It almost feels wrong putting up this post, as my first preference to recycling children’s books is to give them away (to family, goodwill, or freecycle). BUT, that being said, sometimes kids books don’t last the distance to being acceptable as second hand, and the inside pages can be ripped & crayoned upon to the point that you wouldn’t want to give them away…but they could make wonderful birdhouses as you can see from Danny Seo’s simple green living blog!

“I headed to my local craft store and picked up some unfinished bird houses for about $4 each. Then I headed to my local Goodwill store, where I first dropped off some donations and then I headed inside to the book section to pick up vintage books. I’m amazed at how many old and wonderful things can be found at Goodwill; I found vintage Danny & The Dinosaur books along with many others for very little money. Anyway, this project couldn’t be any simpler: just decoupage pages all over the birdhouse (I chose a high gloss finish glue) and glue the book’s jacket onto the roof. Voila! Storybook birdhouse.”