Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Cartoon Book and Paper and Magazine Recycle!Create!

T-Rex loves to read cartoons. Every Sunday, he eagerly retrieves the Sunday paper, eager to read the new comics.   Sometimes, he can even read them all by himself.  While I have nothing against cartoons as a medium, some of the humor is not appropriate for my five-year-old.

I decided to use the comics from the Sunday paper to make him a custom comic book.   All I needed was the Sunday paper and a cheap composition book.



I cut the cartoons apart and glued them into the book.


T-Rex enjoys being able to read the cartoons over and over.  I feel better about the content he is reading, and as a bonus, the book is much easier to keep in order than all those big floppy papers.

This month's challenge from Recycle!Create!  is to make something for or with your children using paper, newspaper, or magazines.  Learn more about the Recycle!Create! project .



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4 comments:

  1. What a great idea! That way he can read the comics but not the inappropriate ones!

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    1. Exactly! I hate saying "Not that one." But, I really don't want him to understand it all yet.

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  2. Love how simple this is and that it makes it so they can take it with them easier.

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    1. Thanks! Having something easy to carry has been a benefit.

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