50+ Cool Green Crafts for Earth Day – part 1

When is Earth Day? Earth Day is April 22. So we’re treating you to 50+ new ideas for Earth day activities, crafts made with recycled materials and cool eco-design DIY projects to celebrate the day.

Crafting with recyclables is hip, and it allows you to freely experiment, which usually leads better results.

Plus, some of the things we’re going to show you are best made with recycled materials rather than with new material, as they just would not have the same ‘look’ nor carry the same ‘warm n fuzzy feeling’ that one gets from making something beautiful and doing something for the environment at the same time.

Try each craft for yourself so you can create a beautiful Earth Day, every day.

Here is lot #1 of green craft ideas:

Unique Desk Accessories from Upcycled Materials Origami heart – Instructions Personalized Desk Calendar (w. recycled papers)   Round Boxes Made with Rolled Magazine Paper – Free, Well-Illustrated Tutorial  Cool Frames Made from Recycled Magazines- Good Tutorial Retro Frame Made from Recycled Baby Food Jar Lid – Free  Tutorial Small Rectangle Boxes, by http://farmandfrufru.blogspot.com/2010/02/pick-up-sticksa-tutorialof-sorts.html (website no longer exists)    Recycled Magazine Business Card Holders – Free Tutorial   Tiny Pin Cushions Made with Recycled Bottle Caps – Free  Tutorial

50+ Cool Recycled Crafts

Hope you’ll enjoy these and the other recycled crafts ideas & tutorials in this series:

1. Recycled Craft Ideas for Desk Accessories

2. Unique Furniture and Home Decorations Made from Recycled Materials.

3. Recycled Crafts for Kids

4. Personal Accessories Made with Recyclables

5. Recycling Crafts for the Garden.

For existing green craft ideas that are already on the blog, simply type ‘recycled’ in our search box and find many pages worth of ideas. Be sure to visit our craft project category called ‘Recycled Materials’ where you can find a great many wonderful recycled craft ideas.