How to Create Best Crafts for Kids Using the Waste Things around Us?

Most of us under estimate the creativity and ingenuity of our kids.

The fact is that kids are smarter and more intelligent than most of us. At times, they can come up with amazingly brilliant ideas that can put the best of us to shame.

Today, we are sharing some wonderful best out of waste ideas for kids. For kids who love to CREATE things and derive pleasure from doing so, instead of just being glued to TV screens, game consoles and laptops as long as they are awake.

If you are a youngster who is always looking for good ideas for inspiration or have a kid who likes to do things and want to give him new ideas, here are 10 out of the box ideas.

And the best thing about these is that you do not need to rush to the market to buy expensive stuff to get your kid to do it.

In most likelihood, you will have enough junk and trash stashed up in the hidden corners of your home. In your basement, the attic, the store room or that room in the backyard. Make the best use of such waste material lying at home to keep the kids occupied and to encourage them to try out new things.

Waste stuff you have not had the heart to part with and has been piling up all those years.

10 Best Out of Waste Ideas for Kids

Here are some best out of waste ideas for kids which will help you get rid of all that junk and also keep them occupied.

Tray Made out of an Old Photo Frame

If you have an old photo frame which you no longer use, ask kiddo to paint it to make it look fresh and new.

Pick up a pair of lovely, intricately carved cast iron handles and attach them to the edges with shallow screws.

And in that picture insert, use a fabric which you would like to use as the base of your tray. Just stick it on to the cardboard using some glue/ good adhesive.

Finally, add a glass. That will prevent the fabric below from getting soiled and also make the tray much sturdier.

If you have a discarded frame at home, the tray will not cost you more than $3-5, depending upon the handles and the glass you choose for it and your kid will be so happy to have made something for his mom!

Best out of waste ideas for kids

Bookmarks Made out of Popsicle Sticks

Make some cute looking bookmarks for your grandparents using popsicle sticks, wiggly eyes, glue, felt tips pens and the bits and pieces of fabrics you can find in your mom’s DIY kit.

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A key chain from an old, expired credit card

My 11 year old son made me this key holder yesterday, using his dad’s old credit card. He simply punched a hole into the expired card, run an old ring through it.

And lo! You have a cool key chain out of waste credit card.

best use of old credit cards

That was easy, wasn’t it?

Crafts Using Old Tires

If you have some old tires rotting up in a corner of your garage, cut them and paint them and make very creative planters to hang down your balcony.

kids crafts from old discarded tires

Cool Button Bracelet

Put together all the buttons in your mom’s or grandma’s sewing kit and use a cord to make a beautiful bracelet out of them.

You can even gift them to friends on Friendship Day or simply as a token of love for your sis.

A hand crafted thing always holds special charm.

Button Bracelet best out of waste

Wind Chime Made Out of Old Bottle Caps

This is one best out of waste for kids which adults are sure to like too. You could use a cord to hold together old bottle caps and hand them together an old, perforated disc, etc to create wonderful, melodious wind chime for your backyard.

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Amazing Things With Your Tennis Ball

Let your creative juices flow and make a cool wall hanging for your kids’ room using an old tennis ball. Just see how many fantastic things you can create out of a simple ball.

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Wall Mirror Using Old Bottle Caps

Collect lots of bottle caps. Just ask your mom not to throw the caps away each time she opens a bottle of cold drinks. Once you have about 100 of them, pain them all in 3 different colors and arrange them in a mosaic to make an attractive mirror like this for your room.This is one of the Idea to create a best wall mirror using the waste old bottle caps.

You could even gift it to your elder sibling for his hostel room. I am sure he/ she will love you for this.

bottle cap mirror

Wall Mirror For Boys’ Room

if boys do not quite like the mirror we have shown above and want something more flashy and colorful for their room, they can try something like this for their room.

best out of waste for kids

Popsicle Stick Photo Frame

Use 4- 8 popsicle sticks to make this super cute picture frame for your room by sticking 2 of them along each edge on a 9” X 12” sheet of paper with glue. You can paint different patterns on the sticks to make your frame look extraordinary.

I have used only 4 sticks here. You can use any number of them for the frame you make.

best crafts for kids out of waste

Conclusion

We hope these wonderful ideas will give you and your kids some inspiration to create some wonderful and creative crafts, making the best out of waste things lying around the home.

If you have more ideas for putting waste stuff to use, please share them with us here. we will add them with your credit on Best out of waste blog.

Update 1 : Please visit 13 ways use broken crayons for reuse of broken crayons.

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