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Craft Book

Creative Conservation

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About This Craft Book

This book is filled with great gift ideas to make for friends and family members, This book is filled with great gift ideas to make for friends and family members, or to keep for yourself!

or to keep for yourself! All of these crafts ar

All of these crafts are made with common house made with common household waste materehold waste materials, many of whicials, many of whichh can also be recycled and/or composted through municipal waste collection programs. can also be recycled and/or composted through municipal waste collection programs. Some of the ideas inside this book are based on winning ideas from RRFB Nova Some of the ideas inside this book are based on winning ideas from RRFB Nova Scotia’

Scotia’s Ts Treasures reasures From TFrom Trash rash Contest Contest during during thethe

Nova Scotia Recycles Day

celebrations in 2001. Students in Grades 4 through 6 were invited to send in celebrations in 2001. Students in Grades 4 through 6 were invited to send in instructions for crafts made from materials that might otherwise end up in the instructions for crafts made from materials that might otherwise end up in the waste stream. From the hundreds of creative entries received, one winner was waste stream. From the hundreds of creative entries received, one winner was

chosen in each of Nova Scotia’s seven Solid Waste - Resource Management chosen in each of Nova Scotia’s seven Solid Waste - Resource Management Regions. Look for their entries inside!

Regions. Look for their entries inside! RRFB Nova Scotia would like to

RRFB Nova Scotia would like to thank the Atlantic Coastal thank the Atlantic Coastal Action Program inAction Program in Cape-Breton for their contribution toward this project. Many of

Cape-Breton for their contribution toward this project. Many of the wonderfulthe wonderful crafts inside this book have been adapted from their compilation of crafts, crafts inside this book have been adapted from their compilation of crafts, “Trash to Treasure.”

“Trash to Treasure.”

Thanks to people like you participating in waste

reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting programs,

Nova Scotia has become a world leader in recycling!

When you recycle materials to make a gift, you can:

Put a smile on someone’s face Put a smile on someone’s face

Help the environment by conserving water, energy, and trees Help the environment by conserving water, energy, and trees Help your community by reducing waste

Help your community by reducing waste Save yourself some money

Save yourself some money

Teach someone else about reducing, reusing, and recycling Teach someone else about reducing, reusing, and recycling

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Paper Towel & Toilet Paper Rolls

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Picture Frame

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Your photographs and drawings will look incredible in one of our photographs and drawings will look incredible in one of these colourfulthese colourful picture frames.

picture frames.

Materials:

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• Paper Paper towel towel roll(s)roll(s) •

• Flat Flat piece piece of of cardboard cardboard or or boxboardboxboard •

• Paint Paint & & paint paint brushesbrushes • Scissors

• Scissors • Glue • Glue •

• Decorations: Decorations: fabric fabric & paper & paper scraps, scraps, glitterglitter, yarn, yarn, string, string, etc., etc.

Instructions:

Cut a piece of cardboard to desired shape and size. Cut a piece of cardboard to desired shape and size.

Cut the paper towel roll in half lengthwise, as shown in the drawing. Cut the paper towel roll in half lengthwise, as shown in the drawing. Cut into four equal piece to shape frame as shown in drawing b. Cut into four equal piece to shape frame as shown in drawing b.

Flatten the paper towel roll out and paint and decorate any way you like. Flatten the paper towel roll out and paint and decorate any way you like. Place your photograph or drawing in the centre of the frame.

Place your photograph or drawing in the centre of the frame. Glue the painted roll pieces around the photograph to frame it. Glue the painted roll pieces around the photograph to frame it.

a) Cut paper towel roll in half as shown

c) Decorate, then glue sections of cut tube to cardboard

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b) Cut corners at 45° degree anglesb) Cut corners at 45° degree angles

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Paper Doll

Marcy made a beautiful princess by reusing materials, but you could make any type Marcy made a beautiful princess by reusing materials, but you could make any type of doll with these materials and your imagination.

of doll with these materials and your imagination.

Materials:

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• Paper Paper towel towel or toior toilet paper let paper roll roll (for (for the bthe body)ody) •

• Newspaper, Newspaper, wrapping paper, wrapping paper, magazines, or magazines, or coloured paper coloured paper (for the (for the dress)dress) •

• Brown Brown paper bagpaper bag, tissue , tissue paperpaper, or , or white paper white paper (for the (for the head)head) •

• Straw Straw or or stir stir stick stick (for (for the the arms)arms) •

• YYarn, arn, string, string, or papor paper strer strips (ips (for for the hathe hair)ir) •

• Markers Markers or or paint paint (for (for the the face)face) •

• TTape ape or or glueglue • Scissors • Scissors

Instructions:

Poke 2 holes in the top of your paper towel roll where you would like the Poke 2 holes in the top of your paper towel roll where you would like the doll’s arms to be. A pencil works well for this, or ask an adult to help you. doll’s arms to be. A pencil works well for this, or ask an adult to help you. Roll a piece of paper into a cone shape and tape closed to make the dress. Roll a piece of paper into a cone shape and tape closed to make the dress. Place it on the doll. Be careful not to cover up the arm holes!

Place it on the doll. Be careful not to cover up the arm holes!

Roll the brown paper bag or tissue paper into a ball and glue on top of the Roll the brown paper bag or tissue paper into a ball and glue on top of the paper towel roll to make the head.

paper towel roll to make the head.

Glue or tape yarn or string on to make the hair. Glue or tape yarn or string on to make the hair.

Roll paper into a cone and tape onto the head to make a hat. Roll paper into a cone and tape onto the head to make a hat. Cut a straw in half and insert into the arm holes.

Cut a straw in half and insert into the arm holes. Draw or paint eyes and a big smile!

Draw or paint eyes and a big smile! Marcy Kennedy

Marcy Kennedy ,,

St. Anne’s Elementary School, Glace Bay

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You can spruce it up a bit by

adding streamers to the end of

the hat, or shoes and a waist

band. Use your

imagination!

