Make an adorable stuffed animal from recycled sweaters! onegroovyday/Craftster.org
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Homemade is best! As an alternative to battery operated plastic toys, spark your child's imagination with toys you make with love, using recycled materials.
1. Stuffed Friend Reclaimed felted wool sweaters are the perfect materials to make stuffed animals of all types. Whether hand sewn or sewn on a machine, your child will love snuggling up with their one-of-a-kind stuffy.
2. Magnetic Paper Dolls Cover all those free refrigerator magnets you've received from take out restaurants and lawyers, and make paper dolls! Store them on your fridge, and they'll keep your child entertained while you are busy in the kitchen.
3. Cardboard Dollhouse Build a beautiful Victorian dollhouse out of scrap cardboard, and have fun decorating it with your child.
4. Crayons Recycle your broken crayons! Melt them down, mix the colors, and pour them into fun new shapes to give them a second life.
5. Toy Basket Where to keep all these new toys? Decorate a purchased basket like this one your child's artwork!
