“In our house, a box has become an airplane, and a piece of cardboard has been transformed into a sword and shield,” says Kimberly McLeod, author of Fun and Easy Crafting with Recycled Materials. Using regular household items destined for the trash or the recycling bin, she creates sustainable crafts your kids will love.
Here are three of our favourites:
1. Rainbow caterpillar
Photo: Kimberly McLeod
You can turn egg cartons into all sorts of insects and animals. This rainbow caterpillar is my favourite egg carton craft. If you?re looking for a quick and simple craft to make, this is the one!
Materials
Egg carton

Scissors

White, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple acrylic paint

Paintbrush

Black pipe cleaner

Pencil
Glue

Googly eyes

Black marker
Directions
Photo: Kimberly McLeod
Cut off the egg carton top. Cut along the middle of the egg carton to split the egg carton into 2 pieces. Each piece should have 6 cups.
Photo: Kimberly McLeod
Paint 1 egg carton piece white. Once it is fully dry, paint each cup a different colour for a rainbow effect.
Photo: Kimberly McLeod
Cut 2 small pieces of black pipe cleaner. Curl the tops to form antennae. With the pencil, poke a small hole for each antenna at the top of the caterpillar?s head, and then gently push the pipe cleaners inside. You can also glue them to make sure they stay in place.
Photo: Kimberly McLeod
Glue 2 small googly eyes to the caterpillar?s head.
Photo: Kimberly McLeod
Use the black marker to ...