Guest Blogger – Jessica Ryan
Please be sure to wash everything really well before handing items off to the kids!
- yogurt containers
- sour cream containers
- cream cheese containers
- peanut butter jars
- mayonnaise jar
- plastic honey bear
- coffee tins (those with resealable tops)
- maple syrup bottles
- butter tubs
- plastic juice bottles
- egg containers
- salad dressing bottles (plastic of course)
- liquid dish and or hand soap bottles
- paper bags – so kids can pretend to go grocery shopping
- small sprinkles jars (do you call them Jimmies in Maine?)
- plastic spice jars
- empty vanilla/ baking powder/soda containers
- mustard bottles
- ketchup bottles
- add to this any old plastic or wooden kitchen utensils such as spatulas, mixing spoons, measuring cups, mixing bowls, etc…
Jessica Ryan is a List-Loving Mom who is admittedly better at writing them than following them. A former freelance writer, she decided to put the professional world on hold to raise her three entertaining kids. (Jessica often wonders why the job of parenting isn’t a freelance one. Her hours are never-ending and she can’t collect overtime, or any pay at all for that matter!) Jessica was dubbed by some of her friends as the Fairy Godmother, as she seemed to have all their (child-rearing) questions answered for them – she thinks she has them all fooled! Jessica has been blogging for about a year now, about her family and her life, documenting the good, the bad, and the funny!
Visit her blog, The Entertaining House, at http://doodlebuglounge.blogspot.com/
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ps. We call them jimmies in MA! I was told by an out of towner once at Dunkin' Donuts that "jimmy" is a slang name for male parts. yikes.
We also recycle "junk" mail and school notices- good for playing office, school , store, etc!!
good idea e.b... if they will take them. I tried to offer some of these items but the teacher said that most were too large and she wanted/would be able to use the smaller items. When my older two were little they loved (LOVED) to use these items on the beach, filling them up with sand and setting up little imaginary restaurants on the beach. Just remember, if you do this, to bring the items back home with you or toss them in the recycling bins and not the garbage cans!
These are also all items that you can donate to your local preschool/kindergarten for their "home centers!" :)
Jess, great list. One thing that we use sometimes are the cardboard milk cartons (like silk) just wash out really good!