An Ignoble Experiment: [Parent Hacks] 1 new post in Parent Hacks

2008/12/03

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Which household supplies find their way into your craft projects? Talk amongst yourselves.

Sarah's craft supply gift idea got me thinking about the piles of household items that add variety to your art table for free.

Ideas:

Scrap fabric and paper (I often raid the Goodwill bin for material)
Cotton balls
Aluminum foil
Freezer paper
Cereal boxes and other colorful packaging
Magazine pages
Bottlecaps
Buttons
Almost any office supplies
...and a million more ideas.

Parenthackers, what are your favorite household items-turned-craft-materials?

Be careful: you can go crazy saving stuff until your craft area is an overwhelming mish-mash of junk. Use spare containers (empty wipe boxes, washed out jars, retired plastic storageware, etc.) to keep everything organized.

PS. Check out this week's Kids Craft Weekly for a bunch of crafty ornament ideas -- most of which come together using stuff you've already got lying around the house.