{"id":17147,"date":"2020-05-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopeful-davinci.104-238-165-7.plesk.page\/low-waste-activities-and-crafts-with-littles-html\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T18:36:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:36:36","slug":"low-waste-activities-and-crafts-with-littles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localmilkblog.com\/2020\/05\/low-waste-activities-and-crafts-with-littles.html","title":{"rendered":"10 Low Waste Activities and Crafts with Littles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hello, Local Milk Family! Emily here with your Fresh Milk Friday round-up! We hope you have a restful weekend planned and that some good weather finds you wherever you are. I\u2019ve been thinking a lot this week about how hardworking parents of small children are doing right now. I know some days I feel so tired, and the idea that there is no end in sight to this quarantine looms heavy. I often feel completely tapped out on fun energy, sometimes even positive energy! If you are feeling this way, you are not alone, and this round-up is here to help. So, first, I\u2019m sharing a bit of emergency advice for life and parenting that has saved me so many times when things just feel beyond reproach. And then I\u2019ve collected 10 low waste activities and crafts for doing with little ones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So the must-have advice: it comes from a reader comment on the blog <\/span>Cup of Jo<\/span><\/a>. The idea is to just add water<\/em>. Whether that is a hot or cold drink, running in a sprinkler, taking a bath, or watering the flowers, it\u2019s like an auto-correct for a lousy day or grumpy mood. It almost<\/em> always works. On Tuesday, my daughter had a doctor\u2019s appointment that involved having blood drawn. She recovered surprisingly quickly after it was over, but once she woke up from her nap later in the afternoon, her mood quickly shifted into epic meltdown mode. So what did we do? We popped her in a bath in our kitchen sink, sang songs, and put a warm, wet rag on her head. She was <\/span>happy and smiling<\/span><\/a> in no time.<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope this list gives you a boost of inspiration if you are feeling burned out on fun things to do with kids. The goal was to collect ideas for creating and imaginative play that relies on your recycle bin and nature as your primary material sources. Thankfully the internet is a treasure trove of little or no waste craft ideas that don\u2019t call for epic amounts of glitter. You just have to know where to look!<\/span><\/p>\n

10 Low Waste Activities and Crafts with Littles<\/h4>\n
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  1. Paint and string an oh-so-chic <\/span>penne noodle necklace<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Go on an \u201cI spy\u201d nature <\/span>treasure hunt<\/span><\/a> outdoors.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Make and decorate a <\/span>cake<\/span><\/a> from recycled cardboard and have a tea party.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Craft a <\/span>bird family and nest<\/span><\/a> to hang in a window.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Examine some special things through a <\/span>homemade microscope<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Write really teeny love letters to go in <\/span>teeny felt envelopes<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Collect leaves, sticks, & flowers to create a <\/span>leaf bug family.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Become a photographer with a <\/span>homemade camera<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Create a <\/span>flower garland<\/span><\/a> from egg cartons.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Decorate a <\/span>house<\/span><\/a> with foraged bits of nature.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    P.S. Did you see our recent guest post from Merrilee Liddard? She shared a tutorial for making a <\/span>simple nature crown<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This week the Fresh Milk Friday round-up bringing you 10 ideas for low waste activities and craftsto do with with littles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[695],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/localmilkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/localmilkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/localmilkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localmilkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localmilkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/localmilkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/localmilkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localmilkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localmilkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}