Earth Day is this week! Let’s teach our kids about how to turn what looks like trash, into something valuable again. Now, I usually don’t have plastic water bottles in my home because of their environmental impact. However, if we ever receive them from restaurants or after a long trip, I keep them and use them in any crafty way I can. Take a look at 3 fun water bottle crafts my daughter and I have done: Bottle Bangles What you’ll need: an empty water bottle an exacto knife or scissors yarn, ribbon or loose fabric tape any decorations 🙂 My daughter absolutely loved the bangles we created. In fact she wore them all day!Continue reading
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Fun Egg Carton Crafts
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I love repurposing our recyclables into new and creative crafts. I want my daughter to see how things can fulfill more then one purpose, to understand that not all should be wasted and to see the creative possibilities in the otherwise mundane. In honor of Earth Day here are our best egg carton craft ideas: 1. Sp-egg-tacles What you’ll need: Empty egg carton Scissors A single hole-puncher Pipe-cleaners Markers or stickers This was such an adorable craft! My daughter walked around the house almost all day wearing her little glasses. She put them on, and immediately became different characters! All you need to do is cut outContinue reading