Recycling Cardboard Packing Inserts ..

Cardboard packing inserts that come with the 24 pk. bottled drinking water make great  art/painting "canvases" for young children.  These cardboard inserts can also make nice, sturdy backgrounds for making visual or learning aids.  Below, you will see one of these inserts used as a background on which I have glued winter picture cards to teach my preschooler the concepts of  "same/different" and  "more".

Visual/Learning Aids do not have to be fancy or professional-looking.  Self-made aids work just as well and will be much cheaper than purchasing them ready-made.

The winter picture cards are from www.busybeekidsprintables.com entitled "Winter Memory Game". 

Front / Back of cardboard insert