Marcy Kennedy Marcy Kennedy

Poke holes for the arms

Glue yarn or paper strips for hair

Roll paper into a cone to make clothes

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Rainmaker

This craft makes beautiful music and doubles as a decoration. This craft makes beautiful music and doubles as a decoration.

Materials:

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• Paper Paper towel towel roll roll or or poster poster tubetube •

• Used Used tinfoiltinfoil •

• Cardboard Cardboard or or boxboardboxboard •

• PPopcorn kernopcorn kernels, rice, els, rice, beans, or beans, or seeds (or seeds (or a mix a mix of all)of all) •

• Glue Glue or or tapetape • Scissors • Scissors •

• Paint Paint & & paint paint brushesbrushes •

• Colourful Colourful paper paper scrapsscraps Instructions:

Instructions:

Trace the end of the tube onto a piece of cardboard 2 times. Trace the end of the tube onto a piece of cardboard 2 times. Cut out the circles and tape one onto one end of the tube. Cut out the circles and tape one onto one end of the tube.

Tightly roll tinfoil into a long snake about twice as long as your tube. Tightly roll tinfoil into a long snake about twice as long as your tube. (Lots of little snakes will work too!)

(Lots of little snakes will work too!)

Push tinfoil snake into tube zigzagging it back and forth to fit. Push tinfoil snake into tube zigzagging it back and forth to fit. Pour about 125 mL (1/2 cup) of popcorn or seeds into tube. Pour about 125 mL (1/2 cup) of popcorn or seeds into tube. Cap off remaining end.

Cap off remaining end.

Decorate with paint, colourful paper scraps, and anything you have! Decorate with paint, colourful paper scraps, and anything you have! Turn stick back and forth slowly. The seeds will trickle down over the Turn stick back and forth slowly. The seeds will trickle down over the tinfoil and sound like rain.

tinfoil and sound like rain.

a) Tape one end closed

c)

c) FilFill with bl with beans oeans or seer seeds andds and

tinfoil snake and tape closed

b) Roll tinfoil into a snake

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Surprise Rolls

Make any day special by making some of these fun and festive surprise rolls! Make any day special by making some of these fun and festive surprise rolls!

Materials:

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• Paper Paper toilet toilet rollsrolls •

• Cardboard Cardboard or or cereal cereal boxboardboxboard • Scissors

• Scissors • Tape • Tape •

• WWrapping rapping paper, paper, tissue tissue paper, paper, or or newspapenewspaperr •

• Decorations: Decorations: sparkles, sparkles, shiny shiny paperpaper, paper , paper scraps, scraps, etc.etc. •

• WWrapped rapped candies candies or or small small giftgift •

• Yarn Yarn or or ribbonribbon

Instructions:

Trace the end of the toilet paper roll 2 times on the boxboard and Trace the end of the toilet paper roll 2 times on the boxboard and cut out the circles.

cut out the circles.

Tape one of the circles on the end of the toilet paper roll. Tape one of the circles on the end of the toilet paper roll.

Put a wrapped candy or small gift inside the roll and cap the other Put a wrapped candy or small gift inside the roll and cap the other end off.

end off. W

Wrap the roll with wrapping paper or rap the roll with wrapping paper or newspapernewspaper, making sure that, making sure that you have some extra on the ends.

you have some extra on the ends. Tie the ends with ribbon or yarn. Tie the ends with ribbon or yarn.

Decorate your surprise roll any way you like! Decorate your surprise roll any way you like!

This is a great way to wrap This is a great way to wrap a small gift for someone a small gift for someone special. If you don’t have special. If you don’t have candies or a small gift, draw candies or a small gift, draw or write a personal message or write a personal message and make that the surprise! and make that the surprise!

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a) Tape one end closed

b) Fill and tape closed

c) Wrap with newspaper or used wrapping paper and decorate

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Desk/Locker Organizer

Get organized this school year with a desk or locker organizer made from Get organized this school year with a desk or locker organizer made from recycled materials.

recycled materials.

Materials:

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• Small Small cereal box cereal box or or cracker box cracker box •

• 3-4 3-4 toilet toilet paper paper rollsrolls •

• Paint Paint & paint brush& paint brushes or used wraes or used wrapping paper or mpping paper or magazinesagazines •

• Glue Glue or or tapetape • Scissors • Scissors

Instructions:

Cut the cereal box in half. You will only need one half. Cut the cereal box in half. You will only need one half.

Cover the box with paint or wrapping paper, or make a collage using Cover the box with paint or wrapping paper, or make a collage using pictures cut out from a magazine.

pictures cut out from a magazine.

Paint the toilet paper rolls or wrap them in paper. Paint the toilet paper rolls or wrap them in paper.

Glue the toilet paper rolls together and then into the box to make sections. Glue the toilet paper rolls together and then into the box to make sections. Fill your organizer with pens, pencils, and other desktop items.

Fill your organizer with pens, pencils, and other desktop items.

If you don’t have toilet paper If you don’t have toilet paper rolls, divide the organizer rolls, divide the organizer into sections by cutting and into sections by cutting and folding the rest of the cereal folding the rest of the cereal box into panels and gluing box into panels and gluing them in place.

them in place. Cut box in halfCut box in half

Glue

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Dinosaur Feet

Materials:

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• 2 2 tissue tissue boxes boxes that that are are the the same same sizesize •

• CardboarCardboard, d, cereal cereal box, box, or or Styrofoam Styrofoam tray tray •

• Paint Paint and and paint paint brushesbrushes • Glue

• Glue • Scissors • Scissors •

• Decorations: Decorations: old buold buttons, yarnttons, yarn, fabr, fabric and ic and paper scpaper scraps, etc.raps, etc.

Instructions:

Paint the boxes. Let dry. Paint the boxes. Let dry. Cut triangles out of

Cut triangles out of Styrofoam or boxboard to make claws. Paint them.Styrofoam or boxboard to make claws. Paint them. Glue claws on the tissue boxes.

Glue claws on the tissue boxes.

Decorate your dinosaur feet and try them on for size! Decorate your dinosaur feet and try them on for size!

