What Would You Do With It Wednesday? #8 Corks

Welcome to this week's edition of What Would You Do With It? Wednesday! This week's item is..... CORKS!

We haven't done a whole lot with corks... other than painting with them. So, I am looking for some great new ideas and inspiration! (We have a HUGE box full of corks from when my husband was a bartender.)

Here are a couple of photos of a sweatshirt Dane and I made for our friend CA. We used corks to paint part of it:

Now it's your turn!!! What Would You Do With Them?

Powered by Linky Tools

Click here to enter your link and view this Linky Tools list...

Comments

jwg said…

1. Put a bunch of them in the housekeeping area to be used as food.They can be poured and ladled.
2. Hot glue them to interesting pieces of foam,sponge or rubber for handles so that toddlers can have a handle to help them stamp and print.
3. Put some in the science area, including some cut in pieces, to be examined under a magnifying glass.
4. Let the older kids glue feathers, googly eyes, scraps of fabric and paper and beads and sequins to them to make people. You could make a dollhouse family or silly animals.

November 3, 2010 at 3:40 PM

Anonymous said…

Corks are great for water play ... they float like little boats ... we have made cork boats and used them in the water table.... they are also great if you freeze them in colored water and then let the children do a sort of "dig" in the ice with small mallet hammers to "recover" the frozen treasures (corks, buttons, pom poms, etc..)
They can be used for sorting, and the older children can use clay, and corks to create sculptures. Corks are great for tucking into small pouches to be discovered when they are unbuttoned, unzipped, etc...

November 3, 2010 at 6:13 PM

A Few Ideas With Marker Caps (As Promised)

Yesterday, I hope I convinced you not to throw away your markers that "don't work." Today, I will share with you a few ideas for what to do with all of the caps. The possibilities are nearly endless, but here are a few of our recent creations: 1) A Leprechaun/Fairy Ladder/Rope Ladder: 2) #1 if not permanently secured can also double as a rope bridge: 3) #1/#2 can also be made into a train track for your homemade trains :). (No photo available) 4) You can use them as beads for a necklace: 5) You could make them into a wind chime. (No photo available). 6. You can use them as small manipulatives to count, sort, and make patterns with. (No photo available). 7) You could use them as playing pieces in your own homemade board game. (No photo available). 8) You could put them on a wire and glue them in place to make a twirling whirly-gig. 9) You could top them with a lid from a milk jug to make tiny tables or toadstools. 10) You could make them...

"The Markers Don't Work!"

How may times have you heard, "Ms. (fill your name in here), this marker doesn't work!" I know I hear it all the time. Sometimes it is because our little friends forget to replace the caps, and sometimes the markers have just been "all used up!" What do you do with all those markers that just don't work? Please don't tell me that you throw them out, try this instead: First, sort your markers out. Put the caps in one container ( save those too, I'll show you what you can do with them in tomorrow's post) and the markers in another. I have a box for the markers that "don't work" for the children to place them into every time they run across one. You can also have the children help you test the markers periodically to sort out the ones that need to be removed from the "working set." When it comes time to use "the markers that don't work," we use a small sponge paint roller to roll water onto our card...

Yes, WE CLIMB UP THE SLIDE!

Yes, we do climb up the slide. We climb up the slide here at Child Central Station in the backyard... We climb up the slides when we are at the park..... and here are a few reasons why we think you could reconsider climbing up and allowing the children in your care to climb up the slide too! 1. Climbing up the Slide uses MUSCLE! Young children need to be active and climbing up the slide requires a lot of muscle and coordination. It is not an easy feat- and requires strength, concentration, determination, and will power. 2. Climbing up the Slide is RISKY! Yes- climbing up the slide is potentially risky, but so is sliding down! Your job as a caregiver is to carefully observe and monitor the situation, to be close by- but not to interfere unless necessary. Part of a child's learning process must include managing risks- climbing up the slide is a perfect way to practice this skill. 3. Climbing up the Slide involves potential CONFLICT! It ...

Ms. Amy's Blog @Child Central Station

Search This Blog