The Eggs are gone, but the fun has just begun

Make recycling items into toys

ADDED June 02, 2008

The other day my beautiful wife was cleaning out the refrigerator and putting away some groceries as she set aside and empty egg carton for recycling. Our daughter asked if she could have the carton. “What for?” I asked. “I could paint it and make it into a ride for some of my toys”, she said. “Great idea”, I said. And that is exactly what she did.

So that got me thinking what else do we have that can be recycled for fun? With a little cleaning and some tape, paint or stickers all sorts of things that were heading to the recycling bin but could be put into the fun bin?

So over the next few days we were playing with empty water bottles in the tub, stacking tin cans left over from a pot of chili and making tunnels for hot wheels from tubes of empty toilet paper rolls. It has been fun to try and see something else in what we would have just thrown away.

We do this all the time! Now this is not a parent guided activity. My kids are always on the prowl for new things to reuse and play with.

And when the fun is done you can still recycle. We would like to hear what recycled toys you come up with. Be safe and have fun.

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