Find & Make
Below are some ideas of things you could make from waste items such as toilet rolls, cardboard boxes, magazines and plastic containers. To make these things you will also need scissors, glue and crayons, paint or markers. Follow the instructions on the side of the picture or click on the picture to see more detailed instructions. Enjoy! And remember...these are just some ideas to get you going. Your creative ideas are the best! Click the button below to see the great ideas submitted by kids from around the world.
MAGAZINE MOSAIC
Animals pictures from magazine
1. Draw the outline of your design on a piece of paper
2. Tear magazine pages into small pieces
3. Use a glue stick to smear glue over a section of your page
4. Stick magazine pieces down, overlapping the edges
5. Use different colours for the different sections of your mosaic
SHADOW PUPPETS
Gruffalo shadow puppets
1. Draw outlines of characters on to cardboard and cut them out
3. Stick a pencil to the back of each one using sticky tape
4. Cut a large square hole on the one side of a cereal box and cover it with a napkin or piece of paper towel
5. Cut a smaller hole in the back and shine a torch through
6. Do a puppet show behind the napkin and see your shadows come to life
STONE PICTURE
Rainbow made from stones and old tiles
1. Collect smooth stones
2. Paint the stones different colours
3. Arrange the stones in a pattern to make a beautiful picture
4. If you want to, you can glue your stones on to a piece of wood
PUPPET SHOW
Cereal box puppet stage & stick puppets
1. Cut a hole out of the side of the cereal box.
2. Decorate the box with magazine pictures or paint.
3. Cut the cereal packet into strips and stick these to the top of the hole to make curtains.
4. Draw characters on to scrap cardboard, cut them out and stick them on to pencils to make stick puppets.
PENGUIN DOLLS
Nesting dolls made from plastic containers
1. Find 3-6 plastic containers that fit inside each other
2. Cut strips of paper the same width as the height of each container
3. Draw a penguin on each strip of paper
4. Glue the strips of paper around the containers
5. Make one last baby penguin by drawing on a small stone
AIR GUITAR
Cardboard and elastic guitar
1. Flatten a large cardboard box
2. Draw a guitar shape on the box
3. Cut the guitar out and decorate with paint or crayons
4. Cut a hole in the guitar and tie elastic bands across the hole
5. Tie a piece of string from the neck to the side of the guitar
TOILET ROLL ANIMAL
Toilet roll elephant
1. Find two empty toilet roll tubes
2. Cut a strip from the top of the one tube to be the trunk
3. Cut large elephant ear shapes from the rest of the tube
4. Glue the trunk and the ears on to the other tube
5. Decorate your elephant with paint, crayons or cut up magazines
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STAINED GLASS WINDOW
Window made from recycled plastic
1. Collect empty plastic containers, plastic bags or other plastic items
2. Draw your window design on a piece of black cardboard
3. Cut out the sections of the window
4. Stick the pieces of plastic to the different sections using tape
5. Paint or colour (using permanent markers) the different sections of the window