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Green MacGyver Eco-Friendly Crafts – Cereal Box Gift Bags
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Today we’re featuring another eco-friendly craft from our Green MacGyver series of crafts recycled from everday household items. Recycling and reusing materials is a simple way to live green. Cereal boxes can be recycled in many creative ways and today, we’re going to upcycle and showcase cereal box gift bags. Upcycling involves converting useless materials into new materials or products of better quality. These cute and artistic gift bags are perfect for concealing moderate-sized gifts and represent a wonderful way to upcycle your cereal boxes. Plus, they’re reusable and don’t take long to make!
What you need:
• Large Cereal Box (you can use smaller cereal boxes for jewellery gift bags)
• Magazines, Maps, Newspapers, Music sheets, Comics or construction paper to decorate – plus any other decorative items of your choice like stickers, markers, glitter, etc.
• Double-sided Tape or Glue
• Ribbon
• Scissors
Directions
1. Decide on the outside decoration based on the occasion for the gift bag (Birthday, Christmas, etc.). You can even decorate the box with a photo in the centre or by hand drawing pictures or adding other garnishes like, glitter, stickers, or cotton balls (to create a snowy effect). I find magazines work best because there are a wide variety of colourful images to cut and shape around the cereal box. You can also use a solid colour paper or paint if you’re looking for something classic or you can even use old scraps of wrapping paper to decorate. This craft encourages creativity!
2. Cut the top off your cereal box and fold your decoration paper (magazines, comics, construction paper, etc.) around the outside to cover the printing.
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Green Macgyver Ecofriendly Crafts – Vinyl Record Album Bowl, Planter and Wall Art
Posted by: | CommentsNormally our Green Macgyver series focuses on crafts for younger kids. This time we bring you an ecofriendly craft for big kids (read adults) who have old vinyl albums kicking around the house that have no value to them (sentimental or otherwise). This vinyl album project puts those records to good use in and around your house plus they also make cool gifts for the music lovers in your life. It’s so versatile and yet so simple but do take care when handling as it does get hot.
What you’ll need:
- An old vinyl record
- A heat proof metal bowl
- Oven mitts
- An oven
Instructions:
Step 1: Set Up Your Mould
Place the heat proof metal bowl upside down in the oven. The rim of the bowl should be face down on the oven rack. Carefully place your vinyl record on top of the bowl so it’s centered.
Step 2: Shape your album
Once your vinyl record is centered on the heat proof metal bowl and in the oven, turn the oven to a temperature of 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Set a timer for five minutes and let the record warm in the oven. Check on it after 5 minutes as it may need another minute or two. When the record starts to droop down around the bowl, put on your oven mitts to protect your hands and remove the bowl and album. QUICKLY place the softened vinyl record inside the bowl. Using your hands, shape the softened record to conform to the shape of the bowl. You’ll have less than a minute to do this before the record hardens, so work fast but don’t worry if you miss the mark – you can always place the record back in the oven to soften it again for reshaping.
Step 3: Allow your Album to Cool
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