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If your feet are too small and If your feet are too small and keep slipping out, glue a strip of keep slipping out, glue a strip of cardboard or Styrofoam over the cardboard or Styrofoam over the back of the hole to make it back of the hole to make it more snug.

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Magazine Holder

Here’s a wonderful idea for turning empty cereal boxes into something useful. Make Here’s a wonderful idea for turning empty cereal boxes into something useful. Make one every time you finish a box of cereal and soon you will have a whole set of one every time you finish a box of cereal and soon you will have a whole set of colourful magazine holders!

colourful magazine holders!

Materials:

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• Cereal Cereal box box • Scissors • Scissors •

• Paint Paint & & paint paint brushesbrushes • Glue

• Glue •

• Coloured paperColoured paper, , used used wrapping paperwrapping paper, , or or old grold greeting cardseeting cards

Instructions:

Cut off top of the cereal box as shown. Halfway across top of box, cut at an Cut off top of the cereal box as shown. Halfway across top of box, cut at an angle (approximately 45 degrees) down to

angle (approximately 45 degrees) down to front of your magazine front of your magazine holderholder,, then cut straight across and back up other side at the same angle.

then cut straight across and back up other side at the same angle.

Paint the outside of the box or decorate with wrapping paper or coloured Paint the outside of the box or decorate with wrapping paper or coloured paper or anything you like!

paper or anything you like! Put magazines inside the box. Put magazines inside the box.

Cut both sides

Cut

Decorate with old

wrapping paper or

paint the outside

Cut at 45° degree angle

45°

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Animal Masks

Materials:

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• Cereal, Cereal, rice, rice, or or cracker cracker box box •

• PPopsicle opsicle sticks sticks or or stir stir stickssticks • Scissors

• Scissors •

• Paint Paint & & paint paint brushes brushes or or markersmarkers •

• TTape ape or or glueglue •

• Decorations: Decorations: yarn, yarn, string, string, fabric fabric or paper or paper scraps, scraps, buttons, buttons, etc.etc.

Instructions:

Draw and cut an animal face shape out of the cereal box. It should be Draw and cut an animal face shape out of the cereal box. It should be big enough to fit over your face.

big enough to fit over your face. Cut out 2 holes for your eyes. Cut out 2 holes for your eyes. Glue on Popsicle sticks to make

Glue on Popsicle sticks to make whiskers (optional).whiskers (optional).

Decorate the mask and glue a stick onto the bottom to make a holder. Decorate the mask and glue a stick onto the bottom to make a holder. Hold the mask up to your face and meow, moo, growl, or bark!

Hold the mask up to your face and meow, moo, growl, or bark! Michelle Surette,

Michelle Surette,

École Jean-Marie Gay, Saulnierville

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Checker Board

This terrific game is based on an idea submitted by Mike Conrad of Rawdon This terrific game is based on an idea submitted by Mike Conrad of Rawdon District School for RRFB Nova Scotia’s Treasures From Trash Contest during District School for RRFB Nova Scotia’s Treasures From Trash Contest during the

the

Nova Scotia Recycles Day

celebrations in 2001.celebrations in 2001.

Materials:

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• Flat Flat piece piece of of cardboardcardboard • Ruler

• Ruler • Markers • Markers •

• 2 2 plastic plastic cups cups or 2 or 2 small small yogurt yogurt containerscontainers •

• 30 pop 30 pop bottle caps bottle caps or 30 or 30 small cirsmall circles cucles cut out of t out of cardboarcardboardd • Glue

• Glue

Instructions:

Measure and mark a square that is 20 cm x 20 cm on your cardboard. Measure and mark a square that is 20 cm x 20 cm on your cardboard. Measure and mark 8 lines down and 8 lines across.

Measure and mark 8 lines down and 8 lines across. Tip: mark a line every 2.5 cm.

Tip: mark a line every 2.5 cm.

Colour every second square red (or another colour if you like). Colour every second square red (or another colour if you like). Colour the rest of the squares black (or any other colour you like). Colour the rest of the squares black (or any other colour you like). Colour the inside of 15 of your bottle caps or your boxboard circles red. Colour the inside of 15 of your bottle caps or your boxboard circles red. These are your game

These are your game pieces (checkers).pieces (checkers).

Colour the inside of 15 of your bottle caps or your boxboard circles black. Colour the inside of 15 of your bottle caps or your boxboard circles black. Glue a plastic cup on each end of your checker board to store the checkers. Glue a plastic cup on each end of your checker board to store the checkers. Decorate your board any way you like!

Decorate your board any way you like! Mike Conrad,

Mike Conrad,

Rawdon District School, Upper Rawdon

20 cm 20 cm 2 2 0 0 c c m m 2.5 cm 2.5 cm

Paint or colour bottle caps

or circles cut out of cardboard

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Bulletin Board

Materials:

• Cardboard • Cardboard •

• WWrapping paper rapping paper or large or large piece of fabpiece of fabric (an ric (an old shirt will old shirt will work too!)work too!) • Glue

• Glue •

• Paint Paint and and paint paint brushesbrushes •

• Decorations: Decorations: paint, bpaint, beads, shellseads, shells, confetti, , confetti, fabric fabric and papand paper screr scraps, etc.aps, etc.

Instructions:

Cut a large piece of cardboard into a rectangle. Cut a large piece of cardboard into a rectangle.

Cut your wrapping paper or fabric so that it's about 5 cm bigger than Cut your wrapping paper or fabric so that it's about 5 cm bigger than the cardboard on all sides.

the cardboard on all sides.

Glue the wrapping paper/fabric to

Glue the wrapping paper/fabric to the cardboard.the cardboard.

Make a frame for the bulletin board by cutting out 2 strips of cardboard Make a frame for the bulletin board by cutting out 2 strips of cardboard for the sides and two more for the top and the bottom.

for the sides and two more for the top and the bottom. Glue the strips onto the bulletin board.

Glue the strips onto the bulletin board.

Paint the frame and decorate the bulletin board any way you want. Paint the frame and decorate the bulletin board any way you want.

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Back FrontFront Glue to frontGlue to front

Glue to front Glue to front C C a a r r d d b b o o a a r r d d s s t t r r i i p p s s

Make sure you let the Make sure you let the glue dry at every step. glue dry at every step.

