Get Creative- Trash or a Craft Treasure.

green | June 24th, 2009 - 12:15 PM

Milk Carton Bird Feeder

Milk Carton Bird Feeder

Get creative with objects from the recycling bin perfect for the kids to make.

Recycling and finding reuses for old items is good for the environment and a necessity in hard times. But this is also when human creativity can be most satisfying. Celebrate that “make do” spirit and sharing creative ideas for recycling modern materials.

Entertainment doesn’t have to be an electronic or an economic transaction.  Most kids love craft projects.

Start a recycling box filled with useful odds and ends that can be used to help keep expenses down with items such as recycled paper, egg cartons cardboard rolls, magazines, scraps of gift wrap and used greeting cards.

Old cardboard boxes make great cubby houses, castles and trains.

Puppets, masks, mobile, collages, mosaics, musical instruments and cards, the creative list is endless.

Think bigger, a sculpture for the garden using old gadgets, old car parts, or bits of junk.

Unleash your children’s creative spirits and your own at the same time and recycle.

true green – Kids- 100 things you can do to save the planet.  Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin.

Check out reusing Materials to Make New Crafts at Kaboose.

http://crafts.kaboose.com/

Milk carton Bird Feeder: http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/birds-of-a-feather/crafts/milk-carton-bird-feeder-craft.html

http://www.allfreecrafts.com/recycling-crafts/

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  1. [...] Create a greener environment for healthy children.  Show them that there is more to life than watching the screen for entertainment.  [...]

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