some of my fav web resources are "made by joel", "the frugal family fun blog" and "irresistible play based learning". My first stops for craft ideas.


Other things to save are the netting used for orange bags, great for all sorts of play and early embroidery, free postcards from cafes can be used to build sculptures if you make little slits in them, cut out pics from junk mail for pasting, buttons for sorting, threading, counting...