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Doll House

Materials:

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• Cardboard Cardboard boxesboxes • Magazines

• Magazines • Scissors • Scissors •

• Glue Glue & & tapetape •

• Paint Paint & & paint paint brushesbrushes

Instructions:

Cut and fold the cardboard boxes to make the walls and floors of Cut and fold the cardboard boxes to make the walls and floors of the house.

the house.

Tape the floors in place. Tape the floors in place.

Paint windows and walls or use cut outs from old magazines. Paint windows and walls or use cut outs from old magazines.

Use your imagination to make furniture and decorate the house of Use your imagination to make furniture and decorate the house of your dreams!

your dreams!

Use your imagination to furnish Use your imagination to furnish your house with things that your house with things that might otherwise be thrown away! might otherwise be thrown away! Bottle caps could be bowls and Bottle caps could be bowls and dinner plates; fabric scraps would dinner plates; fabric scraps would make great curtains and pillows; make great curtains and pillows; bread tags could be books!

bread tags could be books!

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Note/Coupon Holder

Always save your Pops

Always save your Popsicle sticks for making arts and icle sticks for making arts and crafts! Rinse clean and let dry.crafts! Rinse clean and let dry. Here’s a great idea for a useful craft you can hang on your wall to hold coupons, Here’s a great idea for a useful craft you can hang on your wall to hold coupons, recipes or notes.

recipes or notes.

Materials:

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• 37 37 small small Popsicle Popsicle stickssticks •

• WWaxed axed paper paper or or a a plastic plastic bag bag • Glue

• Glue •

• Paint Paint & & paint paint brushesbrushes • Decorations

• Decorations

Instructions:

Protect your surface from glue by laying down waxed paper or a plastic bag. Protect your surface from glue by laying down waxed paper or a plastic bag. Lay 11 Popsicle sticks flat on the waxed paper. Glue them together in a row Lay 11 Popsicle sticks flat on the waxed paper. Glue them together in a row (long sides together) to make the back of your card holder.

(long sides together) to make the back of your card holder.

Glue 8 Popsicle sticks together in a row (as above), to make the front. Glue 8 Popsicle sticks together in a row (as above), to make the front. Stack and glue 7 Popsicle sticks on top of each other. Repeat so that you Stack and glue 7 Popsicle sticks on top of each other. Repeat so that you have 2 stacks.

have 2 stacks.

Glue one stack to each of the sides of the back of your card holder. Glue one stack to each of the sides of the back of your card holder. Stack and glue 2 Popsicle sticks at one end of the recipe holder to create Stack and glue 2 Popsicle sticks at one end of the recipe holder to create the bottom.

the bottom.

Glue the front on. Glue the front on.

Turn the card holder over. Glue 2 Popsicle sticks together to create a “V” Turn the card holder over. Glue 2 Popsicle sticks together to create a “V” shape and attach to the top of the recipe holder to create a hanger.

shape and attach to the top of the recipe holder to create a hanger. Let dry

Let dry completelycompletely..

Paint and decorate with anything you like! Paint and decorate with anything you like!

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a) Glue 11 Glue 11 Popsicle sticksPopsicle sticks

for the back and

8 for the front

b) Glue 2 stacks of 7 Popsicle sticks

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Picture Frame

Materials:

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• 8 8 Popsicle Popsicle stickssticks •

• Glue Glue and and tapetape •

• Paint Paint & & paint paint brushes brushes or or markersmarkers •

• Photograph Photograph or or small small drawing drawing •

• Decorations: Decorations: glitterglitter, fabric , fabric or paper or paper scraps, yarscraps, yarn, tinfoil, n, tinfoil, pebbles, etcpebbles, etc..

Instructions:

Lay your Popsicle sticks flat and glue them together as shown in Lay your Popsicle sticks flat and glue them together as shown in the drawing.

the drawing.

Paint or colour the sticks any way you like. Paint or colour the sticks any way you like.

Decorate the edge of your frame using things like paper scraps, glitter, Decorate the edge of your frame using things like paper scraps, glitter, small pebbles, and tinfoil.

small pebbles, and tinfoil.

Tape your picture or drawing into the back of the frame so that it Tape your picture or drawing into the back of the frame so that it shows through.

shows through. Make your frame into a magnet

Make your frame into a magnet by cutting an old flat fridge by cutting an old flat fridge magnet into 4 pieces and gluing magnet into 4 pieces and gluing them onto the 4 corners of them onto the 4 corners of your frame.

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Mini-Music Makers

Materials:

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• 2 2 Film Film canisters canisters (with (with lids)lids) •

• 2 2 Popsicle Popsicle stickssticks •

• Decorations: Decorations: paper paper scraps, scraps, glitterglitter, , confetti, confetti, etc.etc. •

• Rice, bRice, beans, popceans, popcorn kerorn kernels or nels or beads beads (about (about 2 tables2 tablespoons)poons) • Glue • Glue • Markers • Markers • Scissors • Scissors

Instructions:

Have a grown up help you to make a slit in the lid of each film canister. Have a grown up help you to make a slit in the lid of each film canister. Decorate the canisters with colourful paper scraps and other decorations. Decorate the canisters with colourful paper scraps and other decorations. Put about a tablespoon of rice, beans, or beads into each canister.

Put about a tablespoon of rice, beans, or beads into each canister. Put the lids on the canisters.

Put the lids on the canisters.

Decorate the Popsicle sticks with markers. Decorate the Popsicle sticks with markers.

Push the Popsicle sticks into the slot as far as they will go and your music Push the Popsicle sticks into the slot as far as they will go and your music makers are ready to shake!

makers are ready to shake!

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Keep these music makers out of Keep these music makers out of reach of small children. They reach of small children. They might open them up and choke might open them up and choke on the small beans and popcorn. on the small beans and popcorn.

