1/8†Dowel, 36†long 1/8†Dowel, 33†long Black Marker Large Spool of String Colorful Duct Tape Large Plastic Garbage Bag Measure 10 inches from the top of the longer down and make a mark. Measure and mark the exact center of the shorter dowel. Place the dowels together where they are marked to form […]
Cosmic Crafts Celebrate Earth Day every day by joining the voyage of the trash-ship Enterprise. Its ongoing mission: to create delightful playthings from household junk, to confine its operations to a discarded bookcase, and to boldly recycle what no one has recycled before. In other words, gather all those things you’ve been saving in your […]
Large cardboard box Scissors Pencil Assorted cereal, cookie, and pasta boxes Colored tape Glue Clear Con-Tact paper With the scissors, cut the flaps off of the large cardboard box. Turn the box bottom up. Then, make an opening for your child’s legs by drawing an arch on one of the longer sides and cutting it […]
Everyone knows you can’t run a space station without them. several small boxes aluminum foil pipe cleaners bottle tops pasta box colored tape Use scissors to remove the back of a small box, as shown. Cover it with aluminum foil. Use pipe cleaners to attach bottle-top knobs. We stacked several boxes and used a pasta […]
Kids can haul loads up and down in this berry basket elevator. 1 plastic berry basket 2 strands of silver cord (one 2 feet long, one 4 feet long) 1 plastic key chain clip 3 plastic clothes hanger clips Cross the cords over the bottom of the basket, weave each strand up one side, and […]
Drive the sturdy, smooth-riding Satellite Recycler around the neighborhood on regular collection days, or park beneath the Waste Shooter for a quick fill. Wheels: 4 plastic lids, cardboard liners removed (we used peanut butter jar lids) Axles: 2 bamboo skewers or wooden dowels, 1/8 inch thick and a few inches longer than your truck body […]
Your kids will love creating and playing with these miniature action figures. To create the green illuminater, slide the cut-off bottle bottom from the Two-liter Transporter over a battery-operated touch lamp (available at drug and discount stores). To make a space-case backpack, tape a pair of twist-tie straps to the back of a dental floss […]
Drive the sturdy, smooth-riding Junkmobile around the neighborhood on regular collection days, or park beneath the Waste Shooter for a quick fill. 4 plastic lids, cardboard liners removed (we used peanut butter jar lids) Axles: 2 bamboo skewers or wooden dowels, 1/8 inch thick and a few inches longer than your truck body is wide […]
