Recommended for lower elementary school students! A collection of plastic bottle craft ideas made with everyday materials.

ring toss

How to Make a Plastic Bottle Ring Toss: Easy DIY Toy for Use in Childcare

Let’s make an eco-friendly ring toss game using plastic bottles! Fill empty plastic bottles with water so they won’t tip over easily.

Just adding water is fine, but it’s also fun to add a little paint to color the water.

Next, decorate the bottles however you like: stick on construction paper with point values, add stickers, or glue on paper cut into different shapes like animals.

For the rings, simply roll up strips of newspaper into long tubes and form them into circles.

As long as you have plastic bottles, you can put this together quickly and easily—give it a try!

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Kendama

How to Make a PET Bottle Kendama [Handmade Toy / Easy Craft]

There are simple yet fun things out there, right? “PET-bottle kendama” is exactly one of those.

All you need are two plastic bottles with different mouth sizes, one cap, and a piece of string.

The size difference makes it more fun to play.

Cut both bottles in half, and don’t use the halves without the mouths.

Since the cut edges are dangerous, cover them with vinyl tape for protection.

Fasten the string to the bottle cap, then sandwich it between the two bottle mouths and wrap with tape.

It also seems like you could swap the cap for a ping-pong ball.

Kalimba

It makes funny sounds! Let's make a plastic-bottle kalimba

We’re going to try making an ethnic instrument called a “kalimba.” You’ll need about ten plastic coffee stirrers, one wooden chopstick, a PET bottle, a wooden board (like a kamaboko fish-cake board), and some thick wire.

First, use the wire to fasten the wooden board securely to the PET bottle.

Place the chopstick on top of the board to create a step, then line up the stirrers—trimmed at the tips—so they can be inserted and rest over the step.

Fasten everything firmly so that plucking the stirrers with your fingers produces sound.

If you adjust the length of the stirrers, you might even be able to get a do–re–mi scale!

Gumball capsule machine

[Craft] I tried making a transparent gumball capsule toy machine! Gacha DIY with a plastic bottle – Milkids Club Saorin – DIY Transparent Gumball Machine

By cleverly combining plastic bottles, you can make a machine that dispenses gumballs.

If you fill it with gums of various colors, it also becomes a beautiful decorative piece.

The trickiest part of the craft is making a round tube from a plastic bottle.

Cut out a rectangle just big enough for a single gum to pass through; if the gum goes through smoothly there, the rest should be easy to assemble.

Since you’ll be using a utility knife a lot, please make it with an adult.

keychain

[What can you make?] A recycled keychain made from a plastic bottle

We’re going to make a “Feather Charm” by using a plastic bottle to create bird-like feathers.

This involves detailed work, so please be careful with your hands.

First, create a plastic sheet from the bottle.

The size is up to you.

Cut it into the shape of a bird’s feather.

If you imagine a leaf and add lots of slits, it will look more feather-like.

Punch a hole and attach it to a keychain or earrings, and you’re done.