‘Hog wild about recycling

As Earth Day approaches, we’re thinking about ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle with our kids. But we’re often stumped on fun ways to encourage them to reuse. Manhattan-based Eeboo Corporation provides a whimsical way to demonstrate this important concept with its new line of “Waste-Not Animals.” We recommend starting out with the hedgehog kit, which has everything kids need to create the cute critter — minus the 6-ounce plastic yogurt cup that you supply for reuse and some other common household items (scissors, newspaper, etc.). Recommended for ages 8 and up (but it’s a “great inter-generational activity”), the kit has explicit directions and detailed illustrations that provide frustration-less crafting. For the more experienced, there’s chameleon and fox kits.

Hedgehog Waste-Not Animal Kit by Eeboo, $13.95, www.amazon.com.