El. Ed. Teachers: Ideas for reusing/recycling the little plastic K-cups from the Keurig coffee maker?

The K-cups don’t have a number on them, so I don’t know if they can be recycled. But we thought that maybe a local school could use them for kids’ arts and crafts projects. Any ideas of what the kids could do with them??? In case you haven’t seen K-cups… they are little lightweight plastic [...]

What to do with plastic placemats?

I got about 300 plastic placemats from a friend who makes them. He said I can hand them out to my students but I still have so many left over. Any ideas about any nifty ideas of what to do with them? Craft ideas? They can’t be recycled and I’ve handed out so many already [...]

Environmental Ideas kids PLEASE!! :)?

I’m a volunteer in an environmental awareness group. We’re planning acitivites for kids in elementary school (grades 1-4 where I’m from)…. The only activities I could think of are coloring, plant a tree, and recycled crafts. Maybe a worksheet with fill in the blanks about the environment (only I’m not sure how much kids their [...]

What is a good company name for recycled accessories?

I am starting to do craft fairs for my homemade and recycled accessories. Most of them are kind of retro or vintage looking, so i need a name that might imply that, but still be catchy. Right now it’s “Live, Laugh, Craft”, which i like a lot, except its probably the name of a billion [...]

A budding designer in need of advice?

I have got a lot of really good ideas for recycled crafts and fashion but I have no idea how to sell them via the internet. I have already had some interest from the people I have shown my crafts to and I have an account with e-bay but I am really new to this [...]

Environmental party? i need some ideas for organic food & drink recipes! plz help!?

i am hosting a environmental party and i need some ideas! I am going to plant some flowers, and have some snacks & drinks, but i want something organic and easy to make, any ideas(plz recipes!) I also want some craft ideas that include using recycled stuff and some ideas of what i could do [...]

Shoe box & coffee can ideas for kids?

A friend of mine has overloaded herself with some 9 West shoeboxes and large sized coffee cans. Her children, ages 3 & 4, have recently become very interested in arts & crafts. Any crafty ideas for these lil ones to recycle the boxes & cans?? These are all great ideas!! Thanks everyone!!!! I really can’t [...]

Does anyone have any good ideas for teaching K-8 graders “green” art?

I need to come up with a curriculum plan to teach two summer art camps. One camp is an arts & crafts camp and the other is a 3D art camp. I have a few ideas for themes, but does anyone have any really good ideas for either camp? Maybe I could do something with [...]

Got any ideas for a practical recycling project?

Please help, For school I need to complete a recycle project. The thing I make must be made from mostly recycled material and be practical (as in you can use it) I can get my hands on plenty of aluminium drinking cans and glass bottles (wine and beer) But could you pleeease give me some [...]

Will recycle decorative art be a good business?

I am an educator and currently would like to further educate my students on the recycling issues. However they are lack of participation. I came out the ideas of how to make cool decoration art and craft from plastic bottles, newspapers, magazines and cardboards and meantime can earn some income. Is recycle art and craft [...]

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