Recycle Art: Window Collage

Here at Everything Family Guide, we are busy recycling and re-purposing everyday junk items and turning them into colorful, fun art projects. Today, we did an activity that is very simple and takes only a half hour block to complete.

Materials List:

• 2 pieces of paper (from the recycling bin)
• Glossy magazines or flyers (from the recycling bin)
• Glue stick
• Crayons

Project Instructions:

• To make the top page of the project, you need to fold the second paper in half and then fold it into another half to form a four paged book. Now, draw any shape like an Oval or diamond on the folded part of the paper. Cut the shape on the inside fold of the paper to form a paper cut-out pattern. When done cutting, open the paper and glue on top of the magazine strips paper. Look at the example below.

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• Tear flyers or magazine paper into long vertical strips. Apply glue on paper and glue the magazine strips in any position (vertical or horizontal). Place it under a heavy object to keep it from curling; this helps to dry the paper flat/straight.

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• You are all done after you have added some funky designs using pencil crayons! The paper cut-outs will make for an amazing window display.

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This project can be done in many ways and with different design cut-outs. Here are some recycling tips to share with your little learners:

• Reduce (Avoid buying excessive things and throw out less in the garbage.)
• Reuse (Turn your junk into funky art and craft projects or use old cans/jars for storing things. Food garbage can be composted for reuse in the garden.)
• Recycle (Remember to recycle paper, plastics, cans, electronics and other items in the proper way and take them to the right recycling outlets).

Have fun recycling!

Annie