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Crafts from Trash
A Fun Way to Recycle!
By Donna Stone
Set up the play town on the floor or tabletop. Let your child drive his cars or walk his toys through the town he helped create!
The dividers found in boxes of 100 tea bags are the perfect size for bookmarkers. Make them to give away or to keep!
You will need:
Clear adhesive shelf paper
Small pictures of flowers
Scraps of ribbon and lace
Stickers (optional)
Glue
Scissors
1/3 yard 1/4-inch ribbon
Cut out small pictures of flowers or other decorative pictures from magazines or greeting cards. Glue your selected pictures and bits of lace onto the tea dividers. Add stickers and a message if desired. When you are finished decorating your bookmark cover it with clear shelf paper or laminating sheets. Trim the edges and punch a hole in the center near the top of the bookmark. Thread a ribbon through the hole.
Are the winter blues getting you down? Don't wait for spring; turn Styrofoam egg cartons into a garden!
You will need:
Styrofoam egg cartons
Scissors
Pipe cleaners
Modeling clay or play dough
Styrofoam cup
Put some modeling clay or play dough into the bottom of a Styrofoam drinking cup. Cut the cup sections of the egg carton apart and cut petals in the cups so that they resemble tulips. Poke the pipe cleaner through the bottom center of your flower. Poke the other end of the pipe cleaner into the modeling clay in the drinking cup. Enjoy!
