Making toys from waste materials
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Making toys from waste
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EARLY LEARNING RESOURCE INSTRUCTIONS RESOURCES
Make a book
Pre-cut cardboard to size of choice
Select pictures from magazines, shopping
catalogues or pamphlets:
Select images for themed books:
Transport Pets Farm animals
Gardens Toys Insects / birds
Colours, shapes, numbers
Things around the home etc
Cut out pictures and paste neatly onto
cardboard
Neatly write label under pictures
Laminate or use DC Fix contact paper to protect
and re-enforce the pages
Punch holes and thread through string or use a
binding machine
Colour cardboard
Scissors
Punch
String
Glue
Magazines, store
pamphlets
Laminator or DC Fix –
Contact paper
Binding machine
Refer to the following websites for South African stories in all languages: Nalibali.org http://nalibali.org/story-library/multilingual-stories
Bookdash.org https://bookdash.org/see/books/
The Sock Man
Story sock man Put the sock over the mouth of the bottle
Pull up a little portion of the sock above the
bottle's neck and fasten the bow tie around it
to form the man's head
Draw nose, eyebrows, mouth and ears on the
cardboard sheet
Cut them out and paste them onto the face
Alternatively use buttons for the face
Glue matchsticks on the head for the man's hair
Alternatively use cut strips of wool for the hair
A plastic bottle
An old pair of socks
Matchsticks,
toothpicks or wool
A cardboard sheet
Felt pens/marker
Strip of material to
make a bow tie
Buttons
Glue
When reading to children, point and identify names of the body parts.
You can make up your own story in your choice of language
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Stacking cups
Yoghurt cups can be used as stacking cups
Wash yoghurt cups to make sure they are clean
Paint cups in different colours and let dry
Use a permanent market to draw shapes,
numbers or dots on the cups, or stick on
stickers
Use cups to stack – turn upside down, build a
pyramid
Using the number cups find the counter with
the matching number or dots
Small yoghurt tubs
Enamel paint – various
colours
Permanent marker
Pictures/ stickers
Shape sorters
Take a cardboard box or 2ℓ ice cream container
and paint it and allow to dry
Or, cover with wrapping or coloured paper
Take a stanley knife and cut different shapes in
the lid:
o circle, square, triangle, rectangle, diamond –
image 2
o different size and thickness bottle tops and
lids - image 3
Reinforce the corners of cardboard box and
slots for posting.
Great activity for:
o hand-eye coordination,
o fine motor control
o matching
o visual memory
cardboard box or 2ℓ
ice cream container
Enamel paint
Coloured or wrapping
paper
Shape templates:
make own from
cardboard, bottle
tops, or cookie cutters
Turpentine
Paint brush
Filament tape
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Building blocks
Mix the paint
Glue all the lids closed
Paint the egg cartons (blue, red, yellow, green,
orange), place on paper and leave to dry
Leave 3 cartons whole
o Cut one of the cartons in half using a stanley
knife or large scissor
o Cut one of the cartons in 3 (thirds)
Use cartons blocks to build tower/ objects
Show how the half and thirds of a carton can
make up 1 whole carton
5 x egg cartons (6
eggs)
5 x different coloured
paint
Paintbrushes
5 x small containers
Water
Scrap paper
Scissors / Stanley knife
Skittles
Collect 10 identical plastic bottles (from 370 ml to 1 litre)
Fill the bottles with clean, non-recyclable plastic (dog food bags, torn shopping bags, clingwrap, sweet wrappers etc), compacting the fill so that the bottle is quite firm.
Try get each of the skittles (bottles) to weigh roughly the same (between 200g and 500g)
Be sure to place the cap on the bottle when done
5 identical plastic bottles – water or cold drink bottles less than 1 litre are best
Non-recyclable plastic to use as fill
A stick to compress the plastic while filling the bottle
Small ball (light tennis ball will do)
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Puzzles
Print 2 copies of picture – 1x A4 and 1x A5:
o Use A5 for the example of what needs to be
built
o Cut the A4 into puzzle pieces
Paste both pictures onto cardboard
Cover with DC Fix and carefully smooth out all
bubbles
Select a puzzle template – 4 / 6 / 12 piece and
put on top of the A4 picture
Place paper clips along 4 sides of page
Cut out carefully along the lines
Put a colour dot or symbol at the back of each
puzzle. This makes it easier for children to
identify and pack correct pieces into bag
Place all puzzle pieces and A5 picture into
ziplock bag – ready to use
Print pictures linked to
themes, or
Select pictures from
magazines
Cardboard (cereal box)
DC fix – contact paper
Scissors / stanley knife
Glue
Paper clips
Ziploc bag
See addendum for
templates attached
Peg wheels
Colour peg wheel
Also make a shape peg wheel
Cut cardboard into a circle or cut the border off
a paper plate
Divide circle into 6 or 8 pie slices
Paint each section a different colour and let dry
Cover with contact paper (smooth out all
bubbles) or laminate
Paint each peg a different colour to match
colours in circle
Print colour labels and glue to peg or use
permanent marker and write colours on peg
Thick cardboard or
paper plate
Circle template
Pencil, scissors
6 to 8 paint colours
Paint brushes
Contact paper or
laminator
6 to 8 pegs
Permanent marker