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Piggy Bank

Here’s a fun craft idea submitted for RRFB Nova Scotia’s Treasures From Trash Here’s a fun craft idea submitted for RRFB Nova Scotia’s Treasures From Trash Contest by Alicia Scott of St. Joseph’s Elementary School in Sydney. Alicia made Contest by Alicia Scott of St. Joseph’s Elementary School in Sydney. Alicia made a pig, but you could decorate it to look like any animal you like!

a pig, but you could decorate it to look like any animal you like!

Materials:

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• Large Large plastic plastic pop pop bottlebottle •

• WWrapping rapping paper, paper, coloured papercoloured paper, , or or constructconstruction ion paperpaper •

• Glue Glue or or tapetape • Scissors • Scissors •

• Egg Egg cartoncarton •

• Markers Markers or or paint paint & & paint paint brushesbrushes •

• Decorations: Decorations: buttons, buttons, yarn, fyarn, fabric abric & paper & paper scraps, scraps, foil, etc.foil, etc.

Instructions:

Have a grown up help you to cut out a slit about 5 cm long in the top of Have a grown up help you to cut out a slit about 5 cm long in the top of your pop bottle (i.e., large enough for coins to fall through).

your pop bottle (i.e., large enough for coins to fall through). W

Wrap paper all around the pop rap paper all around the pop bottle to cover up most bottle to cover up most of the plastic. Pokeof the plastic. Poke the paper through the slit in the top where your savings will go.

the paper through the slit in the top where your savings will go. Cut 4 cups off an egg carton and glue them on as feet.

Cut 4 cups off an egg carton and glue them on as feet.

Use your imagination to decorate your piggy bank with markers, paint, and Use your imagination to decorate your piggy bank with markers, paint, and anything colourful you have on hand!

anything colourful you have on hand! Alicia Scott,

Alicia Scott,

St. Joseph’s Elementary School, Sydney

Did you know that Did you know that plastic pop bottles can plastic pop bottles can be recycled into clothing, be recycled into clothing, carpet, and stuffing for carpet, and stuffing for winter jackets and mittens? winter jackets and mittens?

Cut a slit for your savings

Egg carton cups for feet

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Fish Craft/Mobile

Many caps and covers from food

Many caps and covers from food containers are not recyclable. Instead of containers are not recyclable. Instead of throwing throwing them away

them away, use t, use them to make hem to make these beautiful fish decorations. Old these beautiful fish decorations. Old scratched CD’scratched CD’ss work well also!

work well also!

Materials:

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• Caps and Caps and covers covers from food from food containers or containers or old CD’old CD’s (one per s (one per fish)fish) •

• Construction Construction paper paper or or cereal cereal box box •

• Coloured Coloured pencils, pencils, markers, markers, crayons, crayons, or or paintspaints • Glue

• Glue •

• Decorations: Decorations: old buold buttons, yarnttons, yarn, fabr, fabric and ic and paper scpaper scraps, etc.raps, etc. •

• Old Old yarn, yarn, string, string, or or fishing fishing lineline

Instructions:

On a piece of construction paper or cereal box, trace the outline of your cap, On a piece of construction paper or cereal box, trace the outline of your cap, cover, or CD.

cover, or CD.

Take the cap off the paper and draw fins, a tail, and lips around the circle. Take the cap off the paper and draw fins, a tail, and lips around the circle. Cut out the fish outline you have drawn, all in one piece.

Cut out the fish outline you have drawn, all in one piece.

Glue the cap onto the paper in the right spot. Tip: for a neater look, glue Glue the cap onto the paper in the right spot. Tip: for a neater look, glue the side with writing on it.

the side with writing on it.

Decorate your fish with markers, paints,

Decorate your fish with markers, paints, and colourful scraps of and colourful scraps of paperpaper,, fabric, or yarn.

fabric, or yarn.

Carefully make a hole at the top of your craft and tie some yarn or string on Carefully make a hole at the top of your craft and tie some yarn or string on to make a hanger. to make a hanger. www.rrfb.com www.rrfb.com 17 17

Make three hanging fish and Make three hanging fish and create a colourful mobile. create a colourful mobile.

Follow the same directions to Follow the same directions to make a craft in the shape of any make a craft in the shape of any animal you like!

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Welcome Wreath

Materials:

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• Plastic Plastic grocery grocery store store bags bags (at (at least least 6)6) •

• Wire Wire coat coat hangerhanger • Scissors

• Scissors •

• DecorationDecorations: s: used used ribbons, ribbons, bows, bows, wrapping wrapping paper, paper, etc.etc.

Instructions:

Cut the plastic grocery bags into strips about 3-5 cm wide and 20 cm long. Cut the plastic grocery bags into strips about 3-5 cm wide and 20 cm long. They don't have to be exactly the same length.

They don't have to be exactly the same length.

Shape the coat hanger into a circle. Ask an adult to help you if it's difficult Shape the coat hanger into a circle. Ask an adult to help you if it's difficult to bend.

to bend.

Tie the strips of plastic onto the hanger, working your way all around it. Tie the strips of plastic onto the hanger, working your way all around it. Space them very close together so that your wreath looks full and festive! Space them very close together so that your wreath looks full and festive! Decorate with used ribbons or bows or whatever you like!

Decorate with used ribbons or bows or whatever you like! Kelsey Ross,

Kelsey Ross,

Rawdon District School, Upper Rawdon

Kelsey Ross of Rawdon District Kelsey Ross of Rawdon District School used a shiny candy School used a shiny candy wrapper to wrap the end

wrapper to wrap the end of theof the hanger and she glued a special hanger and she glued a special welcome sign onto her wreath. welcome sign onto her wreath.

Neat ideas! Neat ideas!

b) Bend coat hanger into circle

20 cm

3.5 cm

c)

c) Tie tTie the phe plalaststic stic stripripss

around the hanger

a) Cut plastic bags into strips

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Clothespin Caddy

Don’t want to get rid of your favourite old shirt even though it’s too small? Here’s Don’t want to get rid of your favourite old shirt even though it’s too small? Here’s a simple sewing project that can turn that shirt into a useful clothespin bag.

a simple sewing project that can turn that shirt into a useful clothespin bag.

