Bottle top art

Educational and craft activities for kids and parents

I guess I can now say that bottle cap artwork is an annual project! Last year was the first time we attempted this project with my 4th-6th grade students and they enjoyed it so much that we just kept saving caps and did it again. Just like last year we used cardboard for the backing and hot glue to attach the caps. The only expense for this project was a bit of tempera paint and sticks for the glue guns! A few of the panels were donated to the PTO auction and the rest are now displayed on…

…..and so it began Early last year Ferns Tidy Towns carried out a survey on the street to see how members of the community were managing to reduce single use plastic waste. They were surprise…

They make great jewelry, decor, and even furniture.

Create your own Bottle Cap Flower Wall Art. DIY - A great craft for all ages. Brighten up your wall with these fun bottle cap flowers!

The reaction for most of us when we read the title is to tap ourselves on the forehead and wonder why this idea did not occur to us. This is because bottle caps are something that we can easily have access to and once you get down to think of it, they do have a great potential for being worked into some kind of art project. We don’t know if you remember, but Lindsay Lohan had worn a charming necklace made of bottle caps in a movie titled “Confessions of a teenage drama queen”. Or that the…

In case you weren’t aware, tomorrow is the official start to summer (hooray!). Earlier this week I spent one of the warmer days exploring a local beach and I stumbled upon this amazing mural…

With ideas for kids and grown-ups.

Here are a bunch of plastic bottle cap crafts for kids to make! Some also use lids to make fun murals in the classroom.

Artist Lisa Be upcycled approximately 25,000 bottle caps to create a stunning public mural in Long Beach, New York.