Creative materials are likely to be available by the crateload at a scrapstore near your early years setting. Meg Jones rummages around
In the run-up to Christmas, scrapstores all over the country are brim full with gold card, sequin waste and bright pieces of card. All sorts of factory waste materials and printers' off-cuts suitable for making cards, decorations, costumes, scenery and Christmas gifts are just waiting to be collected by nurseries, schools and other early years settings.
Scrapstores are a growing facility benefiting both suppliers and users. Traditionally, early years settings and primary schools have recycled cartons and egg boxes, scrap paper and cardboard tubes. With an eye to the demand for these and other less accessible materials, and the growing concern for the environment, scrapstores have been expanding over the past two decades. The simple idea of collecting clean waste from manufacturers, storing and displaying it, and inviting childcarers, school staff and playworkers to collect it, has become a success story.
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