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Crafts from Trash

Recycle Some Family Fun

By Donna Stone

* The finished opening for your picture is 5-1/2 by 9 inches, so you need a picture slightly larger than this to go in finished frame.

Busy little hands are sometimes too eager to turn pages in a favorite storybook. You can recycle those torn picture books into lace cards.

You will need:
Cereal boxes
Torn picture book with large, simple pictures
Glue
Scissors
Shoestring for lacing
Hole punch

Cut the cereal box front or back out. Select a page from an old picture book and glue it onto the cardboard. Smooth out any air bubbles. Allow plenty of time for the card to completely dry. After the card is dry, trim around the edges. Punch holes to outline pictures on the card, approximately 1 inch to 2 inches apart.

Bookmarks
The dividers found in boxes of 100 tea bags are the perfect size for bookmarkers. Make them to give awayor to keep!

You will need: