When Michael announced that he wanted to be a red dragon for Halloween, he came prepared with a very detailed description of what that dragon would look like. Smoke, scales and fangs.
At first I wondered how I would pull this off and then it hit me: Shop the recycling bin! A Folger's coffee container, milk jugs and the styrofoam trays that vegetables are sold in. Throw in bits of an egg carton, some batting and stir well with felt scraps. Garnish with joint tape and voila! a recyclasaurus is born.