Green Building: Toy castle recycled craft project

We love finding clever ways to reuse and recycle things, especially to create a fun, environmentally friendly kids craft project. That's why we just had to link to this Parent Hack. Asha came up with the idea of re-using the Styrofoam from the packing materials around new electronics as building blocks to make a toy castle. A couple of toothpick and post-its note flags and your little prince and princesses have a world of make-believe play before them. Just add some playmobile or lego knights or finger puppets.

It's a great idea and a clever way to use that land-filling packaging material. What other recycled materials could you use to make a toy castle or other fun craft project from recycled materials?

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