Materials:

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• Old Old shirt or shirt or dress (childrendress (children’’s s size size with button with button front)front) •

• Needle Needle & & threadthread • Clothespins • Clothespins •

• Coat Coat hangerhanger

Instructions:

Sew sleeves closed at open ends. Sew sleeves closed at open ends. Sew bottom of dress or shirt closed. Sew bottom of dress or shirt closed.

Sew front almost all of the way closed, leaving enough of an opening to Sew front almost all of the way closed, leaving enough of an opening to fit your hand in.

fit your hand in.

Put shirt or dress on a hanger and fill with clothespins. Put shirt or dress on a hanger and fill with clothespins.

Hang on the clothesline and pick out clothespins as you need them! Hang on the clothesline and pick out clothespins as you need them!

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Sew sleeves shut

Sew bottom to

create bag

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Mittens

Here

Here’’s a s a terrific idea for turning a terrific idea for turning a favourite old sweatshirt into favourite old sweatshirt into something usefulsomething useful besides cleaning rags!

besides cleaning rags!

Materials:

•

• 1 1 old old sweatshirt sweatshirt with with cuff cuff • Marker • Marker • Scissors • Scissors • Pins • Pins •

• Needle Needle & & threadthread

Instructions:

Turn the sweatshirt inside out. Turn the sweatshirt inside out.

Place your left hand over the cuff as shown and trace around it. Place your left hand over the cuff as shown and trace around it.

Mark another line around the first line, leaving a small space between the Mark another line around the first line, leaving a small space between the two lines (about 1 cm).

two lines (about 1 cm).

Cut around the second line and pin the 2 sides of the sleeve together. Cut around the second line and pin the 2 sides of the sleeve together. Do the same thing with the other sleeve, but use your right hand this time. Do the same thing with the other sleeve, but use your right hand this time. Sew around each sleeve, using the first line you drew as a guide.

Sew around each sleeve, using the first line you drew as a guide.

Turn the sleeves right side out and you have a soft warm pair of mittens! Turn the sleeves right side out and you have a soft warm pair of mittens!

a)

a) PlPlace ace youyour har hand ond oveverr

the end of the sleeve

and trace for size

b)

b) Mark Mark a seca second lond line aine aboutbout

one cm from the first.

Sew around Sew around this line this line Cut around Cut around this line this line 1 cm 1 cm

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Candy Dish

Cat food and tuna fish cans can be rinsed clean and recycled through municipal Cat food and tuna fish cans can be rinsed clean and recycled through municipal waste collection programs, but here’

waste collection programs, but here’s a cool idea s a cool idea for reusing them. Filled withfor reusing them. Filled with candies or a small gift this craft makes a great gift idea for any time of year! candies or a small gift this craft makes a great gift idea for any time of year!

Materials:

•

• 1 1 tuna tuna fish fish or or cat cat food food cancan •

• WWrapping rapping paper paper or or fabric fabric scrapsscraps •

• Pipe Pipe cleaners cleaners (for (for legs)legs) •

• Glue Glue & & tapetape •

• WWrapped rapped candies candies or or a a small small giftgift

Instructions:

Remove label and wash can. Remove label and wash can.

Cover the can with fabric or paper and glue in place. The more colourful Cover the can with fabric or paper and glue in place. The more colourful the better!

the better!

Cut pipe cleaners in half and glue or tape to each side to make legs. Cut pipe cleaners in half and glue or tape to each side to make legs. Use your imagination to put eyes, a mouth, and anything you like on Use your imagination to put eyes, a mouth, and anything you like on your dish.

your dish.

Fill your candy dish with wrapped candies or a small gift. Fill your candy dish with wrapped candies or a small gift.

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Bottle Cap Doll

Materials:

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• Empty Empty cancan •

• Bottle capBottle caps, buttonss, buttons, or , or big bbig beads (to eads (to make the make the arms)arms) •

• String String or or yarnyarn •

• Hammer anHammer and a nail d a nail & the help & the help of a grof a grown up own up (to poke holes (to poke holes in the cain the can)n) •

• Old Old tights, tights, stocking, stocking, or or sock sock (for (for the the head)head) •

• Newspaper, Newspaper, paper towel, paper towel, or or rags rags (to (to fill the fill the head)head) •

• YYarn or arn or string (to string (to make the make the hair and hair and decorate the face)decorate the face) •

• Markers Markers (to (to make make the the face)face)

Instructions:

Have an adult help you to poke 5 holes in the can where you want the arms, Have an adult help you to poke 5 holes in the can where you want the arms, legs, and head to be.

legs, and head to be.

If you are using bottle caps for the arms and legs, poke one hole in the If you are using bottle caps for the arms and legs, poke one hole in the centre of each.

centre of each.

Make 2 strings of bottle caps or buttons for the arms. Repeat for the legs. Make 2 strings of bottle caps or buttons for the arms. Repeat for the legs. Tie the arms and legs into the can.

Tie the arms and legs into the can.

Stuff the stocking or sock to make the head and tie it into the can. Stuff the stocking or sock to make the head and tie it into the can.

Use your imagination to decorate the head and body with yarn, markers, Use your imagination to decorate the head and body with yarn, markers, and anything you like!

and anything you like! Reilly MacDonald,

Reilly MacDonald,

St. Andrew’s Consolidated School, St. Andrews

a)

a) Use sUse string tring or yor yarn tarn to thro threadead

through bottlecaps or buttons

to make the arms and legs

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Can Lantern

Materials:

•

• Empty Empty can can with with the top the top off (off (the larthe larger ger the bthe better)etter) •

• WWater ater (and (and a a freezer)freezer) •

• Hammer Hammer & nai& nail (and l (and a groa grown uwn up to p to help youhelp you)) • Candle

• Candle •

• Wire Wire (optional)(optional)

Instructions:

Fill the can with water and freeze. This will make step 2 a lot easier! Fill the can with water and freeze. This will make step 2 a lot easier! Using the nail and hammer, poke holes all over the can in any design you Using the nail and hammer, poke holes all over the can in any design you like. The more holes you poke the better as this is where the candlelight like. The more holes you poke the better as this is where the candlelight will shine through!

will shine through!

