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Kids)","reuse-packaging-crafts","https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/blog/reuse-packaging-crafts/","/blog/reuse-packaging-crafts/","2020-04-15T00:43:00","2023-11-08T15:44:31","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all that’s going on the world, we can forgive ourselves for letting Earth Day slip through the cracks. It’s hard enough to plan for the day ahead—let alone an elaborate art project to \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://nurturelife.com/blog/recycling-for-kids/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">teach kids how to recycle\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Fortunately, you don’t have to go all-out (or go outside) to create some fun \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earth Day crafts\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at home!\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nurture Life’s whimsical meal packages feature creative scenes built from brightly colored, nutritious foods—think potato turkeys, cauliflower chickens, sunny-side-up sunsets and pineapple islands. They’re the perfect starting point for easy \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cardboard projects\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that will inspire your kids and, let’s be honest, keep them distracted for a precious hour or two. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay inside, stay busy and have fun dreaming up adorable \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">art made from recycled materials!\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17819\" src=\"https://content.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cutting-out-character.jpg\" alt=\"easy crafts for kids\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cutting-out-character.jpg 1920w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cutting-out-character-300x240.jpg 300w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cutting-out-character-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cutting-out-character-768x614.jpg 768w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cutting-out-character-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cutting-out-character-1200x960.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>1. Recreate the Scene\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As one of the quickest and easiest \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recycling activities for kids\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, have your little one choose their favorite \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://nurturelife.com/menus/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nurture Life meal\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and recreate the scene with crayons, colored pencils, markers, paint or even collage-style pieces of torn-up construction paper. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For some friendly competition, turn it into a game: everyone studies the package for 60 seconds and then has to redraw it from memory. Focus on getting all the details right—like the red bell pepper “gills” of the fish or the broccoli trees in the background. Whoever includes the most correct foods wins!\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>2. Create a New Scene\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17821\" src=\"https://content.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/drawing-around-scene.jpg\" alt=\"easy crafts for kids\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/drawing-around-scene.jpg 1920w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/drawing-around-scene-300x200.jpg 300w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/drawing-around-scene-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/drawing-around-scene-768x511.jpg 768w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/drawing-around-scene-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/drawing-around-scene-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/drawing-around-scene-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cut out a character from the scene, paste it on a piece of construction paper and have your kid draw their own imaginative scene around it. To throw in some language skills, you could also cut out letters from the box and ask your kid to spell out words related to their drawing. Watch as “Nurture Life” becomes “fun” or “Teriyaki Salmon” spells out “monkey”!\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>3. Draw Friends\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of a single character, use multiple boxes to cut out different characters and draw a scene where these “food friends” are playing, learning or exploring together. Since your kids are probably missing their real friends right about now, you could encourage them to imagine themselves and their friends as the characters. What are they doing? What are they saying to each other? \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To turn this idea into multiple \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cardboard crafts\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, try taping the characters to a window and using dry erase markers to create the scene. For every day that you’re stuck at home, you can erase the previous day’s scene and—viola!—you already have a new activity set up and ready to go. Snap pictures of each day’s drawing and make it a competition to see who can create the silliest, most intricate or most hilarious scene of all.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>4. Make a Garland\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17818\" src=\"https://content.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/garland.jpg\" alt=\"easy crafts for kids\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/garland.jpg 1920w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/garland-300x200.jpg 300w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/garland-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/garland-768x511.jpg 768w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/garland-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/garland-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/garland-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garlands make for very \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">easy crafts for kids\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, requiring nothing more than some scissors and string. Cut out your kid’s favorite characters from Nurture Life boxes and hang them as a colorful garland to display in the kitchen. You could even hang it on the fridge as a fun reminder of the meals you have available. Let your little ones choose their next meal by pointing to the character.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>5. Create Stand-up Characters\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cut out a different part of the cardboard box and tape it to the back of the cut-out character so that it stands up. These characters could be displayed in your kid’s room, brought out at playtime or even used as a “table buddy” to encourage picky eaters to eat. (Your little one can “feed” the character a bite of food before taking a bite themselves, similar to Milton the Mealtime Companion, \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://nurturelife.com/blog/picky-eater-kitchen-tools/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one of our favorite picky eater tools\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>6. Put on a Puppet Show\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cut out different characters, glue them on popsicle sticks and make a little family puppet show out of your \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recycled crafts for kids\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! Work together with your kids to brainstorm story ideas and write a simple script. If your little one is too young to participate in this way, you could put on the puppet show yourself using your signature cast of bedtime story voices. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>7. Focus on the Food\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17820\" src=\"https://content.