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Reduce, reuse and recycle can be incorporated into summer day camp, library and youth programs. Our Education Specialist can teach campers how to make crafts from items that would normally be thrown away. Depending upon camper’s age, reuse crafts can include kite making, papermaking and more. See descriptions below. For instructions to the craft of the month, click here. If your program has a theme, the Education Specialist can organize a complementary craft or program. Participates would collect the core trash materials for the craft and the District provides the rest. Larger groups may be accommodated by dividing campers into age groups for several sessions with the help of your staff. Classroom presentations can be requested too.
Summer Craft Program
Programs are free of charge for Cuyahoga County residents. Children or the organization will need to collect listed materials. A storybook or historical background on the project will be shared as well as a brief review of reduce, reuse and recycle.
Poetry Magnets
Age: kindergarten and up Time: 35 minutes
Materials: thin unwanted refrigerator magnets
Children will glue words and letters on magnets and cut them out to make a set of poetry magnets for their home. During the school year, the activity is good for students to learn new vocabulary.
Picture Frames
Age: fourth and up Time: 45 minutes
Materials: cardboard or box board, trinkets, button, fabric, broken jewelry or anything decorative that is scrap
Picture frames can hold 5x7” picture or smaller. Children will trace and cut the frame they want and decorate it.
World Masks
Age: second and up Time: 35 minutes
Materials: cardboard and decorative items
Many cultures around the world use masks during ceremonies. Children build a mask from cardboard shapes and decorate.
Underwater Sea Creatures
Age: kindergarten and up Time: 35 minutes
Materials: paper bags and cardboard tubes
Children can make fish and other sea creatures out of used paper products.
Litter Folk Art Quilt
Age: kindergarten and up Time: 60 minutes
Materials: scrap paper and/or litter that was collected.
Children will work as a group to create a quilt representing what people discard.
Rainsticks
Age: kindergarten and up Time: 60 minutes
Materials: Each child will need a cardboard tube from wrapping paper, used mail tubes or large printer paper. If we are having a dry summer, the children’s rainsticks will call the rain.
Colorful Coasters
Age: first grade and up Time: 60 minutes
Materials: 2 lids from tub containers for each child and wallpaper, gift paper, magazines and/or old calendars with pictures.
Children will create a set of coasters to protect wood tables at home.
Paper Mache Bowls
Age: second grade and up Time: 60 minutes
Materials: lightweight paper bags and newspaper
Children will create look alike ancient pottery or from the art deco period. This activity can involve two sessions for creating the bowl allowing several days for it to dry and then decorating it.
Gargoyles
Age: third grade and up Time: 90 minutes
Materials: carry out coffee trays, egg cartons, cardboard
Children will build a medieval stone like sky creature for your castle. This activity can involve two sessions for creating the gargoyle allowing several days for it to dry and then decorating it.
Treasure Boxes
Age: third grade and up Time: 60 minutes
Materials: any type of small cardboard or plastic box and gift wrapping paper and decorations.
The boxes will be decorated and special items can be stored in them or be given away as a more permanent gift box.
Solar Cooking
Age: third grade and up Time: 60 minutes
Materials: pizza boxes
Children will work together to build their own solar oven and cook on it. The children can cook s'mores, mini pizzas, hot dogs or cookies.
Card Printing
Age: fourth grade and up Time: 60 minutes
Materials: construction paper and Styrofoam trays
A design will be drawn on the tray and ink applied to create several greeting/holiday cards.
Kite Making
Age: fourth grade and up Time: 90 minutes
Materials: used dry cleaner bags and a stick or toilet paper roll
Kites can be designed by each child or a template can be used depending upon age group.
Newspaper Baskets
Age: fourth grade and up Time: 90 minutes
Materials: newspaper
Children will make a small basket to hold collectibles.
Mancala Game
Age: fourth grade and up Time: 60 minutes
Materials: egg carton, 2 small containers and 48-60 playing pieces such as marbles, beads, stones or seeds for each child.
The cartons will be decorated and the children will learn how to play mancala.
Juggle Sticks
Age: sixth grade and up Time: 90 minutes
Materials: Teens will bring old material such as leather, jeans, fur or thick material and find an old broom stick or thick doweling rod.
The juggle sticks are spun in the air by using the two other sticks as controllers for a variety of tricks.
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