"Recycling Science"

A few weeks ago we went to the Denver Children's Museum.  One of the exhibits was called The Assembly Plant and the kids got to make crafts out of recycled materials.  Matthew LOVED it!!  When we got home he started his own "recycling science" (his term for it) box by collecting toilet paper rolls, cereal boxes, milk cartons, water bottles etc.  We've made a few different crafts with them...and are saving the rest for future activities.  Here are Matthew and Grant with the box of materials.

 Grant checks it out

Here we are making some toilet paper roll rockets

 

 Matthew's completed rocket

And we made egg carton sailboats

 Here's Anna painting her stuff

 

Grant found a wayward paintbrush and spread red paint all over himself.  Luckily it didn't get too messy and we got it all cleaned up.

 We also used some of the cereal boxes to make puzzles.  The kids liked that.

Here's Matthew with his finished puzzle

He told me now I needed to make a harder puzzle, but I need another cereal box for that...so we'll have to wait on that one.  We had fun with our "recycling science" creations.  See more about how we made our creations HERE.