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The Green MacGyver – An Eco Friendly Crafts Series Part III
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The Green MacGyver Eco friendly Crafts for Kids – Soup Can Pencil Holder
The summer months are passing us and you are looking for quick , easy, inexpensive eco friendly crafts for kids. This is an easy ecofriendly children’s craft because everyone has soup/tomato/ vegetable cans and kids loving making things their parents and family will use; thus the tin can pencil holder.
What you need for this eco friendly children’s activity is:
- A clean empty tin can
- Paint
- Ribbon
- Paint brushes
- Scissors
- Glue
The Green MacGyver: Resourceful Eco Friendly Crafts For Kids
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The Green MacGyver is all about using ordinary materials that might normally be thrown away or recycled and creating unorthodox solutions to the consumption problems we face. Our next example is a keepsake storage box which uses birthday/Christmas cards and a shoe box. Children love to have secret boxes of their own and this one makes use of what would otherwise be waste. There are three R’s to recycling and all the entries in our Green MacGyver eco friendly crafts for kids series will recognize the importance of “REUSE”.
What you’ll need for our greeting card storage box eco friendly children’s craft project:
- Shoe Box
- Paint
- Used Greeting Cards
- Glue
The Green MacGyver – An Eco Friendly Crafts Series
Posted by: | CommentsThe Terrarium Mission
The Green MacGyver is all about using ordinary materials we can easily find to create unorthodox solutions to the consumption problems we face. Our first example is a terrarium which uses a 2 litre soda pop bottle. You can plant just about any kind of seed in this terrarium plus it’s a great eco friendly craft to do with kids. Children love to see the plants growing and it will encourage resourcefulness in them. There are three R’s to green living and all the entries in our Green MacGyver eco friendly crafts series will recognize the importance of “REUSE”.
What you’ll need for our terrarium eco friendly craft project:
- Plastic 2 litre soda pop bottle with cap
- Very sharp scissors or craft knife
- Dirt or potting soil
- Seeds
- Water
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