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I love it when I find ideas about taking things that would otherwise end up in the garbage and turning them into something useful.

I came across this site that does just that: it’s called FaveCrafts: Discover the Crafter in you. In it you’ll find a section called Green Crafting that has several articles that cover reusing materials from used wine bottles to old jeans, tin cans and trash that can be used as crafting materials. If crafting is your thing they also have a blog you can follow at www.FaveCraftsBlog.com.

Especially in these tough economic times, some of these ideas can come in handy when folks are looking for ways to keep the cost of gifting down. Some of these articles can be used to teach our children the importance of taking care of the environment and reusing as many materials as possible. The younger we teach them the more ingrained it will become.

Here is a list of some of their articles:

10 Ways to Reuse and Recycle Trash for Crafting

15 Homemade Christmas Ornaments: Recycled Paper Ornaments

Green Crafting Tip: Dress Up Wire Hangers

Homemade Cork Board

Recycled Market Tote Bag

Recycled Tin Can Luminaries

Turn Old Jeans into Pot Holders

Vinyl Record Bowl

Enjoy!!!

bibi

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Start when they are small and you will create good recyclers. Teach them the three R’s of the Environment. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle… and our world will be the better for it…

1. Start a recycling program at pre-school or grade school with the participation of the school.
2. At home: Make Garbage/Recycling day a fun Family thing to do.
3. Find ways to recycle old things into new things, make projects out of them.
   • Recycle plastic bags into crotchet projects: Check out Myrecycledbags.com
   • Go around the house and discover things that are not being used and re-purpose them, and make a contest out of it. Who can find the most things to re-purpose.
4. Create a poster illustrating the recycling symbols and post it in the garage or wherever you keep your recycles and make it a game with rewards for the kids, to see who knows the symbols best.
5. Create art day at the house, challenge the kids to make art out of something old instead of throwing it away.
6. As a fundraising project for school, collect old cell phones with the kids and then sell them to a reseller. Check out : Greenphone
7. Next time you buy new electronics, start a neighborhood Recycle Your Electronics Drive. Check myGreenElectronics they can help you find an electronics recyclers in your area.
8. Have them count how many paper towels are used in a day at home, challenge them to find ways to reduce the consumption.
9. Start a compost bin in the garden, teach them the benefits of composting. Here’s a Composting Guide
10. Start a new Habit: “Cross the door, Flick the Switch” Meaning if your leaving the room, turn off the lights…

Waste not, want not…(grandma)
For more ideas: Green To Do List

conservation recycle reuse/reduce/Recycle

bibi

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John Muir left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.

It should be our goal to leave the same Legacy for our kids. How do we teach our kids about the environment, and how to take care of it. Obviously, first and foremost by example. But there is a site that can help explain about the environment and how we impact it in a fun way for kids. The EPA has a site for kids, that teaches them all about climate and weather, Greenhouse Effects, Global Warming, the History of Climate on Earth, our impact on the environment, and what we can do to make a difference. It’s an interactive site full of Fun Facts and Games and Quiz’s and Animations, Interactive Storybooks you can download, they even have an area for Teachers Tools.

All this and more can be found at the EPA’S Environmental Kids Club

The EPA Climate Change Kids Site

Happy Earth Day Coloring and Activities Book

On the Trail of the Missing Ozone

Recycle City

EcoKids Online

 

eco environment epa kids club kids site teaching tools

bibi

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