The best way to home school your kids regarding using recycled materials is to show them easy ways to recycle plastic and other recyclable materials. For instance those strips of protective air pockets that protect your mail orders items make great small item organizers.

Keeping the pockets attached to each other make a slit at the top of each air pocket to make it into a pouch. You now have a strip of sturdy, yet very lightweight pockets to attach inside a closet or hang on the back of a door or cupboard. Let your imagination go wild with what you can store:

  • toiletries
  • cotton balls
  • small soaps
  • sugar packets
  • craft supplies
  • take out condiment packets

And the best part of this project is that by using recycled materials you now have a completely free way to store and use small items.