There are lots of different arts & crafts that you can make from waste. Try reusing some of the waste you create by making the arts & crafts suggested. All you need to do is, make sure you have all the materials and equipment needed and then follow the simple instructions.
- Bird Feeder
- Ice Lolly Stick Frame
- Magazine/Comic Holder
- Desk Tidy
Materials & Equipment Needed
- Milk or juice carton
- Scissors
- Crayon
- Ruler
- Double sided sticky tape
- Two bamboo skewers/straight thin twigs
- Bird seed
- Hole punch
- Twine/string
Instructions
- Draw this shape of the entrance on the front of the carton using your crayon and ruler.
- Use your scissors to cut out the shape. Make sure you keep the shape you cut out.
- Fold the shape you have cut out in half length ways using the top peak as the centre point.
- Use your scissors to make a centimetre long cut from the top peak down the centre fold.
- Fold up a centimetre flap on each side of this cut.
- Attach your double sided sticky tape to the length of each flap.
- Insert the flaps into the top of the cut out entrance of the carton, then press the sticky tape against the inside wall of the carton, making a secure rood.
- Push one of your bamboo skewers or twigs through the carton, on the left side just below the entrance. Ensure this goes all the way through and out the back to make a secure perch. Repeat this on the right side just below the entrance.
- Punch two holes in the top line of the carton using your hole punch.
- Thread your twine or string through the holes to make a hanger.
Materials & Equipment Needed
- 8 ice lolly sticks
- 1 small square of clear plastic (you can use packaging waste such as an used plastic sleeve)
- 1 small square of cardboard (you can use a used cereal box or similar)
- Sticky tape
- Paint
- String
Instructions
- Glue a pair of ice lolly sticks together side-by-side. Repeat three times to make the four sides of your frame.
- Place one of the pairs down on the right side of a flat surface to make the right side of your frame. Repeat this for the left side and then glue the top and the bottom pairs of ice lolly sticks across them.
- Leave the frame to dry completely.
- Paint the entire frame.
- Leave the frame to dry completely.
- Use your glue to stick your square of plastic to the back of your frame.
- Use your glue to stick your square of cardboard to the plastic on all three sides except the top to allow a photo or picture to be slid into the frame.
- Use two small pieces of sticky tape to attach string to the back of your frame so that it can be hung up.
Materials & Equipment Needed
- Used cereal box or similar
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Used wrapping paper
- Sticky tape
Instructions
- Use your ruler to measure 10cms up from one of the bottom corners of the box, and mark it with your pencil.
- On the wide side of the box, use your pencil and ruler to draw a diagonal line from the mark to the top opposite corner of the box.
- On the narrow side of the box, use your pencil and ruler to draw a horizontal line from the mark across the width.
- From the end of the horizontal line, use your pencil and ruler to draw another diagonal line to the top opposite corner on the other wide side of the box.
- Use your scissors to cut off the top section of the box following your pencil lines.
Materials & Equipment Needed
- Cardboard (preferably quite thick, from a used cardboard box)
- A bowl to draw around or a protractor
- A kitchen roll tube
- 2 toilet roll tubes
- Paint
- Glue or sticky tape
- Scissors
- You can use alternative materials for the toilet roll tubes in line with H&S guidelines, by either cutting up a kitchen roll tube or by rolling cardboard into a tube shape.
Instructions
- Use your protractor to draw a circle on your cardboard or draw around a bowl. Make sure the circle is big enough to stand all the tubes on leaving a few centimetres space around them.
- Cut out the circle using your scissors.
- Paint the circle and your three tubes and leave them to dry.
- Make four 2cm equally spaced cuts up one end of the toilet roll tubes using your scissors, and fold up the resulting flaps.
- Make four 4cm equally spaced cuts up one end of the kitchen roll tubes using your scissors, and fold up the resulting flaps.
- Place the flaps of each tube flat against the base circle.
- Use your glue or sticky tape to attach the tubes to the base circle.