Poke 2 holes at opposite ends of the top if you are going to make a handle. Poke 2 holes at opposite ends of the top if you are going to make a handle. Dump out the ice or let it melt in the sink or outside.

Dump out the ice or let it melt in the sink or outside. Loop the wire into the holes at the top to make a handle. Loop the wire into the holes at the top to make a handle. Put a candle in the bottom.

Put a candle in the bottom. Rebecca Bauer,

Rebecca Bauer,

Lawrencetown Consolidated School, Lawrencetown

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If you can’t do this craft outside, If you can’t do this craft outside, do it over a dish pan or large tray do it over a dish pan or large tray as your workspace will get very as your workspace will get very wet as the ice

wet as the ice starts to melt.starts to melt.

Rebecca Bauer of Lawrencetown Rebecca Bauer of Lawrencetown Consolidated School suggests Consolidated School suggests that you put sand at the bottom that you put sand at the bottom of your lantern to hold the of your lantern to hold the candle in place.

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Light Bulb Ornament

Old light bulbs should be carefully disposed of in the garbage, or you might want to Old light bulbs should be carefully disposed of in the garbage, or you might want to try making one of these delightful ornaments. They are ideal for Christmas trees, try making one of these delightful ornaments. They are ideal for Christmas trees, but could also make wonderful hanging decorations for any occasion.

but could also make wonderful hanging decorations for any occasion.

Materials:

•

• 1 1 used used light light bulb bulb (any (any size size or or shape)shape) •

• YYarn, arn, string string or or ribbonribbon

Instructions:

Paint light bulb all one colour. Let dry. This will help the colours on the Paint light bulb all one colour. Let dry. This will help the colours on the rest of your painting stand out.

rest of your painting stand out. Paint a festive scene.

Paint a festive scene.

Tie a piece of yarn, string or ribbon around the top. Tie a piece of yarn, string or ribbon around the top.

Y

You may want to ou may want to ask an adult toask an adult to help you tie the hanger to make help you tie the hanger to make sure that it is tight and secure! sure that it is tight and secure!

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Puzzle Piece Ornaments

If you have lost pieces of a puzzle there’s no need to throw it away! Use the pieces If you have lost pieces of a puzzle there’s no need to throw it away! Use the pieces you have to make these fun and festive ornaments for any occasion.

you have to make these fun and festive ornaments for any occasion.

Materials:

•

• PuzzPuzzle pieces, le pieces, small small size, 2size, 20 or 0 or more fmore for each or each ornamentornament • Glue

• Glue •

• Scrap Scrap paperpaper •

• YYarn arn or or string string (to (to hang hang the the ornament)ornament)

Instructions:

On a piece of scrap paper, draw an outline of the ornament you would like On a piece of scrap paper, draw an outline of the ornament you would like to make. Simple shapes work best, such as a snowman, wreath, Christmas to make. Simple shapes work best, such as a snowman, wreath, Christmas tree, pumpkin, or heart.

tree, pumpkin, or heart.

Lay some of the puzzle pieces flat, fitting them into your drawing picture Lay some of the puzzle pieces flat, fitting them into your drawing picture side down. Don't worry about gaps.

side down. Don't worry about gaps.

Glue puzzle pieces on top of the flat layer, offsetting them one by one (i.e., Glue puzzle pieces on top of the flat layer, offsetting them one by one (i.e., half over one piece and half over the next piece). Glue them picture side half over one piece and half over the next piece). Glue them picture side down so that you are seeing the beige side. Let the glue dry.

down so that you are seeing the beige side. Let the glue dry. Paint however you like and allow to dry.

Paint however you like and allow to dry. Attach piece of yarn or string to

Attach piece of yarn or string to make a hanger.make a hanger.

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Potato Chip Gift Bags

Potato chip bags can’t be recycled or composted through municipal waste collection Potato chip bags can’t be recycled or composted through municipal waste collection programs, but you can reuse them to make these festive shiny gift bags!

programs, but you can reuse them to make these festive shiny gift bags!

Materials:

•

• Potato Potato chip chip bags, bags, any any sizesize •

• Ribbon, Ribbon, yarn, yarn, or or fabric fabric scrapsscraps

Instructions:

Turn bag inside out so that the shiny side is showing. Turn bag inside out so that the shiny side is showing. W

Wash it off with ash it off with soapy watersoapy water.. Place your special gift inside. Place your special gift inside.

Use a piece of ribbon, yarn, or fabric to tie it shut. Use a piece of ribbon, yarn, or fabric to tie it shut. To make your gift bag even

To make your gift bag even more special, use paints to make more special, use paints to make colourful designs on the bag. colourful designs on the bag. Tip: paint the bag before you Tip: paint the bag before you put the gift in.

put the gift in.

Used potato chip bags make Used potato chip bags make great paper scraps for collages, great paper scraps for collages, decorations, and other

decorations, and other art projects.

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Reindeer Decoration

Materials:

•

• Pine Pine cone, tiscone, tissue paper sue paper or bror brown own paper bpaper bag (for ag (for the head)the head) •

• Popsicle Popsicle stick stick (for (for the the body)body) •

• Fruit Fruit basketbasket •

• TissTissue paue paper or per or wrapping wrapping paper paper (for (for the grthe grass)ass) •

• Cereal Cereal box box or or scraps scraps of of coloured coloured paperpaper •

• Decorations: Decorations: ribbons, ribbons, bows, bows, scraps scraps of mof material, aterial, buttons, buttons, etc.etc. • Glue • Glue • Scissors • Scissors • Rocks • Rocks

Instructions:

Put rocks in the fruit basket to give it weight. Put rocks in the fruit basket to give it weight.

Roll up a paper bag or tissue paper to make a head. Roll up a paper bag or tissue paper to make a head. Glue the head onto the stick.

Glue the head onto the stick.

Crumple up tissue paper or wrapping paper to make grass. Crumple up tissue paper or wrapping paper to make grass.

