Fill your craft box
Where can you find the things to fill your craft box? Why, all around
you! But before you take anything, be sure to ask if you may have it.Start your make-and-do collecting adventure at home. You’ll find lots
of things in the attic, in closets, in the kitchen, and in the garage.
Of course, you’ll have to buy some things, such as paints and brushes,
at a local craft store. But there are many free things outdoors.You’ll find nuts, sticks, and leaves in the woods. You can get sand
and shells at the beach. And you’ll find stones and flowers in your
yard. You will be surprised by what you can find if you keep your eyes
open.
Now that you know where to look for things to fill your craft box,
here are some of the things to look for.
Things to save
balloons bottle caps bricks
sand screws sea shells
buttons
seeds of all kinds
cardboard boxes and tubes cloth scraps (burlap, felt, etc.) coat hangers
combs corks
shirt cardboards socks and stockings spools
spoons and forks sticks
drinking straws egg cartons flowers
stones and pebbles string
thread
food trays and baskets hairpins ice-cream sticks jar lids keys leaves
milk cartons
tin cans
tissue paper
toothpicks
used gift wrapping and ribbon
washers
yarn
nails
newspapers and magazines paper, colored and plain paper bags
paper clips
paper napkins and towels
paper plates and cups
picture frames
pins and needles
pipe cleaners
plastic bottles and jars
pocket mirrors
rubber bands
Things to buy
colored chalk
construction paper
crayons
crepe paper
felt-tip pens
paints and paintbrushes ruler
scissors
transparent tape white glue
Your first project
For your first project, try decorating your craft box. You can paint it
or cover it with colorful paper. Then splash it with paint or glue on
designs of felt or paper. It’s your craft box, so you decide how you’d
like it to look.
