The ABC's of Recycled &
Found Art Materials
Help children collect, sort, and store these
wonderful found art supplies. Ask daycare parents, grandparents,
friends and neighbors to assist in their collection! Use egg cartons,
jewelry gift boxes, margarine tubs, and yogurt containers for storage.
These treasures are an inspiration to the creative spirit as well as a
good lesson in recycling and resource conservation. This is an alphabetical
sampling of materials that are easily found!
| aluminum foil (washed and
dried) |
newspaper |
| bendable wire scraps |
nylon net |
| buttons |
old barrettes |
| cellophane "windows" on pasta packaging |
old jewelry (especially pin and earring
backings) |
| cardboard boxes |
packing popcorn |
| cardboard scraps |
paper bags |
| cardboard tubes |
pasta (uncooked) |
| cereal boxes |
pebbles and stones |
| clothespins |
pie tins |
| combs |
plastic lids |
| cotton balls |
popsicle sticks |
| crepe paper streamers (used) |
ribbons |
| dried beans and peas |
sawdust |
| dried flowers and grasses |
scrap fabric |
| driftwood |
seashells |
| egg cartons |
sea glass |
| eggshells (washed) |
socks |
| fabric trim |
sponges |
| feathers |
stirrer sticks |
| felt scraps |
straws |
florist's wire
gift wrap paper (used) |
styrofoam trays (from fruits or vegetables
only) |
| greeting cards |
toothpicks |
| magazines and catalogs |
wallpaper (scraps and sample books) |
| margarine tubs |
wooden beads |
| milk cartons |
wood scraps |
| milk jugs & lids (plastic) |
yogurt containers |
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