Cut desired shapes from cereal box or coloured paper to make antlers or Cut desired shapes from cereal box or coloured paper to make antlers or arms or whatever you like and glue them into place.

arms or whatever you like and glue them into place.

Decorate with used ribbons, bows, scraps of material or whatever you have Decorate with used ribbons, bows, scraps of material or whatever you have on hand!

on hand! Nicole Day,

Nicole Day,

O’Connell Drive Elementary School, Porter’s Lake

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Place rocks in the bottom for weight

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Greeting Card Ornament

Many greeting cards are not recyclable because of the metallic inks and shiny Many greeting cards are not recyclable because of the metallic inks and shiny decorations they are made with. Here’s a craft idea for making them into an decorations they are made with. Here’s a craft idea for making them into an ornament to decorate your home at Christmas or any time of year.

ornament to decorate your home at Christmas or any time of year.

Materials:

•

• Old Old Christmas Christmas or gor greeting reeting cards cards (at (at least 5least 5)) •

• Drinking Drinking glassglass • Scissors

• Scissors •

• Pen Pen or or pencilpencil • Glue

• Glue •

• YYarn arn or or string string

Instructions:

Trace the open end of the drinking glass directly on the greeting cards Trace the open end of the drinking glass directly on the greeting cards 20 times.

20 times.

Cut the circles out. Cut the circles out.

Fold the circles to make three equal sides. Fold the circles to make three equal sides.

Glue 5 circles together along 2 sides (folds) for the top of the ball. Glue 5 circles together along 2 sides (folds) for the top of the ball. Glue another 5 circles together along 2 sides (folds) for the bottom. Glue another 5 circles together along 2 sides (folds) for the bottom. Glue 10 circles together along 2 sides (folds) to make a straight band Glue 10 circles together along 2 sides (folds) to make a straight band to go in between top and bottom.

to go in between top and bottom.

Glue the top and bottom to the centre band. Glue the top and bottom to the centre band.

Poke a hole in the top of your ball and thread the yarn through to Poke a hole in the top of your ball and thread the yarn through to make a hanger.

make a hanger. Be patient and take your

Be patient and take your time when making this time when making this craft - it might seem craft - it might seem confusing at first but you confusing at first but you will get the hang

will get the hang of it.of it. Tip: do a practice run Tip: do a practice run using circles cut out of using circles cut out of an old magazine.

an old magazine.

a) Fold along dotted lines

b)

b) Glue 5 Glue 5 circles tcircles together ogether along along 2 sides2 sides

for the top. Repeat for the bottom.

c)

c) GluGlue 10 circle 10 circles toes togethgether aloer along 2 sides (fng 2 sides (foldolds)s)

to make a straight band to go in between

top and bottom.

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Nova Scotia Recycles Day

is an initiative of RRFB Nova Scotia in cooperation withis an initiative of RRFB Nova Scotia in cooperation with municipal waste management managers and educators. The goal

municipal waste management managers and educators. The goal of of

Nova Scotia

Recycles Day

activities is to encourage Nova Scotians of all ages to feel good aboutactivities is to encourage Nova Scotians of all ages to feel good about their recycling accomplishments and to promote

their recycling accomplishments and to promote participation in waste diversionparticipation in waste diversion programs. Major sponsors of contests and

programs. Major sponsors of contests and celebrations in 2001 included thecelebrations in 2001 included the Department of Environment and Labour, the Clorox Company of

Department of Environment and Labour, the Clorox Company of Canada Ltd.Canada Ltd. (GLAD

(GLAD™™_{), the}_{), the Rechargeab}_Rechargeab_{le Battery}_{le Battery}_Recyclin_Recyclin_{g Corporation, and}_{g Corporation, and the Environment}_{the Environment}

and Plastics Industry Council. and Plastics Industry Council.

RRFB Nova Scotia

RRFB Nova Scotia was established in 1996, as

RRFB Nova Scotia was established in 1996, as a not-for-profit organization toa not-for-profit organization to administer certain components of the province’s Solid Waste-Resource Management administer certain components of the province’s Solid Waste-Resource Management Strategy

Strategy. Our goal . Our goal is to is to work with municipalities, government and industry towork with municipalities, government and industry to ensure that Nova Scotians receive the maximum environmental and economic ensure that Nova Scotians receive the maximum environmental and economic benefits associated with

benefits associated with waste management and waste management and resource recoveryresource recovery..

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Thank you to all the students across

Nova Scotia that entered our contests in 2001.

Look for

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About This Craft Book

About This Craft Book

Nova Scotia Recycles Day

Nova Scotia Recycles Day

Thanks to people like you participating in waste

Thanks to people like you participating in waste

reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting programs,

reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting programs,

Nova Scotia has become a world leader in recycling!

Nova Scotia has become a world leader in recycling!

When you recycle materials to make a gift, you can:

When you recycle materials to make a gift, you can:

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Paper Towel & Toilet Paper Rolls

Paper Towel & Toilet Paper Rolls

Boxboard (cereal, cracker, and tissue boxes)

Boxboard (cereal, cracker, and tissue boxes)

Cardboard

Cardboard

Popsicle Sticks

Popsicle Sticks

Plastic

Plastic

Old Clothes

Old Clothes

Cans

Cans

Odds & Ends

Odds & Ends

Nova Scotia Recycles Day

Nova Scotia Recycles Day

Picture Frame

Picture Frame

Materials:

Materials:

Instructions:

Instructions:

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Paper Doll

Paper Doll

Materials:

Materials:

Instructions:

Instructions:

St. Anne’s Elementary School, Glace Bay

St. Anne’s Elementary School, Glace Bay

You can spruce it up a bit by

You can spruce it up a bit by

adding streamers to the end of

adding streamers to the end of

the hat, or shoes and a waist

the hat, or shoes and a waist

band. Use your

band. Use your

imagination!

imagination!

Rainmaker

Rainmaker

Materials:

Materials:

Surprise Rolls

Surprise Rolls

Materials:

Materials:

Instructions:

Instructions:

Desk/Locker Organizer

Desk/Locker Organizer

Materials:

Materials:

Instructions:

Instructions: