{"id":1089,"date":"2024-04-23T18:56:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T17:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2024-04-23T18:56:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T17:56:25","slug":"earth-day-beyond-creation-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/23\/earth-day-beyond-creation-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day &amp; Beyond Creation Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In preparation for Earth Day, we practiced thinking of creative ways we could reuse items.  I set up this open ended art and craft activity mainly for my 5 year old daughter, but my 3 year old son also joined in on the fun. They spent hours creating with cardboard, scraps, recycling, broken trinkets and other supplies I found in the basement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5291-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"kids creation station\" class=\"wp-image-1091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5291-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5291-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5291-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5291-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5291-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the items I included in our Creation Station were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cardboard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>paper scraps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>stickers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ribbons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fabric scraps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>buttons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>pipecleaners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>wood embellishments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>corks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>broken wheels, fasteners and other pieces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sequins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>washi tape<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fasteners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>recycling pieces (e.g., bubble wrap)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>paint<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>paint sticks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>glue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>scissors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>My daughter\u2019s favourite items items to decorate were empty Grapat Mandala boxes, while my son made a folded piece of cardboard into a barn roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1093\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5414-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"creation station makes\" class=\"wp-image-1093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5414-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5414-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5414-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5414-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5414-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1092\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5339-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"grapat box crafts\" class=\"wp-image-1092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5339-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5339-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5339-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5339-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_5339-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New and untraditional materials really seemed to spark creativity.  The kids loved this \u201cno rules\u201d creating so much that I think I\u2019m going to find a way to incorporate some of these supplies into our everyday arts and craft supplies.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In preparation for Earth Day, we practiced thinking of creative ways we could reuse items. I set up this open ended art and craft activity mainly for my 5 year old daughter, but my 3 year old son also joined in on the fun. They spent hours creating with cardboard, scraps, recycling, broken trinkets and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/23\/earth-day-beyond-creation-station\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Earth Day &amp; Beyond Creation Station&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[268,267,271,270,269],"class_list":["post-1089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-cardboardcraft","tag-creationstation","tag-kidopenendedcraft","tag-kidscrafts","tag-openendedart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1094,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089\/revisions\/1094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}