{"id":539,"date":"2016-07-15T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T10:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/?p=539"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:20:34","slug":"539-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/539-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling Activities for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Top 5 Recycling Activities for Kids<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We all know how hard it is to keep your kids amused during the long summer holidays. Don\u2019t let them fall into boredom\u00a0this year \u2013 keep them occupied with some exciting recycling activities. These activities let your kids be creative, whilst having lots of fun with friends, and most importantly, allowing you to relax, knowing that they are doing something beneficial with their holiday. Even more, you\u2019re helping to save the environment too! These activities will change the kids\u2019 opinion on recycling. It can now become something enjoyable instead of being a chore, saving you from spending money on expensive days out. At the same time, teaching your children about the important topic of protecting the natural world.<\/p>\n

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Teaching children about recycling is really important, especially at a young age and by introducing them to fun recycling crafts they can easily learn to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Here are 5 interesting craft projects for your kids to try:<\/span><\/p>\n

Make your children the King\/Queen of the castle<\/span><\/h2>\n

Some of the most popular activities in summer include days at the beach, camping and trips abroad, but why don\u2019t you introduce your kids to something new and exciting, like using old cardboard boxes to make their very own castle. Not only does this task keep your kids entertained for a few hours, but it also allows them to practice their measuring and painting skills; in the end they will have a masterpiece that allows them to be the king or queen of the castle. It allows you to use up all of your old cardboard boxes (large boxes such as refrigerator boxes will be best) and the rest of the equipment needed will probably already be lying around the house anyway. You can find all of the instructions for this project on this link: <\/span>https:\/\/www.education.com\/activity\/article\/big-cardboard-castle\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Recycling Competition<\/span><\/h2>\n

A bit of friendly competition never harms anybody, so why not introduce a competition between siblings or friends to see who can recycle the most every week. The winner could receive a prize at the end of the week. The competition will not only inspire the kids to recycle, but also it will give them something to focus on during the summer. A good idea would be to give each child their own recycling bin to place their recycling into, which will keep the house tidy and make it easier to choose a winner. You can find some great wastebaskets on this link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cardboard Flowers<\/span><\/h2>\n

Does your house need something bright and colourful to cheer it up for summer? Why not let your children create some beautiful flowers, made from unwanted egg cartons! These will never wilt and will never need to be watered like normal flowers. These \u2018flowers\u2019 are easy to make and are a beautiful decoration for any room. More importantly the kids will have fun making them and will be proud of what they have created. Some easy to follow instructions can be found using this link: <\/span>https:\/\/www.education.com\/activity\/article\/Egg_Cup_Flowers\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Add some sparkle with suncatchers<\/span><\/h2>\n

Summer is the perfect time to eliminate old, unused CDs and DVDs. Use these discs to make some beautiful suncatchers. These suncatchers will bring some extra sparkle to any room in your home or garden – allowing your children to get creative with glitter, sequins and any other sparkly items that you may have. All of the items needed for this project will most likely be found somewhere in the house, so it wont cost anything to add some sparkle. <\/span>https:\/\/www.education.com\/activity\/article\/cd-sun-catcher\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Allow their interests to grow<\/span><\/h2>\n

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You may have some budding gardeners in your household that would enjoy this fun, final project. Using some old plastic bottles your child can easily create a home for some new plants. All they will need is a plastic bottle, soil and some seeds. The project will give them some responsibility to look after the plant. They can have fun watching their flowers grow! All of the details about this fun project can be found on this link: <\/span>https:\/\/www.education.com\/activity\/article\/Soda_Bottle_Greenhouse\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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