Crafts are fun, for some of us super awesome parents.
Then there's people like me, who are either spending a small fortune on
new stuff or finding ourselves stuck with five blue markers and all the
pink ones dried beyond salvaging, crusty glue and goopy paint.
But
the green mantra of "reduce, reuse, recycle" is especially apt for kids
crafts. Raiding the recycling bin can yield project starters like
yogurt cups, paper towel rolls and egg cartons that can be turned into
all kinds of things (my level of creativity is mostly "Look! A flower
pot! A telescope! A home for, um, egg people!" but YMMV).
Luckily, there are some really creative parents out there...
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