If you are staying close to home due to social distancing, you can do these creative reuse activities with items that you likely already have at home so you don’t need to go to the store.
You can listen to my original podcast episode about this from March 2020 in this YouTube video:
Activity #1 – Plastic Milk Jug Suncatchers
- How to make plastic milk jug butterflies (or other shapes)
- Trashmagination Episode 1 about creative reuse of plastic milk jugs
- Trashmagination’s igloo made from plastic milk jugs (the Jugloo)
Activity #2: Wall Hooks from Trophies
- Episode 4 about creative reuse of trophies
- Design Sponge blog showing how to make the wall hooks from trophies
Activity #3: Wine Cork Mat
Activity #4: Sock Doughnuts
Activity #5: Sit-Upon from Flexible Food Packaging
Activity #6: Nail-and-String Art
Activity #7: Secret Messages with White Crayons and Homemade Watercolor Paint
Activity #8: Taking Apart Broken Appliances
- Episode 24 of Trashmagination about organizing take-apart events
- How my family disassembled our broken treadmill
Activity #9: Dollhouse Furniture from Recycled Materials
Activity #10: Monsters from Recycled Materials
Activity #11: Pet Toys from Toilet Paper Rolls
Activity #12: Personal Hygiene with Recycled T-Shirts
- Episode 41 of Trashmagination about creative reuse of t-shirts
- Tapestry weaving with t-shirt yarn
- Rug hooking with t-shirt yarn
Activity #13: Miniature Paintings on Dried Tea Bags
Activity #14: Shrinky Dink Art from Clamshell Packaging
Activity #15: Educational Games with Plastic Bread Tags
Activity #16: Lenticular Photo Display from Recycled Wooden Clementine Boxes
Activity #17: Fidget Quilts or Crocheted Plastic Mats
Activity #18: Orange Peel Roses and Banana Peel Bacon
Activity #19: Painting with Expired Cosmetics
Activity #20: Defunct Tennis Ball Games or Cross-Stitch Tennis Racket
Activity #21: Egg Shell Sidewalk Chalk
Oops! I thought I put in 20 activities in this podcast episode but I actually put in 22! I got the numbering system messed up in my document. So here are your bonus activities.