Number peg wheel
Cut cardboard into a circle or cut the border off
a paper plate
Divide circle into 10 and draw lines in circle in
pencil
Paste stars/sticky dots/or draw dots 1 to 10
onto lines in circle
Gently rub out pencil lines
Cover with contact paper (smooth out all
bubbles) or laminate
Use black marker and number pegs 1 - 10
Thick cardboard
Circle template
Pencil
Ruler
Rubber
Scissors
Stars / sticky dots
Contact paper or
laminator
10 pegs
Black marker
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Threading
Fruit lacing
Print and cut out apple template (See Addendum)
Glue template on thick cardboard
Cut out shape and colour in
Optional: cover with DC fix and smooth out all
bubbles to re-enforce the template
Carefully punch holes around edges
Take shoe lace and thread through top 2 holes
and knot at back
Shoe lace will be in front for threading
Cardboard (cereal
box)
Fruit template (see
Addendum 1)
Crayons / Khoki
Scissors / stanley knife
DC Fix – contact
Glue / punch
String / shoe lace
Shoe lacing Print and cut out shoe template (See Addendum)
Glue template on thick cardboard
Cut out shape
Optional: cover with DC fix and smooth out all
bubbles to re-enforce the template
Carefully punch holes around edges
Take shoe lace and thread through top 2 holes
and knot at back
Shoe lace will be in front for threading
Cardboard (cereal
box)
Shoe template (see
Addendum 2)
Crayons / Khoki
Scissors / Stanley
knife
DC Fix – contact
Glue / punch
String / shoe lace
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Sensory playdough
This is not like ordinary play dough as
it does not have any preservative
ingredients like salt, oil, etc. so it does
not last as long.
If it becomes crumbly then roll into a
ball and keep squeezing and kneading
to warm it up and make it more
pliable – add a few drops of aqueous
cream or conditioner.
This is a stunning play dough recipe that can be
used for children with sensitive skin and is a great
multi-sensory activity for babies and toddlers.
Use fragrant hair conditioner – coconut scented.
But, for children with sensitive skin rather use
aqueous cream.
Method:
Put cornflour/maizena into a mixing bowl
Add 1 tablespoon of conditioner or aqueous
cream
Mix until it looks fluffy and crumbly then use
your hands to work it together until evenly
combined
It may seem dry but keep kneading until it
becomes soft, silky and pliable in your hands
(the heat of your hands helps this process)
If it is still dry – dip your fingers into
conditioner/aqueous cream and knead again –
only a small amount
Split the dough into half or quarter and then
add few drops of food colouring and a drop of
flavoured essence: for example – if you using
yellow food colouring, add lemon essence
If you have used coconut conditioner, then
don’t add any additional flavoured essence
Optional:
For extra multi-sensory texture add a few flakes
of coconut essence, or grate a
lemon/lime/orange peel into dough
This makes a wonderful multi-sensory and
tactile experience for the child
Storage:
Wrap in wax wrap and put into ziplock bag
When using – roll and knead again and if
needed add a drop of conditioner or aqueous
cream
1 cup corn flour
(Maizena)
5 tablespoons scented
hair conditioner or
aqueous cream
Food colouring
Optional:
Drop of flavoured
essence (lemon,
banana, vanilla etc)
Coconut essence
flakes
Grated peel from
lemon, lime or orange
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Bottle doll
Clean plastic cold drink bottle
Add little white or brown enamel paint
into bottle, put on lid and shake bottle so
paint covers inside.
Pour out excess paint and glue on lid
Decorate face
Add scarf or hat and wrap in blanket
2l coke bottle
Enamel paint: white
or brown, and red,
pink, black
Colour permanent
markers
Glue
Hat, scarf, blanket
Stilts
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Wash your tins and remove the labels
Be extra careful with the edge where the lid was
removed – use sandpaper to sand off rough edges
Turn your tins upside down (closed end is facing up)
Use ruler and mark 2cm from top of can
Using a screwdriver or nail, hammer to make hole
Hammer 2 holes on either side of tin
Use metal file or sand paper to smooth off rough
edges
If you can’t get it as smooth as you would like, try
covering that inside edge with duct tape for extra
protection
To decide the length of rope you will need, ask your
tallest child to stand on a can with his arms at his sides
The rope should be long enough to go from the hole, to
his hand (and across the palm), and then back into the
other hole
Add extra length for two knots
Cut two lengths of rope (one for each can)
Use a lighter to burn the ends of the rope so that they
don’t fray
Thread one end of the rope into the can from the
outside
Tie a knot inside the can
Thread the other end of the rope through the
hole in the opposite side of the can and tie
another knot - granny knot
Use paint for metal and paint tins
Tins are ready for use
Resources:
Coffee tins – cleaned
and smooth the
edges with
sandpaper
Nylon string – length
depends on height
of child
Lighter to burn end
of rope
Screwdriver / nail
and hammer
Drill / clamp
Sandpaper / metal
file
Marker and ruler
Paint to decorate
tins – suitable for
metal
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Addendums
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PUZZLE TEMPLATES
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