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Homemade Recycled Paper-Making With Children
Long before paper was made in large manufacturing plants, paper was made by hand. Parents can take their children back in time and enjoy the art of paper-making with their children. In addition to creating a hand-made craft, making recycled paper provides an opportunity to teach children the importance of reusing, renewing and recycling.
Christmas Crafts for Kids Made Out of Recycled Items
Using recycled items to make Christmas crafts with the kids can be your family’s holiday gift to the environment. While the most common recycled Christmas craft may be making a Christmas tree ornament by cutting out an image from a recently received holiday card and attaching a string to it, there are many more creative children’s Christmas crafts that can be made by reusing and recycling items.
Recycled Denim Fun
Comfy, cozy jeans are a wardrobe staple for many on-the-go moms. When these go-to garments become worn, there is a crafty alternative to throwing them out. Instead of tossing your tired denim, turn your trusty jeans into an aesthetically pleasing craft project and give them a new lease on life.
Things to Make Out of Recycled Girl Scout Cookie Boxes
If your daughter wears a Girl Scout uniform or if you just have a certain love for Samoas or Tagalongs, you may have an overabundance of the medium-sized, rectangular boxes lying around the house. Instead of sending them to the recycling bin, use them for crafts around the house. Your kids will love the new toys they can create.
Recycled-Denim Crafts
When your favorite pair of jeans springs a hole, you don’t want to send them to the landfill. You can either patch them, decide that the hole makes them look cooler or recycle those jeans into something else. Even if you’re not even close to Martha Stewart, you can create recycled-denim crafts that are as practical as they are beautiful.