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!




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.




Recycled Crafts Box


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




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.




Recycle and Remake


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Kids are on a mission to save the Earth! Recycle and Remake is the hands-on, practical guide you need to get started. This gentle, but empowering book is full of creative making activities, information, and ideas that give young eco-warriors (like you!) the know-how to really help the environment. With Recycle and Remake, you will soon be saving trees by making your own seeded recycled paper from junk mail, cleaning up the oceans by turning old carrier bags into kites, friendship bracelets, and colourful weaved baskets, and repurposing a cardboard box into a periscope. You'll also learn about sustainable energies by creating a simple solar oven, cutting down on cling-film by making a food wrap from scrap cotton and beeswax, and turning an old t-shirt into a reusable tote bag so you never need to buy a plastic carrier bag again. You can even grow new plants to clean the air in your own up-cycled milk bottle planters and using homemade compost. As you make and create, you will learn kid-friendly facts about the big issues our planet is facing. Each of the activities directly relates to an environmental hot topic, such as plastic pollution, food waste, or deforestation. Budding environmentalists all over the world are feeling inspired to do their bit for our unique planet. This future-friendly ebook is here to guide you with all the information, ideas, tips, and tools you need to be part of the solution.




Creative Crafting with Recycled Greeting Cards


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"This book is crammed with projects, with...color illustrations....the instructions are good, and the book is full of ideas."--"Library Journal." "More than 300 adaptations for old greeting cards. Ideas tumble one after another, explained in a how-to format resembling a recipe, with ingredients listed first...color photographs of finished projects...guide readers....A cachepot of craftables for anyone."--"Booklist."




Upcycle It Crafts for Kids Ages 8-12


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Remake the ordinary into the extraordinary--crafts for kids ages 8 to 12 Watch kids' eyes light up as they roll up their sleeves and transform ordinary items. Upcycle It! Crafts for Kids shows tweens how to take objects destined for the recycling bin and breathe new life into them to make room decor, organizers, school supplies, and so much more. What sets this apart from other kids' activity books: 25 purposeful projects--Exciting arts and crafts like Awesome Earbud Case, Cute Critter Cardboard Hangers, and Splatter Paint Sunglasses allow kids to create something that is both useful and fun to make. Easily accessible supplies--The crafts in this book repurpose everyday items you likely have lying around, so there's no need to spend lots of money or schedule a trip to the store. Clear instructions--Kids will have no trouble tackling these crafts thanks to simple directions that are paired with beautiful pictures to guide them through the process. Inspire ingenuity and eco-friendly habits with Upcycle It! Crafts for Kids.




Crafting with Recyclables


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Whether you're looking for something to do on a rainy day or making a personalized gift for a friend, crafts are a great way to pass the time. They also provide an opportunity to learn how to draw meaning from technical texts. The activities in this book push readers to read for comprehension, use information gained from the text and illustrations to follow step-by-step directions, determine relationships among steps in a technical process, and build the skills they need to make crafts using recyclable materials.




Crafting with Recyclables: Even More Projects


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This book includes ideas for turning common household items into a variety of interesting and creative crafts. Crafters practice comprehension skills as they use text and diagrams to follow the steps for each project. The activities push students to learn and apply domain-specific vocabulary, practice new techniques, and build on concepts that may already be familiar. Other tools, including an index and additional resources, encourage readers to locate information and explore further independently.