Recycling games and activities for kids can help them learn about the hazards of pollution and ways of reducing it. Did you know that a plastic bottle you throw out today will sit in a landfill for thousands of years or drift in the ocean? It’s true, as harsh as it may appear. In a thousand years, we have no idea what the earth or people will look like, but plastic bottles will still exist. So, is there a way out? Recycling, on the other hand, may provide an answer. To safeguard the earth’s natural resources, preserve the ecosystem, and keep wastes to a minimum, we must all recycle. Taking something old and turning it into something useful is what recycling is all about. Here are some activities and games to help your little eco-warrior understand the concept of recycling.
10 Interesting Recycling Games For Kids
1. Waste No Water:
You Will Need:
Non-breakable containers (soup can, or a plastic spaghetti sauce jar will work) Water
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2. Bottle Bowling:
You Will Need:
2-liter soda pop bottles or dishwashing detergent bottles and small bleach bottles Lightweight balls Sand Funnel
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3. Scavenger Hunt:
You Will Need:
Recyclable items like bottles, plastics, various paper items and so on. Pen Paper
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4. Tumbling Tows:
You Will Need:
Recycle bin filled with clean aluminum cans
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5. Recycling Relay:
You Will Need:
3 labeled boxes: 1 recycles, one reuse, and one trash Two boxes of clean trash
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6. Newspaper Dump:
You Will Need:
A stack of newspaper for each team Recycle bin
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7. Recycling Bin Race Game:
You Will Need:
Paper Pen or marker Scissors
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Milk jug Pickle jar Magazines Newspaper Junk mail Jelly jar Cereal box Water bottle Ketchup bottle Olive jar
8. Trash Can Relay:
You Will Need:
Five trash cans
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9. Passing The Trash:
You Will Need:
Trash can with trash Recycling bin
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10. Let’s Recycle Sorting Games:
You Will Need:
Template Paper bags Dice
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10 Fun Recycling Activities For Kids
1. Recycling Or Garbage:
You Will Need:
2 to 3 containers Card stock paper Magazines Double stick paper Scissors
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2. Make A Pencil Holder From Aluminum Can:
You Will Need:
An empty aluminum can or glass jar Can opener Yarn Clear glue Scissors Decorations (such as sequins, bead, pebbles, dried flowers, buttons leaves and so on
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3. Glass Flower Vase:
You Will Need:
An empty glass bottle or jar Tissue paper in different colors Scissors Liquid starch Container to hold the starch (A margarine tub would do) An old toothbrush or paintbrush
How To: Tip- Kids can even use pictures from books or magazines instead of tissue paper.
4. Bubble Blower And Solution:
Bubble Blower: You Will Need:
1 small, plastic soda bottle, empty and washed. For larger bubbles, you can use a 2-liter plastic soda bottle. Scissors Masking tape
How To: Solution: You Will Need:
1 cup of liquid dish soap ¼ cup of Karo syrup 1 ½ cups of water A large bowl for making solution A container large enough for dipping the end of the bottle
How To: Note- Kids can even use it as a bubble wand. They just have to dip it in the solution and then wave the bubble blower through the air.
5. Trash Pizza:
You Will Need:
A garbage can A chalk and blackboard
How To:
Recyclable paper Non-recyclable paper Plastic bottles Aluminum cans Steel cans Food waste Cardboard
6. Make A Parachute:
You Will Need:
A plastic bag or any fabric of light material Scissors String A small object to act as a weight
How To: Note- Make a hole in the middle of the parachute to allow the air pass slowly rather than spilling it on one side.
7. Make A Recycled Notepad:
You Will Need:
20 sheets of paper that are used on one side A piece of string, twine or ribbon Cardboard Marker Paper punch Scissors
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8. Make A Recycled Wind Sock:
You Will Need:
Plastic margarine tub or any type of tub, with lid Party streamers, leftover crepe paper, string old ribbon, or other materials Scissors
How To: Note- Tell your child to keep an eye on the leftover party materials, especially after Christmas or 4th of July party.
9. Make A Rainstick From Cardboard Tube:
You Will Need:
Paper towel roll or poster tube Aluminum foil or just scraps Cardboard scraps Uncooked popcorn kernels Glue Scissors Markers, paint, stickers for decoration
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10. Bird Feeder:
You Will Need:
One-gallon plastic milk jug or a two-liter soda bottle 12-inches long stick or dowel A 12-inch piece of used wire, string, or fishing line Permanent markers or stickers One nail
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