Busy Hands: Earth Recycled Craft

For Earth Day on April 22, we made this craft which also symbolizes recycling and reuse. It's made with old newspaper using a mix of techniques, and can be a great sensory craft too because of the textures.

As with most of our crafts, it's pretty easy to make, and toddlers and preschoolers can make it themselves with a little help.

Here are the materials you need to make this Earth Recycled Craft:

- Paper plate
- Old newspaper
- Blue and green paint
- Craft/school glue

This is how we made it:

1. Tear up some of the newspaper into pieces, and roll some of it into paper balls.

2. Put glue on the area for the 'land' on a paper plate and paste the paper balls there.

3. Make a mixture of glue and green paint (about equal) and paint on the land area.

4. Next, make a mixture of glue and blue paint, and use it to paste the newspaper pieces on the rest of the area.

5. Let it dry, and you're done!

Busy Hands is a series about activities and craft you can do with toddlers and young children.


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