6 Projects for Kids to Upcycle Trash Into Treasure
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6 Projects for Kids to Upcycle Trash Into Treasure
Think Earth videos, stories, and learning activities help kids understand that everything comes from natural resources, and that when we throw things away we waste resources and create pollution. Kids can help solve these problems! One way to reduce waste and save resources is to reuse as much as possible. You can create an Upcycling Bin and fill it with items like cardboard tubes and boxes, cleaned plastic food containers, all kinds of paper, packing materials, etc. Kids can use basic supplies like scissors, tape, glue, and markers to turn these materials into art, toys, games, or anything they can imagine! And many of these projects also get kids hands-on using science concepts and skills.
- Bird feeders (biology)
- Kaleidoscopes (light)
- Musical instruments (sound)
- Vehicles and tracks and ramps to run them on (physics)
- Marble maze or marble run (physics)
- Newspaper play structures (engineering)
