Monster Feeder

One more recycled bird feeder ))

Things we've used:
- juice box (or milk carton)
- scissors
- glue
- foam
- wiggly eyes and leaves




Here is one more idea for a Bird Feeder http://littlemuddyfingers.blogspot.com/2012/08/bird-feeder.html


 

Bird feeder.

Here is a bird feeder that we made out of a juice box and decorated with materials that i have left : sticks and foam.

You will need:
- empty carton  box
- scissors
- knife
- tape
- craft sticks
- glue
- foam and any other decorative materials

 Take a carton box and measure the length of a craft stick:

 Cut the bottom:

Tape two sticks together:

Cut about 3 inch round hole and a little hole for the dowel. Insert the bottom inside the box and secure it with tape.

Click here to see more:

http://elenaowens.blogspot.com/2012/08/bird-feeder-made-with-love-and-glue.html

Car tracks.

 My son's great idea on how to expand the car track using LEGO's, tape and paper rolls . It's all started very simple and ended up taking a lot of space. He also likes using marbles instead of cars and it works great! Keeps him busy for a long time too))

Cardboard Playhouse.

Just finished one more house for my little boy to play with! Cardboard boxes, stepler, tape and a little bit of imagination... decorate and make it special.  A great idea that provide hours and hours of active fun and play!

I wanted to make a big house this time, so I planned how to store it ))

Also we made this Little House

Little house.

We made this little house last year. It was a great little house for pretend role-play. Later my son recieved lots of balloons for his birthday and the house from the movie "Up" become a reality!

When the house needed an update, we used coloring pages and then had lots of fun painting it.

Make your own Planter.

Making this planter is so easy! It was made out a little juicebox and decorated with foam and acrylic jewels.

Also I like using pictures from coloring books to create a disign for craft decorations.

Airplane.

An airplane is great toy for a pretend play. My son enjoyed the propeller the most!

Things I've used:

- large size juice box
- small knife
- scissors
- brass fastener
- stapler
- cereal box

1. Cut out the body leaving the base for wings:

2. Cut  the wings and the propeller out the carton from the cereal box:

3. Using stapler attach wings.

4. Attach propeller.

5. Find a pilot and you're ready to fly!

Simple crafts.

Caterpillar

The inspiration came from an egg box. I simply cut out the body for the caterpillar, then I gave my son paint and brush to keep him busy. While the paint was drying, we made eyes and antennas and we attached them using a play-dough. That's it!

Car

It is so easy to make a car like this! I only used 2 juice boxes, scissors and tape. The first box is the body then cut out the wheels from the second box.  My son used tape and glue to attach the wheels

Castle

This castle was made out of 3 milk or juice cartons!

Recycling ideas.

Ideas come when you have plenty material!
That's why we started collecting things that ...
For example, I organized a place where I can put things that we might use.
This is how a collection of favorite yogurt cups became a constructor or a ball's aim:

Cereal is over? I like using carton for our crafts:

The easiest way to use toilette paper rolls is to make a binoculars:

Simple crafts like this is a wonderful opportunity for a child express himself! All that is needed is to give a a varaity of things to explore and watch how the imagination starts working.

Thinking outside the Box.

"A child plays more with a box, no matter how many toys they have."

When I heard these words it completely changed the way I saw the world.  It also gave me the ability to see the world through my child's eyes. Suddenly the ordinary things had become interesting to me and here I am: sitting on a floor with my son, thinking how to turn an idea into reality. This is how a simple box has become a car garage, then it was turned into a house, a bed, a table and so on, so on, so onnnnnn.

Our first garage was made from a diaper box... As my son was growing, the garage has been evolving with his imagination. For example, in this case if you move the slides, up and tape them... ta-da! it's a house now!

Step 1- Open the bottom of the box and remove the tabs, save the tabs for later use.

Step 2- Cut a door way large enough for cars to enter and exit

Step 3- Flip the box right side up, open two tabs like wings, tape extra tab from the bottom to form a ramp. Close with tape.

Step 4- Add personal decorations as needed.

Creativity is fun! We love decorating using colors, stickers of favorite characters and more. This time that my son and I spend together will leave a lasting impression on him and allow him to be constructive later on in life when the situations calls for creative solutions.

 Things that you'll need:

- any size box

- kitchen scissors/ knife

- tape

- stapler

- decorations

So many things, we adults consider as trash is a toy for our children. A Shampoo bottle, once empty and cleaned becomes a fountain, boat or experiment??? The possibilities are only limited by your willingness to explore.

Childhood is a magical time. And thanks to our children we, parent, can live this time period again.