Making Recycling Fun
February 11, 2009 by Judi
Filed under Moms Living Green
In our house recycled items have a tendency to pile up on our counter. No one seems to want to take them out to the garage to be recycled. It’s February in Wisconsin so it is a bit cold out there. So how do we deal with this problem? We give the kids a bit of incentive to help out with the recycling.
We sort our aluminum soda cans out of the regular recyclables. Our community donates these to Habitat for Humanity. The kids think this is a great idea. It gives them a bit of incentive to take the soda cans, wash them out, crush them and bag them. We then take them to the recycle point. They have an enjoyable time seeing who crushed the most cans for Habitat for Humanity.
We encourage our kids to use the recycle bin as their personal project resource. There is a lot of very useable materials in there. Milk jugs have made our decomposition projects fun. Plastic soda bottles have made great learning to juggle projects. There is card board to do art projects with. We have even taken out all the paper to recycle and make more paper with.
Get the kids involved. Recycling may be a dreaded chore, until you turn it into something they get. Teaching kids earlier will help make a greener world.
Is there an art project in your recycle bin? Is there something that may help in your local community? Take a look and see what you are sending to the curb!
We got lewis to start taking out the recycling by telling them how important it is. Check it out….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWsZVb-Pu_U