#DoMoreWithLess: Upcycling trash to toys

Spotted Cheska Garcia talking about how she upcycles old materials like socks, buttons, and hairclips to make dolls for daughters. I learned she is part of a new “Do More with Less” campaign of Electrolux. Her mom used to make one for her and her siblings, now she still remembers the handmade doll from her mom and does the same for her own children.

It’s really not the price of the toys that we give our children that matter but the time we actually spend creating things and playing with them.

In response to Cheska, here’s also a video of me and Ashton making paper puppets from used paper. My husband gets a lot of press releases and so we turn them into fun activities like this:

If you are looking for #DoMoreWithLess and #SimpleLiving ideas, just go to https://www.facebook.com/littlewhitebook for more inspiration 🙂