If your children have been assigned school projects and you are not able to come up with a good idea, then reusing clothes to make cool things is something you can try. Reusing clothes can not only bring out the creativity in you but is also a great way to reduce waste production. Children can easily cut, sew or past a piece of clothing and make something eccentric out of it.
Here are 5 things your children can make using recycled clothes for their school project and impress everyone their teachers.
One of the most adorable things that you can make with your old clothes is dolls. You can take different coloured cloths to make the doll’s skin, clothes and hair. You can also make sock monkeys by filling your old, fuzzy and colourful socks with cotton. Stick googly eyes or buttons for eyes.
If your children are learning how to cook in school in their home science classes, then they must have an apron. You can help them make these homemade aprons by upcycling your shirts. Choose a nice cotton shirt as cotton does not catch fire and is a safe fabric (Safely Iron Different Types Of Fabrics) to wear while cooking.
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For a freezing winter evening, your children can engage in making fuzzy and warm hats (Guide To Wearing Different Hats) and beanies using old sweaters. All you need to do is cut an appropriate amount of cloth from the sweater and stitch it as a hat or beanie. You can stitch buttons on it to make it look fancier.
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One of the things that children are most appreciated for in school projects is anything related to gardening. Therefore, making fabric covers for pots and planters is a great idea. All you need to do is take old clothes and cover your pots with them. They will look fancy.
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One of the coolest things that your children can make out of denim is a pencil stand. For this, all you need to do is take an old pencil stand and cover it with a piece of denim. You can also make your pencil stand at home using cardboard and then follow the same steps. Be creative and decorate it as you like.
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