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Making a Recycled Toy Bike?

Making a Recycled Toy Bike?When opening a can of food, cut the lid away from the bottom of the can. You will need two tin can lids. Next you will need around ten popsicle sticks before you can assemble the bike. Have fun.

 

A toy car made from recycled materials.

Bottle Cap SculpturezMy tip is: Find art supplies in any trash can in America by using alternative materials. Oftentimes, the materials that I utilize are destined to end up in a landfill.

 

Making Your Own Kitchen Play Appliances -  cardboard box stove

Make Your Own Kitchen Play AppliancesEasy and fun kitchen appliances made using cardboard! Look at picture. Get a good sturdy box. Sharpies. Plastic plates for burners.

 

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Using Buttons for ToysI use buttons for eyes, etc. for toys for my grand people. I affix them with clear nail polish. I also use the larger pretty ones for closures on my purses, totes, and beach bags.

 

A train made from recycled materials.

Craft: Recycled TrainMy son still enjoys playing with trains. We used a tin can and some Snapple tea lids for the wheels. We found a cardboard box from some sticks of butter, toilet paper tube and used hot glue to fasten it together.

 

Dollhouse.

Use Recycled Items For Homemade DollhouseMy daughter, Eryn, created her own recycled doll house out of recycled items from around our home. Large cardboard box for the house, cereal boxes as dividers for the rooms, lids, wrapping paper for wallpaper, bows, glitter glue and paint, plastic applesauce containers for a table....

 

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Make a Mobile Out Of Kids Meal ToysDo you end up with several of those cute little stuffed toys from the fast food restaurants? Take a plastic hanger, have your child wrap it in pretty ribbon or whatever pleases them and then take the little stuffed toys, hang and make a mobile with them.

 

A rocking chair made from clothespins, for a doll or dollhouse.

Clothespin Rocking Chair PatternMany have been looking for how to make clothespin rocking chairs. Thanks to Ray for sending in this pattern and pictures. These would be fun to make for Christmas presents or for a doll house.

 

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Shoe Boxes for Large Building Blocks for KidsUse shoe boxes and other similar size boxes to make large building blocks for your kids. Tape the lid of the box on and then cover them with contact paper. You can even find contact paper with a brick or wood pattern on it.

 

A holder for a hand of cards from a recycled CD

Card Holder from CDsDo you ever get those annoying internet CD's in the mail? Tired of throwing them out? Well, don't. I decided to try something with them and it worked! I used them to make playing card holders!

 

tile magnets from scrabble pieces.

Scrabble Tile Alphabet MagnetsFor the kid in all of us. Pick up a used Scrabble game at the thrift store and create a set of alphabet magnets to grace a fridge door!

 

Mayonnaise Jar Piggy Bank

Mayonnaise Jar "Piggy" BankI made these piggy banks out of empty mayonnaise jars. I painted the lid and ears (heavy card stock), painted and hot glued dowel rods for the feet, and hot glued on a tail made from a pipe cleaner.

 

A footie ball made from old tights or pantyhose.

Footie Ball Made of TightsIf you have girls, you undoubtedly have a drawer full of tights that have runs, lost their elastic, or no longer fit. Don't despair! Use those old tights and some fiberfill to create a fun, soft ball!

 

A boat made from a soda bottle.

Soda Bottle Sailing BoatKids love to play in the water. And kids especially love to float toys in the water. With this great craft, they can play with a toy of their own making.

 

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Recycle That Old Dresser, Make a Puppet TheatreHere is a cute idea for recycling an old dresser that is falling apart. First take out all the old drawers and runners. Take off the back. Install a shelf that hangs outside of the dresser all the way across the front.

 

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