on December 2nd, 2010%
Welcome to the Carnival of Junk Play!
Come and share an idea and help us build a store of junk play ideas we can use whenever we need some inspiration. This link-up will be added to our Junk Play archive (click on the Junk Play button on the right hand column) so you . . . → Read More: Carnival of Junk Play
on November 9th, 2010%
We’re getting ready for the Carnival of Junk Play on Friday 3rd December!
What do you think of our riding school? We have stables, jumps, a daisy filled paddock and some prize winning rosettes – and all made for free using re-cycled materials from our beloved making box. B has been . . . → Read More: Junk model horse riding stables
on September 29th, 2010%
I’m always looking for ways to display children’s art. This week we decided to turn a cereal box into a 3-D picture frame to display our favourite pictures and also to be a treasure box to store an archive of our favourites.
I love to see the development of children’s drawings over time . . . → Read More: Make a 3-D picture frame
on May 25th, 2010%
The highlight of Little’s week was a ride on a double decker bus. We had to sit on top and right at the front of course- something I remember always wanting to do when I was a child. When we got home she wanted to make a double decker of her own.
We . . . → Read More: Make a double decker bus
on April 20th, 2010%
With Earth Day and St. George’s Day both falling in this week, why not combine the two to make a Recycled Egg Box Dragon? Big says he’s ‘fantastically ferocious’!
You will need: 3 egg boxes, green paint & a paint brush, red paper, 2 treasury tags, glue / sticky tape, red and black . . . → Read More: Egg Box Dragon
on March 24th, 2010%
Boat by Little
This is Little’s boat – the first thing she’s made all by herself from our ‘making box’ full of household junk on the way to be recycled. I love how she’s explored the three dimensional nature of the box by colouring each plane in a different colour. And how she thought . . . → Read More: Wordless Wednesday : Junk

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