Wine Cork Sheep Craft by Crafty Morning. Here are some ways you can use wine corks: I store my wine corks in a small shoebox and pull them out as necessary. They can be used in painting activities or manipulatives in early math activities. Wine corks are something I wish I had started saving before I had children! As much as I would love to have a glass every night I just don’t have the energy so my wine cork collection is harder to maintain!īut don’t throw away those corks even if they are few and far between. Egg Carton Counting Game by Sparkle Power. Making Patterns with Lego and Egg Cartons by The Imagination Tree. Egg Carton Building Blocks by The Pinterested Parent. Here are some activities you can do using egg cartons: These did not turn out to be as stable as I had hoped but The Pinterested Parent was able to make building blocks with only using half the egg carton (see link below). Here I also tried to use them to make egg carton blocks. They are also great containers for sorting, pattern making and other math activities You can use them to hold paint, or as the main material in crafts. Phonics Boards by Happy Toddler PlaytimeĮgg cartons are another versatile material that is fairly easy to save but has so many uses. Cap Twist-off Board by Happy Toddler Playtime. Here is a list of the activities that we use squeeze pouch twist off spouts with: Take a pair of kitchen scissors (a strong pair) and cut the spout off the pouch. Rinse out the pouch throughly with warm water. But whenever my daughter has a pouch when we are home I will do the following to save the spout: These are a little harder to save and I this I don’t save every single one. Easiest DIY Cardboard Box Car by Munchkins and Moms. ABC Box Stamping by Happy Toddler Playtime. Tube Pattern Matching by Happy Toddler Playtime. Here are some activity ideas using cardboard: I keep ours in the basement storage room and pull it out as I need it. 
(Note: If you have more than one child I would say one box per child.) Whether you are using the entire box it self or cutting it up. Now if your house is anything like mine your don’t have a crazy amount of space to store cardboard boxes so what I usually do is to make sure that I always have at least one on hand. Using cardboard to create activities that can be reused is an wonderful idea.
The easiest activity is simply putting your toddler or preschooler inside the box and handing them some markers and letting them just create.Ĭardboard boxes can also be used for their parts. Check out this amazing post of 97 creative ways to use cardboard. There are so many ways that you can use it and so many things that you can do with it.
Scissor Skills with Junk Mail by School Time SnippetsĬardboard is your best friend if you have a toddler or preschooler at home.Recycle Gluing by Happy Toddler Playtime.
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