Recycled Farm Craft

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I started painting and crafting with our daughter before she was one. For the past 2 years I have come up with fun projects for us to do together & Mai was always eager to jump in. These days my daughter calls the shots. We had an empty tissue paper box & I wanted us to turn into something fun.

Recycled Farm - Tissue box barn, clothes pin farm animals & toilet paper tube silo.

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“What can we do with this Mai?”

“Let’s make a farm!”

She is full of good ideas.

We used a tissue box to make our barn. I ripped open an old pasta box to form the roof.

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Cut out a piece of cardboard to form the roof. Arch it and glue it in place on either side of the box.

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Cut two more pieces of cardboard to fit into the openings on either side of the roof.

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Paint your barn. Mai painted the whole barn in red & then added silver speckles to the roof.

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Let the paint dry & then paint a door onto the barn.

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Use a razor or knife to cut loft doors. This step is for adults.

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Cut out grass using construction paper.

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Form a silo using an old paper towel roll with a section of egg carton glued to the top. We painted our silo silver with a white top.

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No farm is complete without animals which Mai was quick to point out to me. We painted a couple of clothes pins to form our barnyard animals.

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Clothespin cow clothespin pig

Our little farm is complete.

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Recycled Farm

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9 comments

    1. We do have fun together. She always tells me that she loves doing projects with mommy. She melts my heart.

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