Recycled Teen Crafts with Newspaper

Newspaper is a common household item that gets thrown away, but you can use it for fun teen craft projects. This article will provide you with detailed instructions on creating several recycled teen crafts with newspaper.

Tree Sculpture

A fun craft for kids that uses recycled newspaper is a tree sculpture. For this recycled craft you will need newspaper, glue, yarn, scissors, and cardboard. Start this recycled teen craft by helping teens roll several pieces of newspaper around into a trunk shape. Glue the shape and tie it with yarn to help keep it in place while drying.

Cut a couple of slits into the bottom of the trunk, and glue these slits to the cardboard to help your newspaper tree stand up. Then help teens roll more sheets of newspaper into smaller tubes for branches; glue and tie the branches as well.

Then arrange the branches inside the recycled newspaper tree trunk and apply glue to secure. Teens can then paint this tree if they like, and they can add tissue paper for leaves as well. This fun recycled teen craft is easy and inexpensive to create.

Magnetic Poetry

Another recycled newspaper craft idea that will help teens be creative while learning is a magnetic poetry set. For this recycled craft you will need newspaper, scissors, magnetic sheets, and glue.

Start this recycled teen project by helping kids look through the newspaper for words. Cut out several words and glue them to the magnetic sheets; remember to place the words close together to utilize as much of the magnetic sheet as possible.

Also remember to cut out useful words such as "the" and "is". Commonly used words are necessary, but also use interesting words to make this recycled teen craft more fun. When the glue has dried cut the words out, and you and your teen can have fun creating poetry with this recycled newspaper craft.

Photo Frame

Recycled newspaper can be used to create a photo frame, and all you will need for this craft project is newspaper, glue, a razor, and cardboard. Start by cutting two pieces of cardboard into rectangles of equal size. Then cut a smaller rectangle out of the middle of one of the rectangles.

Next help your teen find interesting headlines or articles in the recycled newspaper and glue them to the cardboard frame. Then glue the sides and bottom edge of the frame to other piece of cardboard and when it is dried it is done. This recycled newspaper craft is easy and fun for teens.

Using newspaper as a recycled craft item is a good way to teach teens about recycling, and it is a fun way to bond with your teen; so try these craft ideas today.