWF's intellectual property, please consult our terms of use.

I don't see an answer to my question. Who can I reach out to for more information?
Please reach out to Alexandra Rosenberg at [email protected] with any additional questions.

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Oceans * Scientists estimate that 91% of marine species have yet to be discovered, cataloged or described. What do you imagine is in the deep unknown? * Coral reefs support some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet.

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What food crops can you grow? Flowers? It's a great time to think about having your kids start a garden at home. Or, plan a school garden for when you get back on campus.

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KidsGardening supports the educators and caregivers bringing the life-changing benefits of gardening to kids.

We support educators and families with grant funding, original educational resources, inspiration, and community to get more kids learning through the garden.

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We create opportunities for kids to learn and grow through gardening, engaging their natural curiosity and wonder. Helping young minds grow!

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Try the Vans shoebox challenge.

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Got an empty shoebox lying around your house? What's the most creative thing you can make out of it?

This week we want to challenge everyone to see who can come up with the best ideas.

You can turn it into a mini skate park, or your own mini wave pool. Maybe you want to make a little robot, a creature from outer space, or a DIY guitar? Whatever your idea, we want to see it. We will be featuring all of our favorites here on this site + we may surprise a few people who submit with free Vans Custom Codes to design their own pair, on us.

Read the Contest Rules and upload your photo below.

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Got an empty shoebox lying around your house? What's the most creative thing you can make out of it? This week we want to challenge everyone to see who can come up with the best ideas. You can turn it into a mini skate park, or your own mini wave pool.

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Using leftover glass jars, plant an herb garden to spice up your cooking.

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Plant your own indoor herb garden with this simple gardening project! With a few empty CLASSICO Pasta Sauce jars, potting soil and a selection of herbs from your local garden store, you can make this jar herb garden at home.

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Plant your own indoor herb garden with this simple gardening project! With a few empty CLASSICO Pasta Sauce jars, potting soil and a selection of herbs from your local garden store, you can make this jar herb garden at home.

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Make your summer vacation count with these fun animal centered craft projects.

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Make your kids' summer vacation count with these fun craft projects! Whether you design snazzy décor to deter birds from flying into your windows or make toys for the neighborhood pets, we'd love to see what you create. Share your photos with us!

Projects for pets

Keep pets of all stripes entertained and mentally stimulated with these easy-to-make toys.

Stocking stuffer

1. Fill the toe of a child-sized sock with crumpled paper or polyester fiberfill.

2. Sprinkle in a little catnip, tie a knot in the ankle and share with a kitty.

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Make your kids' summer vacation count with these fun craft projects! Whether you design snazzy décor to deter birds from flying into your windows or make toys for the neighborhood pets, we'd love to see what you create. Share your photos with us! Keep pets of all stripes entertained and mentally stimulated with these easy-to-make toys.

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Check out the ABC's of Making from Tinkercad.

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Egg cartons are one of the best materials to save from the trash or recycling bin. In this blog post, I'll show you a few fun things you can do with them!

Seed Starting

Egg cartons are wonderful for starting seeds, especially if they're made of a biodegradable material! Want to give it a try yourself? Check out the " Starting Seeds in Egg Cartons" instructable for more information.

Making Flowers

Egg cartons make unique and pretty flowers! I especially love these egg carton flowers that also hold LED tealights. Use different colored egg cartons or a bit of paint to make your flowers more exciting.

An Interesting Painting Canvas

This is maybe my favorite egg carton project of all time! Use large egg cartons as custom canvases for self-portraits. Check out the instructable to learn more about the process from an art teacher.

Creating Animals

Egg cartons are a wonderful 3D building material. Why not try your hand at creating custom characters like this owl made with Makedo? Check out the instructable to see how it was made!

How have you used egg cartons? Show us how by reaching out to us on social @instructables to by posting your own instructable!

Keep an eye on the Tinkercad blogand our social media channels ( Twitter, Facebook) for more step-by-step guides, design challenges and other inspiration.

In the meantime, please see our recent posts titledHello Tinkercad Friends! Let's #TinkerTogetherandParents Guide to Starting Kids in Tinkercad. They provide more information on some of Tinkercad's useful features for parents, teachers, and students.

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The ABCs of Making: E is for Egg Cartons

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Egg cartons are one of the best materials to save from the trash or recycling bin. In this blog post, I'll show you a few fun things you can do with them! Egg cartons are wonderful for starting seeds, especially if they're made of a biodegradable material!