There are so many wonderful things that you can do with odd household throw-aways. Be creative and think outside the box, or INSIDE the box in some cases…
- Cereal boxes can make stylish and colorful bookmarks.
- Use empty tissue boxes to store extra plastic bags.
- Ever find that your chips get crushed? Pop them into a box before you stuff it in the pantry.
- Small boxes (such as pudding boxes) can make great puppets!
- Open an empty cereal box and let your young child have fun coloring on the inside.
- You can use boxes to protect items when mailing. Or just storing away.
- Use empty boxes for kindling your barBQ.
- Boxes can be transformed into great building blocks.
- Finally, if you open your box flat you can drop it into a recycling bin.
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Author: Jack Reichert
As far back as he can remember Jack Reichert has been interested in the environment. In the second grade, he rallied all of his classmates to donate one recess a week to cleaning up litter from the schoolyard. That was the same year that a city councilman asked him to help with his campaign because of the letter Jack had written asking him to clean up Boston Harbor. Ever since Jack has followed the development of the international green conscience with anticipation and hope that one day we will treat Mother Earth with the respect she deserves and not turn her into another Giving Tree. For tips, feedback and prophet sightings, Jack can be reached at jack (at) greenprophet (dot) com.
I used to fly through the cosmos in my refrigerator and oven boxes!
I lived in a refrigerator box for a year. Well, it was inside my room….I then inherited an oven box, which became the “guest bedroom” for my best friend.
And the ULTIMATE: refrigerator boxes afford unlimited options for creative play and art. We just got one from our neighbors and my kids have spent 2 days solid in the box, and are just getting started.