Water Bottle Crafts for Kids

These Water Bottle Crafts for Kids are perfect for keeping the kids busy. Try 23 fun crafts using what you already have at home.

Kids can make fun creations including animals, plastic bottle flowers, fairy gardens and much more. The options are endless for these fun water bottle crafts. I have even included some cool glow in the dark options.

You will be amazed what you can make from a recycled water bottle, milk jug or soda bottle. The kids also love to make Toilet Paper Roll Crafts and 20 Tissue Paper Crafts for Kids.

If you need something refreshing for craft time, try Kid Friendly Frozen Drink Recipes.

Why We Love These

You can make all sorts of fun crafts from the recycling bin. We always have a ton of spare water bottles around the house, so this is an easy craft.

Many of these can be used as learning opportunities and incorporated into lessons if you choose to do so. The kids will love all these ideas to transform an empty plastic bottle.

1. Recycled Water Bottle Flower

Use the bottom of water bottles to make flowers! Make mom or Grandma a “bouquet” with this clever idea using simple instructions.

2. Hanging Jellyfish

Make a jellyfish with a bottle and add streamers to complete the look. Let your child decide the colors! You can make several and have an assortment of different jellyfish with this easy tutorial.

3. Water Bottle Fish Craft

Learn how to turn water bottles into cute little fish! Kids will have a blast decorating the bottles. Each fish can be decorated however your child wants. That is the beauty in this fun project.

4. Plastic Bottle Shaker

The kids will love to make shakers with plastic bottles. Kids can make music and perform for you. After having tons of fun crafting, the kids can make lots of fun music for everyone.

5. Fairy House Night Lights

Use battery operated tea lights to turn bottles into fairy house night lights. This would be so cute in a little girl’s room or playroom. Fairy gardens are so popular right now.

6. Water Bottle Octopus

Learn about science and make an octopus. This is a great hands-on activity to incorporate science and make learning fun.

7. Plastic Bottle Monsters

The monsters would be cool for Halloween or anytime really! Let the kids help make and decorate these cute little monsters. Start saving your bottles and you will save a ton on decorations and a fun activity.

8. Water Bottle Fish Craft

Make colorful fish with tissue paper and bottles. Kids will love this fun craft. Save tissue paper from gifts and you will have tons to choose from when it’s time to make this toy.

9. Glowing Sensory Bottle

This DIY plastic bottle makes the perfect glow in the dark sensory bottle for bedtime. It’s a great way to help kids settle down using an old plastic bottle.

10. DIY Shrinky Dink

Recycled plastic bottles make the best supplies for shrinky dinks. You will be amazed what you can create using different colors of permanent marker and plastic. From robots and animals to fun designs, the possibilities are endless.

11. Pop Bottle Craft

Learn how to reuse a soda bottle to make a lightning bug. Fill the bottle with glow sticks to complete the craft.

12. Water Bottle Whirligigs

Transform plastic bottles into yard decor when you make these whimsical whirligigs. It is such a fun plastic bottle craft idea.

13. DIY Galaxy Jar

These sensory glitter jars are perfect for old glass milk bottles, water bottles and more.

14. Plastic Bottle Game

Make a fun shark game using simple plastic bottles. This is a great craft and fun game for kids.

15. Water Bottle Fish Craft

Create an underwater friend that is so much fun for kids of all ages.

16. Plastic Water Bottle Flowers

These darling flowers are made out of plastic water bottles for a fun craft and cute decoration.

17. Recycled Bottle Koinobori

You can use an assortment of sharpies and a plastic bottle to make your own version of Japanese Wind Sock.

18. Macaroni Penguin

Kids will have a blast making this fun Penguin out of a bottle and a few other supplies.

19. Milk Jug Window Craft

Create gorgeous butterflies to hang in the window using recycled milk jugs.

20. Water Bottle Octopus or Squid

Make fun ocean animals using water bottles. Kids will love making these fun animals.

21. Airplane

Paper Mache technique transforms this water bottle into a super cool airplane.

22. Wind Spinner

This wind spinner is a fun duct tape and water bottle craft for children to make.

23. Plastic Bottle Wind Chimes

You will be amazed what you can create with a little yarn, beads and plastic bottle. These pretty windchimes are a blast to make.

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Try a few or maybe all and let us know how these water bottle crafts turned out. I love reading your comments!