Kids have to be engaged all the time in the process of learning as they are always adapting and developing. Here are some fun activities so that they can remain engrossed, have fun and learn at the same time. We’ve created a list of activities that revolve around books infused with the concepts of recycling and journaling.

Teaching kids journaling or scrapbooking is a great exercise for them to keep track of what they are doing, how they are doing and how they can get better. It helps them to self-analyze their productivity in the long run. It also helps us, the adults, to understand how they look at the world and what they could input in the books. More than anything, this can help them to organize their things in a manner that indirectly helps them put their thoughts in sequence and the order of importance.

 So, let’s begin with our list of fun activities that can be done throughout the week.

1. Bookbinding

1. We have those old books with a few pages in them. Tear them apart carefully and start binding the books together. We’re teaching kids here how to re-use and encouraging them not to waste paper. Here, you can talk to them about how the paper is made, what it is made out of and why it is important to not waste paper.    
2. If you don't want to use the pages or if you want a bigger journal or book, you could cut out rectangles from cereal boxes or any big boxes and bind these big cardboards together. For this activity, parents have to collect a lot of boxes; you will have colourful designs on your page and blank card paper on the backside. It’s your choice to go crazy and creative on these pages as the rules are not rigid.Again, you could use these cereal boxes as a divider to the first option of making your journal/book with the waste papers.

3. The third option is to make handmade paper. This is not an option for younger kids unless there’s an adult to guide them. Kids above 13 years of age can surely go bonkers with how many sheets they want, make them colourful and add flowers from the garden and perfumes to their handmade pages.

2. Making book covers

Now, comes the best part where the child can decorate their book's cover They can just display what their journal is about. The outside has to be summarized in such a way that it gives a gist of what the whole book is about. We will list a few examples that you could use as the heading for your journal. https://www.fevicreate.com/web/fevicreate/p/learn-how-to-make-durga-puja-traditional-wall-decor-fevicreate

1. My book of Origami

2. Documenting the skies

3. Animals I’ve seen so far….

4. My book of Botanics (flower/plants/trees/shrubs)

5. Collage 

6. The Chef in me

7. Textile designs