Thursday, March 25, 2021

The Incredible Edible Easter Egg

April Marks Easter And That Means Eggs!


Here is a fun list of egg-citing ideas and facts.  Everything you ever wanted to know about eggs for Easter and every day.

Fun Ideas for decorating eggs:
decorating ideas for easter aggs


10 Fun ideas to help you reuse and recycle plastic eggs:

 recycle plastic eggs craft

How to make non toxic natural dyes for eggs from Planetpals
plus this handy egg dye chart:
color chart non toxic eggs

How healthy are eggs?  Check this infographic from maisiaosiao.com.

healthy facts about eggs

How to Boil an egg info graphic   Did you know?



Need more healthy Easter ideas?  See Planetpals Green Spring Journal  
 green spring journal
So much egg fun makes us egg-static!  Hope you feel the same.
Have a green holiday!

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Green Valentine Ideas You Will Heart!

When it comes to Valentines Recycle and Upcycle Ideas, Planetpals has been providing them since 1998!  At planetpals.com, planetpalsblog.com and out social networks you will fine a treasure trove of ideas and solutions for Valentine parties, Valentine gifts, Valentine crafts, Valentine everything.

The place to start is Planetpals Valentines Journal




The place to start is Planetpals Valentines Journal


Planetpals Valentine's Day Activities from TeachersPayTeachers

Happy Valentine's Pals!



Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Share A Piece of Friendship Pie for Valentine's Day

Valentine Share Piece Friendship Pie Kindness and Life Skills Writing Activity


Valentine's Day, or any day! It's No Prep. Kids read the share the poem which teaches a lesson on making friends. Kids can share a piece of pie with meaningful messages. Kids write about how to be mindful and kind. Encourages dialog and critical thinking.

Get it here!


  • Planetpals Clean Jean© teaches about bullying, friendship, and ways to share
Playing, Laughing, Friendship ,Teaching, Working, Helping, Creating, Caring
  • Unique and fun way to learn about sharing
  • Perfect introduction to inclusion, inclusion and diversity, equality for any day!
  • Use this with other Kindness activities available on Planetpals TPT Store or the website.
  • Exclusive to Planetpals™
Inlcudes 2 pages:
1. Poem and pie craft. Color, cut. read, share
2. Writing page to write a story about sharing

Share the love!

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Love Rocks For Valetine's Day!

Nothing says I love you more than handmade crafts, and these painted rocks ROCK for Valentine's Day. 

Here are ten very creative craft ideas that will make you in love with love rocks! Planetpals loves this craft because it's a natural!

From Chrissie Grace Love Messages That Rock:

From The Chocolate Room "I love You" Rocks 

From Nantucket Mermaid Hearts that Rock 
 
 From Inspire Bohemia "Owl Always Love You" Rocks 
From Number Fifty Three  Love Stamp Rocks
 
From Magic Yam Pet Rocks
 
From Color Me Katie Heart Rocks
From Etsy Love Birds That Rock: 
 
These Cite Love Bugs Rock From Pietre Vive 
Lastly, the "Will You Marry Me" Rock From North Shore Views. A fun way to pop the question during a Valentine's Day stroll along the beach.  Small stone, big bolder...both would work.  This one did! 

For more Valentines Crafts check out our Valentine's Journal 

For more recycle crafts ideas see Planetpals Pinterest Board
Or Planetpals Facebook Page:
Daily posts, ideas, crafts, tips, everything green 
Or Planetpals.com Crafts Center 
Recycle and Natural Crafts, Non Toxic and Ideas

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Monday, January 4, 2021

How To Recycle Greeting Cards


So, you got a slew of greeting cards? Whether it was Christmas Cards, Birthday Cards , Anniversary Cards, Graduation Cards or Sympathy Cards.  Whatever the occasion, you must be wondering what you can do to recycle those beautiful cards and greetings.

Greeting cards and envelopes made of most paper materials can be put in the recycling bin. Cards with glitter, metallic accents or plastic should be placed in the trash. Photo paper greeting cards also cannot be recycled. Don’t worry about removing the stamp from the envelope, the recycling process takes care of that for you.

Here's a master list of Greeting Card recycle tips:

Many cards cannot go into the recycle bin because they contain other materials besides paper:
  • Glitter
  • Ribbons
  • Plastics
  • Foil
  • Jewels
  • Elastics
  • Metallic Inks
  • Photo Paper
So, What can you do to recycle them? Try some of these ideas:

  • Remove the adornments
  • Bring them to a swap
  • Frame them
  • Give them a new life with crafts
  • Re-gift - Just make a new card!
  • Bring to a swap
  • Find a crafter or artist that uses them in their work
  • Make something beautiful as a keepsake!
TIP: Many times the back of cards can be recycled even if the cover can't. Tear off the adornments, and recycle the rest.