Marble Color Mixing Discovery Bottle

Sensory play doesn't have to be messy or expensive! You can even use a recycled jar for play in this discovery bottle that contains the mess. Try this to experience color mixing in a unique way!

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Plastic Bottle Water Tower for Kids

We have been having so much fun playing with water this summer from our homemade water wall to gross motor color mixing. Our latest creation was a water funneling tower made from recycled plastic bottles!

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Beekeeping: A Pretend Play Prompt

After visiting our friends' bee hive we created our own pretend play beekeeping prompt with costumes and tools. We even made the honeycomb ourselves! 

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Plastic Lid Planets

Inspired by our plastic lid Earth craft we created a solar system of recycled plastic lid planets! We've just launched our solar system and space preschool science unit and we love to craft with recycled materials.

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Five Little Pumpkins on the Light Table

Five Little Pumpkins is a favorite Halloween poem to retell in our house! We've already shared our Fine Motor Five Little Pumpkins so for this activity we used recycled materials to make dry erase jack-o-lanterns for the light table.

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Recycled Take Out Container Frankenstein

We may be addicted to recycled crafts this autumn season.  Before we put anything in the trash or recycle bin, E and I both analyze it to think of what it could become!  

Our latest creation is a recycled take out container turned into a Frankenstein.  We have a running joke in our family that Mr. SPS is scared of Frankenstein.  E wanted to make a happy one to make him feel more brave around them!  

Start with a take out container, preferably after your lovely husband brings you home sesame chicken and white rice for dinner.

Turn the container upside down and paint it green.  Our paint didn't quite cover the text on the top of the container, but that's fine because Frank needs hair.

Glue on eyes.  After doing an image search for Frankenstein, E decided to draw on the nose, scar, and mouth with markers.  She drew him sticking his tongue out so he would be too silly for Daddy to be scared!

We glued on felt hair.  Our Frankenstein was ALIVE!  I love how the handle of the take out container reminds me of his bolted on head!

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Recycled Egg Carton Acorn Ornaments

We love to use recycled materials in our crafts.  For fall we wanted a seasonal ornament that we could hang up so we painted acorns from recycled egg cartons.

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Frog Life Cycle Craft for Kids

A frog's life cycle is fascinating especially to preschoolers. This recycled craft is perfect for reviewing a frog's life cycle with kids. It is easy for the children to transform the tadpole into a frog as they retell the process in their own words. This is perfect for a preschool unit on spring!

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Sensory Fall Colors Water Mixing

Autumn colors are all around us! Red, orange, yellow, green, and even brown are so pretty and fall festive.

We explored autumn color mixing with water for seasonal sensory fine motor practice. 

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Stamping Hearts with Recycled Coffee Cup Sleeves

Still Playing School runs on love and coffee.  We combined the two for this art activity!  We stamped hearts with recycled coffee cup sleeves!  

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Fairy Land: Building with Recycled Materials on the Light Table

Our preschooler constructed a fairy land on the light table using recycled materials! The magical and girly pretend play sparked her imagination and mine.

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Hickory Dickory Dock Clock Craft & Time Telling Activity for Kids

I'm excited to share our Hickory Dickory Dock craft as part of Sugar Aunts' Nursery Rhymes Crafts & Activities Series. Our clock craft featured so many elements that are pivotal to the learning invitations we create: It's a fine motor activity that is created with recycled materials. It incorporates literacy and math that is adaptable to many ability levels allowing the activity to grow with your child or be available for a whole classroom of children with different ability levels. The best part is our preschooler created it and she loves it for play!

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Recycled Earth Day Craft

Once we made our melted bead Earth for the light table Earth Day crafts were on my mind! When I saw this blue lid to a container of snacks I just knew we needed to create an earth from it!

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Bottle Cap Hundred Chart

A Hundred Chart is a fantastic  tool for children to naturally discover patterns in math. We recycled bottle caps to create a loose parts math invitation for the light table!

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Egg Carton and Cupcake Liner Dinosaur Craft

Aren't all kids crazy about dinosaurs? This craft idea would be perfect for a preschool dinosaur theme unit! We read the book Dinosaurumpus then made a Triceratops using recycled items including egg cartons and cupcake liners for this month's Book Club Play Date!

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Fine Motor Printmaking for Kids

Have you ever tried printmaking with kids? All you need is a golf tee, paper, paint, and one recycled material!

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The Benefits of Creative Collage for Kids

We made a large scale scarecrow collage out of recycled materials to decorate for Fall! As our preschooler was working on her artistic creation I was realizing all of the benefits of creating collages for kids.

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Leprechaun Bait

When our Window Rainbow failed to immediately lure in a leprechaun we knew we needed to kick it up a notch!  We decided to mix our own leprechaun bait!

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Yarn Wrapped Turkey Craft

Our preschooler created a colorful yarn wrapped turkey from recycled material! This gobbler is the perfect fine motor craft for Thanksgiving.

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Winter Inspired Tinker Tray

Are you frozen with anticipation about how you'll keep your kids busy all winter long? We've recently introduced our kids to tinker trays for open ended and creating STEM learning. This icy themed invitation to explore is sure to melt away boredom in a flash!

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