Learning Ideas and Activities Using Bottle Caps!

Published:
November 18, 2014

Sarah Shelton

Contributor:
Sarah Shelton

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Have you ever considered incorporating recycled items into your learning activities?

Part of four bottles of milk with red cap isolated on white background.With the beauty of the internet there are so many out of the box creative ideas and uses for anything you can think of! I know my kids get bored with paper and pencil and workbooks. I found some of the cutest learning ideas using bottle caps that I wanted to share with you! You can even teach your kids about repurposing and recycling by saving up your plastic bottle caps to use in games, learning and more!

Alphabet and Reading Activities:
Spelling With Milk Caps
Bottlecap Name Soup
Trace Large Letters with Bottlecaps
Alphabet Match
Dump Truck Name Spelling Game
Dolch Sight Word Bottle Caps with free printable
Sight Word Bottle Cap Stampers

Sorting:

Sorting Colors With Bottle Caps
Sorting Letters and Colors
Bottle Cap Shape Matching Game
Bottle Top Word Cards
Bottle Cap Sorting with a muffin tin

Numbers and Math Activities:
Number Matching Game
Bottlecap Math
Make Your Own Bottle Cap Money
Printable Bottle Cap Counting Cards
Milk Cap Math Games
Bottle Cap Number Activity Printables

Bottle Cap Crafts:
Bottlecap Birdies
Homemade Bottlecap Stamps
Bottlecap Mosaic
Bottlecap Painting – This adorable turkey is perfect for Thanksgiving!
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Bottlecap Animals from Love and Lollipops – Aren’t they adorable?