Feb 11 2009
Recycled Snowman
Boogie had a “family project” for school a couple weeks ago. The assignment was to create a snowman from recyclable things around the house. We ended up using a gallon juice jug for the body and made the head from newspaper, in the form of paper mache’. We then found different scraps of foam leftover from other projects and used those for the eyes, buttons, nose and a hat. When it came time to “color” the body and head, my original thought was paint, but in keeping with the recycle theme, we ended up using plastic grocery bags with the logos cut out. The head was a little wobbly, so I used some left over felt and inserted into the bottom of the head to help attach it to the bottle (body), using the extra to make a scarf. Boog was very pleased with his creation and that is all that matters.
Paper mache’ head while drying
Completed snowman minus the scarf.
See what you can make using only recycled materials around the house…Have Fun!
