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Crafts from Trash

A Fun Way to Recycle with Toddlers

By Donna Stone

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We know recycling is important, but how do we pass this on to our children who are too young to really understand? Show your toddler how you can turn items that would normally be thrown away into fun crafts. They'll have a ball helping you make the craft, and you'll be teaching a valuable lesson.

Lace Cards
Busy little hands are sometimes too eager to turn pages in a favorite storybook. You can recycle those torn picture books into lace cards.

You will need:

  • Cereal boxes
  • Torn picture book with large, simple pictures
  • Glue
  • Scissors
  • Shoestring for lacing
  • Hole punch

    • Cut the cereal box front or back out. Select a page from an old picture book and glue it onto the cardboard. Smooth out any air bubbles. Allow plenty of time for the card to completely dry. After the card is dry, trim around the edges. Punch holes to outline pictures on the card, approximately 1 inch to 2 inches apart.

    Help your toddler lace the shoestrings through the holes. Not only is this a fun activity for them to do, it will also help improve their motor skills!

    Cardboard Play Town
    Turn empty boxes into a play town for your little one!

    You will need:

  • An assortment of small empty boxes, such as macaroni boxes, salt containers, milk cartons, etc.
  • Empty paper towel tube
  • Construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Tape
  • Plain white or brown paper
  • Crayons or markers

    • Cut pieces of paper to cover the boxes and tape in place. Draw on windows, doors and other features for your buildings. To make a traffic light, cut circles of red, yellow and green construction paper and glue to the paper towel tube.


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