OK so not a climate change article but a good one for seeing how you can reuse many items to help with your projects. In addition, it’s easy to see how you can reduce the trash you would normally throw away. Also, it is good for our planet when we do this.
Ways to Reuse Common Items
Applesauce / fruit cups – My kids eat these when they are out. Instead of throwing them away I wash them and then reuse them for paint, epoxy, etc.
Plastic bags – Add dimensions to your prop or use as filler.
Plastic bottles – Again, adds dimensions to projects.
Paper bags – Paper mache.
Paper towel / toilet paper rolls – Other than normal kids crafts you can add these to build dimensions to props.
Old soccer balls – Use them as heads for props.
Shirts / towels – Tear into rags. We all have things to wipe up.
Cardboard – Paint protectors.
Sponges – Soldering iron cleaner.
Fabric – Even scraps can be used for infill to something. I also love any prop or decoration that contains the name ‘patches.’
Wood scraps – You would be surprised how you can reuse even the smallest scraps.