Any container that I do buy I either recycle or look for a way to reuse .  We have mountains of carrot juice bottles that I am always trying to find ideas for. This was a very fun simple activity to do and will help me when my daughter needs something quietly to play. I have been keeping it in my purse, and it has gotten me out of a few tantrums all ready. Take the plastic bottle,?clean and dry it out very well. We collected

anything from around the house that we thought could fit in the bottle from old bottle-caps to charms to stickers. While adding the objects to the bottle we kept a list going. When we used a sticker we just rubbed whatever substance we were going to fill the bottle with (sand, rice, beans) on the back side so it would not stick to the edge of the bottle. Read more of this story »

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Activity