8 suggestions: recycle used toys.

The preferences of children sometimes change very fast: what was yesterday’s favorite toy, today unnoticed in a box. If your child once loved animal figures but is no longer interested in them, you should not throw them away! Because it can be realized for different occasions great ideas. But even if you do not have a disused toy zoo at home, you can implement the craft ideas presented here favorably. In trade, a bag of plastic animals costs about 10 euros (it does not have to be the same as the hand-painted item). Go on, transform your home into a farm, jungle or Dino Park!

1) Festive, without being stiff – succeed this place card holders with ease. With a jigsaw, slots are made for the cards. Any saw edges are removed with a sanding sponge. Finally, the animal figure is covered with bronze spray paint.

8 suggestions: recycle used toys.

2) A cheesy grandfather clock from the flea market is the highlight of the children’s room, if you literally overwhelmed them with characters. In addition to a large amount of superheroes, all you need is a hot glue gun and white spray paint.

8 suggestions: recycle used toys.

3) On the shelf, these bookends attract admiring glances. Coarse hewn stones that have a secure footing form the underlay. Then the painted elephants are glued with assembly adhesive .

8 suggestions: recycle used toys.

4) Succulents – such as saxifrages or cacti – are unjustly praised as Zimmergrün for negligent contemporaries. Because of their frugality they leave a lot of room for creative design. With a fretsaw, an opening is cut out of the playing piece. Thereafter, the cavity of the figure is first filled with small pebbles and then with soil, before starting to plant.

8 suggestions: recycle used toys.

5) Covered with gold paint, the plastic figures playful and noble at the same time. That suits such a mundane object as the desk. For the animal drawer drills, holes are first drilled in the figures, which fit exactly on the screws of the previous knobs. Now the animals are gilded with spray paint. In order to keep the animal knobs long-term, the end of the screws is coated with assembly adhesive before screwing.

8 suggestions: recycle used toys.

6) Also doorstops deserve our attention. However, before you stick the stately bull elephant on the plastic wedge, you should pay attention to what distance you have to comply with the tip, so that the doorstop can fulfill its task even with a little elephant satisfactorily.

8 suggestions: recycle used toys.

7) Small gifts get the friendship. Especially if they are so cute presented. For this you need a box made of coated cardboard , an animal figure, superglue and spray paint. So that the figure has a stronger hold on the box lid, you can also flatten your feet with sandpaper.

8 suggestions: recycle used toys.

8) Many attempts have been made to make tooth brushing attractive to children. This dino toothbrush holder is certainly a step in the right direction. With a drill, only two holes were drilled in the brontosaur here. Simple, but effective.

8 suggestions: recycle used toys.