Tag: upcycle
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Head in the Oven (baking project, 6)
Our bakery needed a new oven. We decided our small wooden oven does not cut it for 12 kids. So when I brought home this huge, sturdy box from Costco – I knew it will make a lot of kids very happy. And it did. First day, I just brought the box in the classroom…
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Gingerbread House
Every year we take the biggest box and change it into a cardboard gingerbread house. It is so easy and the kids love it. I just ducktape a roof on top of it and cut some doors and windows. The kids do the rest. Every morning I offer something else to decorate it with: paint,…
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Flying our Kites
We have two days now between the week and a who-knows-how-long of rain. I don’t mind rain. I actually like it and I know the kids love it! But there are some things that are more fun without drizzling: like flying a kite. It’s amazing how couple of plastic bags, sharpies, string, tagging tape and…
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Weaving Project
What do you do with a leftover rain gutter mesh and tagging tape? You use it to weave these awesome kites/wind chimes/paintings (as they were called by the kids). We love upcycling whatever we can use. We use paper toilet rolls for printing circles when we learn about shapes. We use bottle caps for wheels…
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Tinkering in Tacoma
If you love tinkering, upcycling and art – bring your kids to Tacoma! I have never been in this tiny little store before but I wanted to get there for quite some time. It is a little bit far for me now but oh my goodness, am I glad I spent an hour in the…
Artree: online preschool 