100 Percent Recycled Crafts.

100 Percent Recycled Crafts.

Before you throw out the trash, try these crafty activities.

Crafts and Activities That Utilize Upcycled Materials

In general, the last week’s newspapers and empty plastic bottles come to mind when we think about recyclables. However, you can turn these commonplace items into new, useful crafts that will save you money and stimulate your child’s creativity. The ideas presented here will motivate you and your child to search your home for commonplace items that you can repurpose. Just let your thoughts run wild as you and your group dig into your creativity and contribute to the surroundings.

1.Magnet Messages

Allow your kid to cut out letters of different sizes from magazine or newspaper headlines. She may even choose to exclude some entire words or names. Show your child how to glue as many letters and words as they can on a magnet paper by using a glue stick. (Multi-packs of magnet sheets are offered at office supply retailers.) Next, make the individual magnets by carefully cutting around each letter. Use the magnets to playfully write notes to one another on the fridge after sticking them there.

2.Button Bands 

Utilise extra buttons and hair elastics to make personalised ponytail holders. The hair elastic should first be cut into one long section. The elastic should be threaded through the buttonholes, and the ends should be knotted tightly. Depending on what will fit around your child’s ponytail, get inventive and clip a few buttons to one elastic or use just one sizable button. Ponytail holders of various sizes can also be made using elastic thread, which you can get from a craft store.

3.Re-created Crayons

Use the broken crayon pieces to create new ones instead of throwing them away! Apply nonstick cooking spray liberally to a used muffin pan. Allow your child to fill the muffin cups with the broken crayon pieces of various colours. Watch what happens by placing the tray in the sun or a low-heat oven. Turn the pan upside down to remove the revitalised, multicoloured crayons after they have totally cooled.

4.Funky Flower Vase

When food colouring is used to give colour to white blossoms, science discovery, art, and enjoyment come together. Fill a clear glass soda bottle or jelly jar with water and a few drops of food colouring to create a vase. As usual, insert the white flowers with the stems down.

Any white flower will do, but carnations are a particularly good choice. An intriguing pattern will be produced when the colour in the water draws up into the petals. Invite your youngster to experiment with different mixtures of food colouring to make unique coloured flowers.

5.Inventive Envelope

An envelope should be opened carefully, flattened on an old magazine page, and placed inside. As she traces the outline of the envelope, assist your child in holding it steady. The form should then be cut out and folded along the fold lines of the original envelope. Once the edges are secured with tape, you can address your brand-new, vibrant envelope. Cut off a little piece of lighter coloured paper and attach it to the front if the magazine page is too dark for the pen to show through.