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Trash of the House, but Not of Life
Cardboard and bottles become a big 3D construction.
What the child does
Children explore the household rubbish sorted for recycling (bottles, cardboard, bottle tops) and imagine what it could become. Then they build the biggest 3D creation they can, strengthen it with glue and toilet paper and, once it’s dry, paint it.
- Age
- Ages 6–12
- Time
- 45–60 minutes
- Format
- A4 PDF
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Materials
- Clean recyclable materials from home: cardboard, plastic bottles, bottle tops, cardboard tubes…
- PVA glue
- Toilet paper or paper scraps
- Paint and paintbrushes
- Old newspapers to protect the table
What it develops
- Creative thinking — sees something completely new in a piece of rubbish
- Building in 3D — plans and puts together a shape that stands up on its own
- Problem solving — finds ways to join different materials and make them strong
- Caring for the environment — discovers that what we throw away can have a second life