Parents & Carers

You will need:

• washed milk bottles
• a marker
• scissors or a Stanley knife

Instructions

Step 1: Clean your milk bottles thoroughly.

Step 2: Using your marker, draw the lines you need to cut out to make the shovels.

Step 3: With your scissors cut along the line and remove the excess.

Step 4: These shovels are ready to use. They are great to have at the beach, in the garden or bath.

*These shovels and scoops were designed and crafted by Zara’s Play Tribe.

You will need:

• empty milk cartons
• geometric print paper
• scissors
• glue
• small flowering plant

Instructions

Step 1: Rinse and dry the empty milk containers.

Step 2: Wrap the printed paper around the outside of the milk carton. Secure with glue.

Step 3: Trim the carton to the size that you would like with scissors.

Step 4: Plant your seedlings or small plants into the container!

Notes: you don’t have to use a geometric design for the outside of your planters. You could design your own pattern, recycle some wrapping paper or even draw your own picture. You could even try attaching some pom poms, buttons, ribbon or other embellishments to decorate your planters.

*These flower planters were designed and crafted by Cinta and Co.

You will need:

• 2 x washed milk bottles (the 2L variety works best!)
• craft supplies
• scissors or a Stanley knife

Instructions

Step 1: Clean your milk bottles thoroughly.

Step 2: Decorate the milk bottles. You can use anything from stickers, textas, paint or paste on paper to create a fun final design.

Step 3: Once the decorations have dried, using a Stanley knife or scissors, cut a rectangle in the face of the milk bottle. (Tip: tracing the label helps to get straight lines.)

Step 4: Slide your feet in and get dancing!

*These milk bottle shoes were designed and crafted by Zara’s Play Tribe.

You will need:

• clean and dry milk bottles or cartons
• Stanley knife
• paint and stickers

Instructions

Step 1: Clean your milk bottles thoroughly.

Step 2: Determine the type of village you would like to create (i.e. fairy houses, fire station, schools, doll houses).

Step 3: Using a marker, draw windows and doors onto your milk bottles.

Step 4: Use your Stanley knife to cut out the shapes.

Step 5: Now it's time to decorate, using paint and stickers add features to your crafts to bring them to life.

Step 6. Pair your favourite figurines for a great small world set up.

*These milk bottle villages were designed and crafted by Zara’s Play Tribe.

You will need:

• empty milk cartons
• acrylic paint
• paint brush
• scissors
• bamboo skewers
• marker pen
• pom poms
• googly eyes
• glue
• peg
• small wooden blocks (optional)

Instructions

Step 1: Rinse and dry the empty milk containers.

Step 2: Paint the outside of the cartons with acrylic paint. Allow the paint to dry completely.

Step 3: Cut a hole in the front of the cartons with scissors and press through a skewer to make the perch.

Step 4: Decorate your bird house with the marker pen.

Step 5: Glue some googly eyes onto the pom poms to make the birds.

Step 6: Glue the pom poms to a peg and then peg the birds to their little perches. Notes: you don’t need to make your own pom poms as we did. You can use a pre-made one – they’ll be just as cute! We also made some little block towers to balance our aviaries on. This was a fun STEAM extension, that allowed us to practice balance and engineering. This step is fun but not essential to the way that you play with the aviaries.