The Big Green Book of Recycled Crafts


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This is the ultimate book for the eco-conscious crafter. Plastic, paper, glass, cans, clothing, and household throwaways easily transform from trash to treasure in the book's six sections.




Fun and Easy Crafting with Recycled Materials


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***INCLUDES 12 CUT-OUT TEMPLATES!*** Exciting, Eco-Conscious Crafts with Stuff You Already Have Transform paper rolls, egg cartons, newspaper and cardboard into colorful decorations, amazing wearable masks, hats and jewelry or even sturdy desk organizers, puzzles and paint palettes. Get ready to unleash your imagination with 60 unique crafts—with something for all ages—including: Homemade Kaleidoscope Build Your Own Marble Maze Cool Superhero Mask Dinosaur Terrarium Indoor Mini-Garden Awesome Cardboard Castle Kimberly McLeod, creator of The Best Ideas for Kids®, provides a varied selection of budget-friendly, eco-conscious projects that are great for imaginary play, bedroom decorations, gift giving and more! You’ll be so proud of the projects you’ve created and customized with your own hands—and they are as fun to make as they are to play with!




Recycled Crafts Box


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Discusses recycling and provides information and instructions for making art projects from a variety of recycled materials.




Creating by Recycling


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A springtime bouquet of paper flowers. Salt-dough picture frame gifts. A beautiful wreath of dried autumn leaves. These are just a few of the wonderful crafts you can create for holidays, celebrations, and gifts throughout the year! Crafts For All Seasons combines creativity with crafts that are fun and easy to do. And each project features materials that are both inexpensive and easy to find. Simple and satisfying, these books are perfect for kids on their own, or younger children with help from their parents or teachers.




Recycling Crafts


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The old saying that one person's trash is another person's treasure rings true to craft lovers. Using step-by-step instructions, readers will reuse paper towel tubes, plastic bottles, and other recyclables found around the house to make bracelets, pencil cases, and colorful decorations. Full-color photographs of the crafts' steps help readers complete them as they follow along with clear, easy-to-understand directions. While some crafts require help from an adult, most can be finished with a few supplies, a little creativity, and a whole lot of fun!




Eco Books


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A collection of projects and ideas for making books out of common everyday items normally placed in the recycle bin.




Bottle Cap Activities: Recreational Recycling


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The wonderful ideas presented in Bottle Cap Activities are versatile enough for use in classrooms, parties, summer camps, boy and girl scout troops, projects at home, and even senior citizen homes. This book also includes the musical play “The Bottle Cap Kids,” which was performed at Disney World. The words, sheet music, and instructions for costume making are also included. Even the costumes are made from bottle caps! Activities include Bottle Cap Barnyard, Bottle Cap Band, a calendar of seasonal bottle cap crafts, and a variety of other fun environmental crafts.




Paper Goods Projects


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Craft to your heart’s content without making a trip to a specialty store. Once you’ve glimpsed the inspired creations in Paper Goods Projects, you’ll never look at your pantry shelves or recycling bins the same way. Here are 60 fun and simple crafts that transform everyday items: paper towel tubes turn into safari animals, coffee filters dyed bright colors bloom into water lilies, doilies make a charming crown, and cereal boxes become the building blocks of a mini city. Paper Goods Projects has crafts for birthday party favors and decorations, cake toppers, greeting cards, children’s toys, and so much more. Tap your creativity like never before to create fun, beautiful objects out of the simplest materials.




Eco-Craft


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Projects: sweater rug, painted bottle vases, six-pack screen, bowled over, embellished pot, CD-case towel rack, coffee-bag tote, bamboo trays, inner-tube bulletin board, drawer dividers, do lunch right, message on a bottle, hangers on, tray jolie, stop the draft, can be beautiful, milk-jub pendant, baby-jar chandelier, grocery-bag shade, pots of light, for the birds, seed balls, music boxes, fall line-up, ornamental metal, magazine shapes, by the book, wrapped up.




Craft with Recycling


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In this guided collection, young crafters and artists will find step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs that will aid them in creating decorations and playful projects using elements they have designated for reuse or upcycling. Author and artist Stéphanie Boulay, known as Lucimari, opens with encouraging words that will inspire crafters to pay closer attention to their surroundings for materials that may otherwise be thrown away, such as cans, bottles, scraps of paper or felt, unused and mismatched yarn. You never know which materials may be given a second life! The projects featured throughout this fully illustrated book can be created as displayed on the page and may inspire future crafts. Types of creations include masks, figurines or toys, mobiles, desk organizers, and more.