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With everyone recycling just about everything now...Here's a few things I have done from using everyday items.
ClingWrap/Alfoil or xmas paper rolls......once the rolls have finished...don't throw them away.
Accumulate them and drop them off at the local kindy/playgroup. The kids love to colour & decorate
them and turn them into didgireedoo's among many more things.
Empty Cans.....These are great mainly the larger ones for example from Beetroot or 750g Bean mix and tinned tuna.
Take off the labels....and I decorate them with various printed adhesive contact and have used them to store my sons
texta's, colouring pencils, or your own pen holder. Keeps them tidy and in one place.
The smaller cans from tuna ( 425g ) once the label is off...sometimes the tin is gold and all you need to do is add
on some stickers, stars etc and I have used them to store chalk for the blackboards.
Empty Cardboard boxes....for example when that new T.V or DVD player is taken out....again....decorate the boxes with adhesive contact. Or let the kids use it as a playmat....if it gets dirty..no big deal.
When I was caring for a terminally ill relative with all the medications and needles the nurses required daily, the items had to be stored somewhere so I decorated them a cardboard box put it way out of the reach of little hands and it was also very easy for them to identify.
The little plastic plates from frozen dinners.....I keep them and when having a BBQ....insert a paper plate and it's more stable with food. I also keep a few to put my dogs food on...as they are flat they find it easier to eat from.
I'm sure there are so many more things to do.....if you have any ideas you would like to share, that'll be great.
(February 2007) (
Lexi xxx
