Recycle used baked bean tins in to lanterns
Food
Save seeds from used fruit and vegetables and re-grow them again. Start your seeds in a compost-able pot made from an old toilet roll tube!
Food
Make vegan meringues using chickpea water (aquafaba) that would usually go to waste
Food
Mash old bananas and freeze to make home-made ice cream
Food
Make yourself some tasty croutons from stale bread
Food
Use leftover veg to make soup before it goes off and can’t be used
Food
Fundraise and buy food for the local Food Bank
Food
Have a go at composting or building a wormery for your food waste
Food
Cook scraps, veg peelings and chicken/beef bones to make your own stock for soup/cooking
Food
Use old pie tins to make popcorn over a campfire
Food
Melt down old candles or crayons to make new
Craft
Cut a t-shirt round in a spiral to make yarn. Use it to knit or crochet and make something useful
Craft
Make your own recycling bins by attaching old bottles together to form a cylinder. Check out our Pinterest board for some ideas
Craft
Make your own eco-bricks and build a structure or some seating with them. Find out more at: www.ecobricks.org
Craft
Use old greeting cards to make small gift boxes
Craft
Host a recycled fashion show. Use old boxes, bags, etc. to create new outfits
Craft
Cut and collage old greetings cards to make new cards to give to friends and family
Craft
Create a pen pot from an old bottle or drinks can
Craft
Make a new bag from an old piece of clothing
Craft
Find some local companies and use your imagination to see what you can turn their scrap in to…you never know where your next adventure will be!
Other
Make old clothes and bed sheets in to cleaning cloths and dusters. Run a car wash or take part in a community clean up
Other
Use an old sheet and make it in to a projector screen for an outdoor movie night with friends
Other
Make a poster to show what you can recycle in your local area. Not all areas are the same. Check with your local council for details
Craft
Use blackboard paint to up-cycle jars/photo frames
Other
Reuse old tea and coffee granules as fertiliser for the garden
Other
Reuse old tea bags by running a bath over them and enjoy a long soak for super smooth skin!
Other
Hold a bring and buy sale to raise funds for a charity of your choice
Other
Host a swap night and swap your unwanted toys and games with others
Other
Donate your unwanted toys and clothes to a local charity shop
Other
Visit your local library and instead of buying books, borrow them
Other
Visit a charity shop and purchase your next party outfit
Other
Plait plastic carrier bags and make your own skipping rope
Games
Have a board game night with your old/unused games
Games
Make your own mini table football from an old shoe box, using pegs for players attached to skewers
Games
Reuse pool noodles to make your own hobby horse and have races with your friends. Alternatively, use your hobby horse to make up a story and act it out
Games
Let’s go and fly a kite! Make your own from old plastic bags and give them a new lease of life
Games
Build your own tin can alley or coconut shy with used (and clean) tin cans
Games
Make a parachute from old carrier bags and safely land an egg
Games
Roll up sheets of old newspaper and make construction rods. Build the tallest tower you can
Games
Go on a litter pick and collect plastic bottles. Wash and clean them out then make them in to a set of skittles. Fill each bottle with sand or water
Games
Make origami frogs from old paper and have races with them
Games
Shrink old crisp packets to make key rings
Food
Extend the life of your home grown foods by making jam or pickles
Food
Keep and decorate a plastic bottle and reuse it
Food
Use your food waste to dye yarn or cloth or make your own food colourings
Food
Use old toilet roll tubes to grow seeds instead of using plastic seed starter trays
Food
Collect plastic milk bottles or 1 litre drinks bottles and use them to build a greenhouse
Food
Install a water butt at home or at your meeting place to collect rain water. Use your collected water to grow your own fruit and veg
Food
Forage for apples and have a go at making your own apple juice
Food
Make ice lollies using old yoghurt pots as moulds
Food
Turn a drinks can into an alcohol burner and use it to cook a meal or make a hot drink
Food
Reuse a tin can as a cooker and make tin can pancakes
Food
Reuse an egg shell and grow your own cress head
Food
How many things can you make from an old plastic bottle?
Craft
Make your own wind-chimes or nature mobiles from found objects/items
Craft
Make jewellery from old, single use, plastic bottles and other materials
Craft
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