Let’s Talk Trash!
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Favorite Tricks for “repurposing” everyday items in the classroom
Yogurt Cups You can use serving yogurt cups in all sorts of ways in an art classroom. Clean yogurt cups can hold paint or water for brushes, tiles for mosaics, beads for jewelry making or nails for wordwork. The kids can bring their old containers from their lunches! Soap Dispensers Save those liquid-soap containers! Use them to hold multiple colors of tempera paints. Students can squeeze a little onto the paper at a time. Saves on mess and on paint! Single Socks Use socks that have lost their mates as erasers on students’ dry erase boards. Used dryer sheets also make great and sweet-smelling erasers! Plastic Coffee Cans Send out a note to parents and find out who has plastic coffee cans. Use them to hold four desk legs together in a square. Use them for everything from LEGO blocks to crayons. Diaper Wipe Boxes These boxes are nearly indestructible and perfect for all sorts of supplies. Never buy a container at a store again! Address Labels Cut off the cute pictures on all those address labels that come in the mail and use them as stickers for your class. Old Cookie Sheets Take scratched, rusty old cookie sheets and spray-paint them bright colors. Have your students use them for magnetic letters and numbers. Tissue Boxes Colorful tissue boxes with the top cut out make great containers for desk group materials, like glue sticks and scissors. Plastic Trays Frozen meal plastic trays have tons of uses in the art room—paint trays, oil pastels, mosaic squares—the uses are endless! Glass Bottles Do a trash activity. We use recycled materials (glass bottles, cookie tins, etc.) to make musical instruments.
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