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MILK CARTON HOUSES
Grade: elementary •
Age: 4-12 •
Written by: Andrea Mulder-Slater
[Andrea is one of the creators of KinderArt®]
Items to Recycle: (milk cartons)
A fun activity that makes use of materials normally thrown in the garbage.
What You Need:
- Milk, juice or cream cartons (different sizes)
- White acrylic paint, gesso or white latex house paint
- Pencils
- Paintbrushes
- Tempera paint
- Containers for water
- A covered work area
What You Do:
- Cover the cartons with white acrylic, gesso or latex house paint. Let dry.
- Draw windows, doors etc. onto the carton.
- Paint the carton (using tempera paint) to look like a house.
- Make several houses and you have a village.
►More Recycling Lessons
Recommended Books:
Recycled Crafts Box
Earth friendly projects and activities.
Recycled Re-Seen : Folk Art from the Global Scrap Heap
Whether it is a dustpan made out of a license plate, a bowl fashioned from a bent vinyl record, a pair of sandals with soles made of Goodyear tire treads, or a tin-can lantern, folk artists all over the world are turning trash into treasure.
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