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/turkey-meatloaf-with-ingredient-callouts.jpg\" alt=\"easy crafts for kids\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/turkey-meatloaf-with-ingredient-callouts.jpg 1920w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/turkey-meatloaf-with-ingredient-callouts-300x200.jpg 300w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/turkey-meatloaf-with-ingredient-callouts-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/turkey-meatloaf-with-ingredient-callouts-768x511.jpg 768w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/turkey-meatloaf-with-ingredient-callouts-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/turkey-meatloaf-with-ingredient-callouts-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/turkey-meatloaf-with-ingredient-callouts-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One benefit of using Nurture Life meal packages as the basis for \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://nurturelife.com/blog/easy-cardboard-box-crafts-kids/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cardboard box crafts\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is that it gives you a natural, no-pressure way to talk about food with your kids. Have your child cut out a character, glue it on a piece of paper and then use crayons or colored pencils to draw arrows to the different ingredients. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask your child to describe the ingredients aloud or on paper, using these questions for guidance:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What color is this food? Does it come in more than one color?\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does it taste like?\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does it remind you of anything?\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does it make you feel when you eat it?\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does it feel like in your fingers or your mouth?\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does it smell like?\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>8. Invent New Characters\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking our imaginative characters as an example, have your little ones draw completely new characters made from other healthy ingredients. For more inspiration, you could give them fun names and occupations like Mr. Cherry Tomato, Dr. Ava Blueberry or Professor Yogurt.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your little one will definitely be able to create \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cool cardboard crafts\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from foods they already like—but bonus points if they can draw a fun character for a food they \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">don’t\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like! Every opportunity to become more familiar with something “scary” or “yucky” will \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://nurturelife.com/blog/strategies-try-new-foods/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">help your child become more open to trying new foods\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>9. Turn It Into a Story\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can easily make a creative writing prompt out of any of these\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recycling projects for kids\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Just ask your child to write a poem, play or story about the scene they’ve created! \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some kids really run with open-ended prompts, but others feel more inspired when they have additional information to work with. Try providing some creative constraints by asking your child to include certain elements in their story: maybe there’s a playground in the scene or the chicken is wearing a business suit or there’s a mysterious shadow lurking in the broccoli forest. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>10. Animate It!\u003C/b>\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To turn your \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earth Day crafts\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into something\u003C/span> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">super creative, create a stop motion animation! This added step will make your kid’s project more fun to share with friends or family members over text or video chat, and it’ll also help the project take up more time (a lifesaver if you’re trying to \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://nurturelife.com/blog/realistic-guide-working-home-kids/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work from home with kids\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). There are many \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.mykidstime.com/things-to-do/10-handiest-apps-stop-motion-animation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free, kid-friendly apps for stop motion animation\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so find one that seems simple and let your little one animate potato cows  on a journey off the farm or tomato tractors driving into a broccoli forest.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How are \u003C/span>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your \u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kids getting creative with Nurture Life meal packaging? We’d love to hear how you’re using our food characters to keep your kids busy, active and engaged as we all stay home to stay healthy! Share your favorite \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cardboard crafts for kids\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by tagging us on Instagram @nurturelife with #whatkidsdeserve or by messaging us at \u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:support@nurturelife.com\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support@nurturelife.com\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://nurturelife.com/?utm_source=blog_internal&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=conversion&utm_content=reuse-packaging-20200415\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18081 size-large\" src=\"https://content.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CTA-Healthy-Kids-Meals-Bolo-and-Finger-Foods-1024x341.jpg\" alt=\"healthy kids meals\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CTA-Healthy-Kids-Meals-Bolo-and-Finger-Foods-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CTA-Healthy-Kids-Meals-Bolo-and-Finger-Foods-300x100.jpg 300w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CTA-Healthy-Kids-Meals-Bolo-and-Finger-Foods-768x256.jpg 768w, https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CTA-Healthy-Kids-Meals-Bolo-and-Finger-Foods.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n",{"mobileImage":132,"__typename":137},{"node":133,"__typename":136},{"sourceUrl":134,"__typename":135},"https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/turkey-meatloaf-with-ingredient-callouts.jpg","MediaItem","AcfMediaItemConnectionEdge","FeaturedImageForMobile",{"node":139,"__typename":144},{"id":140,"link":141,"sourceUrl":142,"altText":143,"__typename":135},"cG9zdDoxNzgxNw==","https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/blog/reuse-packaging-crafts/header-desktop-3/","https://content.dev.nurturelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/header-desktop-880x490.jpg","Earth Day crafts","NodeWithFeaturedImageToMediaItemConnectionEdge",{"nodes":146,"__typename":152},[147,148,149,150,151],{"name":8,"slug":9,"__typename":6},{"name":43,"slug":44,"__typename":6},{"name":52,"slug":53,"__typename":6},{"name":106,"slug":107,"__typename":6},{"name":115,"slug":116,"__typename":6},"PostToCategoryConnection",{"edges":154,"__typename":213},[155,179,196],{"node":156,"__typename":178},{"id":157,"name":158,"posts":159,"__typename":177},"dGVybToyODg3","art made from recycled materials",{"edges":160,"__typename":176},[161],{"node":162,"__typename":175},{"id":123,"slug":125,"categories":163,"title":124,"excerpt":170,"featuredImage":171,"__typename":174},{"nodes":164,"__typename":152},[165,166,167,168,169],{"name":8,"slug":9,"id":7,"__typename":6},{"name":43,"slug":44,"id":42,"__typename":6},{"name":52,"slug":53,"id":51,"__typename":6},{"name":106,"slug":107,"id":105,"__typename":6},{"name":115,"slug":116,"id":114,"__typename":6},"\u003Cp>With all that’s going on the world, we can forgive ourselves for letting Earth Day slip through the cracks. 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