Day 97: Make Reusing & Recycling Fun for Kids

We recently bought a children's book called Michael Recycle. In the book there is a little boy that is superhero and his power is going to cities and teaching them how to recycle and make their towns more beautiful, clean and green. It is a really cute book, and there are actually a few of them by the same author, Ellie Bethel. My kids love the story and we have been saving cardboard boxes and other keepable trash to build ourselves a Micheal Recycle city. Yesterday we finally gathered enough supplies, and had some free time, to start our recycled town. The kids loved making houses and thinking of creative ideas that the trash could be. It will be an ongoing project in our front room for a while. Every day we will add a little more recycled trash, maybe paint it a bit, who knows what else we will think of to add to it. And every day while we work/play with it the kids are learning that recycling can be fun, as well as good for the planet!

    

The beginning of our Recycled Town                                                                             Michael Recycle Book.