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a doll house made to look like a library with bookshelves, chairs and pictures on the walls

My son's elementary school has an "Everybody Reads" week where authors and others come in and talk about reading. For the event, I made a little library diorama for the library. The librarian usually reads to the children from a rocking chair, so I found a rocking chair in my stash. I learned that I had to tacky-wax the books in. As Sheila said from http://shenandoahandstuff.blogspot.com/, it looked like the tiny librarian had a temper tantrum. Or there was an earthquake. Or as others said…

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an arrangement of different shapes and sizes of cardboards on a white board with words attached to it

Materials As much as possible I try to use recyclable materials for construction art lessons. I source these from Recreate or ask the children to bring things in from home. Recyclable materials Bottles Caps Cardboard boxes (cereal/shoeboxes etc.) Wrapping paper Scrap paper Containers (yoghurt pots/egg cartons) Other materials Tin foil Scissors Foam sheets Stickers Crepe paper Pipe

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an open brown paper bag sitting on top of a white table

Cardboard Book Binding: Binding books with cardboard? You bet! Made entirely of recycled materials, this versatile project is pretty simple! Cardboard scraps + old t-shirt + glue = Book This can be used for scrapbooking, drawing, and even coin collections!

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A young boy puts books into the min cardboard library that he made

You and your kids can build a mini library out of recycled cardboard, a great arts and crafts project as well as a great opportunity to learn about the importance of sharing.

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several cardboard boxes stacked on top of each other, one is open and the other is closed

Cardboard Book Binding: Binding books with cardboard? You bet! Made entirely of recycled materials, this versatile project is pretty simple! Cardboard scraps + old t-shirt + glue = Book This can be used for scrapbooking, drawing, and even coin collections!

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