Trash to Treasure: 28 Recycled Crafts
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Quick Recycled Gift Container
"These tall boxes are powder drink containers that I painted and glued embellishments on both sides. I used red acrylic paint on two of them and blue on the other. I plan to put handmade goodies inside."
Materials: Recycled Crafts
Age Group: Preschool & Kindergarten
Time to complete: In an evening
Materials List
- Tall empty container (from powder drink contaner)
- Paints (Christmas colors: red, green, blue, etc)
- Embellishments like stars or any Christmas stickers
- Christmas paper to glue on lid on top.
- Craft glue.
Instructions
- Take off any labels from the empty container.
- Wash and dry the container thoroughly. Put newspapers down or old cloths.
- Decide what colors you want to paint each container. Also what embellishment you to put when the container is dry.
- Take one container and go all over the container with one color. Let it dry. You might have go more than one coat to get the color comes through.
- When all the containers are painted and dry, put stickers on the containers. Use your imagination at this point.
- Put a scrap of Christmas paper on the lid to cover it.
- The container is ready to fill with any goodies you want and give to anyone special.
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