THE guide

C.R.E.E.P. - Creave Recycling - Eco Educaon Program is a project nanced

by Visegrad Fund, through Standard Grants. Our goal was to put together a creave recycling guide
for teachers and youth workers, together with our partners from Hungary (Sustainable Department from
Central European University), Slovakia (Eko Centrum Lesopark from Preles), Czech Republic (Petrkl
help) and Poland (Creative Recycling from our Laja Foundaon).
The project was realized from 1st of January unl 31st of July 2014. During the project, there were
36 creave recycling workshops, 9 in each of the partners countries. Each acvity was focused on working
with a specic material and connected to a green topic. We gathered children's thoughts, how to pictures,
ps and step by step tutorials from all the four countries. Then we put it all together and created The guide.
In May and June we promoted The Guide, by organizing open meengs for teachers and youth workers
At the end of the meeng each parcipant received The Guide. in each of the 4 countries.
Now one of them is in your hands!
Enjoy it!
VISEGRAD FUND
The mission of the Internaonal Visegrad Fund is to promote development of closer
cooperaon among the Visegrad Group (V4) countries - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland
and Slovakia and to strengthen the es among people in the region. The Fund provides
funding for common cultural, scienc, research and educaonal projects, youth
exchanges, promoon of tourism and cross-border cooperaon.
Most of the grant recipients are nongovernmental organizaons, municipalies
and local governments, universies, schools and other public instuons
and also individual cizens. The Fund also awards individual scholarships
and arst residencies. By the end of 2012 the Fund has supported more
than 3,700 grant projects and awarded over 1,700 scholarships
and arst residencies in total worth of nearly 47 million.
what
One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world Malala Yousafzai
Educaon is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think Albert Einstein
Educaon is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world Nelson Mandela
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welcome
stool from cardboard ....................................................................................
plastic bottle ower pot .............................................................................
paper f ower .................................................................................................
egg holder ...................................................................................................
paper basket .................................................................................................
paper photo frame .........................................................................................
paper roll gift box .....................................................................................
energy vampire...............................................................................................
paper earrings ...............................................................................................
paper bracelet vol. 1 ....................................................................................
.................................................................................... paper bracelet vol. 2
paper coaster ..............................................................................................
welcome to the guide.............................................................................................................
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reindeer bookbinding .....................................................................................
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textile
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upcycled mail art. ........................................................................................
recycled paper ..............................................................................................
carrot postcard ..........................................................................................
paper roll f sh..............................................................................................
plastic bottle bracelet ................................................................................
19. scented tea bags ..........................................................................................
reusable shopping bag ................................................................................. 21.
New t-shirt from old one ............................................................................ 20.
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egg box f ower ................................................................................................
egg box mirror ................................................................................................
local food calendar .......................................................................................
bike TIRE bracelet ..........................................................................................
discussion topics ..............................................................................................................
creative recycling ............................................................................................................
techniques:
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elephant notebook ..........................................................................................
bow ties ...........................................................................................................
jeans juggling ball .........................................................................................
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Tetra pak Wallet ...........................................................................................
jar vase vol.1 ................................................................................................
jar vase vol.2 ...............................................................................................
glove rabbit ...................................................................................................
snake tie pocket ..............................................................................................
organic farming ..............................................................................................
chopstick vase ................................................................................................
PAPeR PLASTic textile glass
partners description ...........................................................................................................
material used:
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bracelet
Step 1:
Cut the paper in 8 isosceles triangles with 1,5 cm base.
Step 2:
Place the toothpick at the base of the triangle, add glue at 2 cm from
the base and start rolling the paper. To make an even and solid bead,
keep the top in the middle and add glue every 2 cm.
Step 3:
Cut a piece of thread 10 cm longer than your wrist and combine in any
way you like the paper and wooden beads. At the end make a double
knot.
Its really nice and easy. Great way to reuse the newspaper.
a magazine
ruler
pen
scissors
glue sck
toothpick
elasc thread
wooden beads
Put a plasc cover on the table
to keep it clean.
Prepare w
et napkins for the
kids to clean their hands.
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recipe
Childrens thoughts:
paper vol. 1
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20 5x12 cm paper pcs
scissors
wide clear tape
If you cant m
anage
to fold in the last piece,
just slide it the top part
through the rst piece and sew it up.
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bracelet paper vol. 2
recipe
Step 1:
Place the clear tape on one side of the paper strip. This way your
bracelet will be water resistent.
Step 2:
Fold each piece in half on its length. Open it and fold each half once
more in half. Fold it one more me in half so you have a long thin strip.
Fold the strip in half. Open it and fold each half once more in half. Finish
by folding it in one more me in half. Repeat this step with all the paper
pieces.
Step 3:
Take 2 folded pieces. To connect them, you need to slide in the folded
halves of the rst piece through the two openings of the second piece
(sketch F). It is important to keep the second piece in the upper part
of the other one. Slide the third piece through the second one, etc.
Connue adding one piece at a me so you create a zig-zag as shown in
the picture.
Step 4:
When you nish binding all the pieces, check if it ts your wrist.
You need to have an even number of pieces. Slide the last piece
through the rst one to close the bracelet and connect the endings
with thread.
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Step 1:
Cut the box into 2 A6 size pieces (these will be the covers of your notebook).
Take 5 sheets of paper and fold them in half. Repeat this step unl you have
4 sets of paper.
Step 2:
Make holes in each paper set and covers as shown in the picture.
Step 3:
Draw the reindeer on the rst cover and sew the horns with coloured
thread.
Step 4:
Place the colored paper on the inside of the covers, using double sided tape.
Step 5:
Start binding the rst set of paper and the top cover as shown in the image.
Step 6:
When adding a new set of paper, pass the needle under the thread that
connects the previous 2 elements, before going back into the holes.
Step 7:
Sew the last cover in the way you did with the rst one and make a knot
at the end.
cereal box
reindeer paern
20 sheets of A5 paper
scissors
curved needle
pricker
2m coloured thick thread
2 A6 coloured paper
4 8cm stripes of double sided tape
reindeer notebook
Sew in single
thread.
Keep the paper
and the stch ght
so your notebook
will be rm.
tips
recipe
I feel that this is the rst step to reduce my waste.
participants thought:
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4 magazine pages
scissors
glue sck
barbeque sck
paper varnish
brush
earrings accessories
nylon thread
coloured beads
jewelry plier
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paper earrings
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recipe
Step 1:
Cut each page in 4 equal strips lenghtwise .
Step 2:
Roll each strip on the diagonal, using the barbeque sck. Add glue
at the end to secure the paper roll. Remove the sck and aen
the tube on the table.
Step 3:
Take the rst strip and roll it on the barbeque sck to form a circle.
Use the glue when you add a new piece of paper. Make the circle as big
as you prefer.
Step 4:
Once you nish making the circles, add the paper varnish so it will be
stronger and water resistant.
Step 5:
Slide the nylon thread through the middle of the circle and add beads
on each side of the paper circle.
Step 6:
Close the circle and add the earring accessories using the plier.
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2 magazine pages A4 format
scissors
wide clear tape
paper coaster
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recipe
Step 1:
Cut each page in 4 equal strips on the length and place the clear tape on one side
(see picture).
Step 2:
Fold each strip in thirds on the length and aerwards in half.
Step 3:
To start weaving, interlock two strips. This is the boom le corner of your
coaster. Add another strip that wraps around the outside of the horizontal
boom strip.
Step 4:
Add another strip on the back side of the rst vercal strip and the front
of the second vercal strip.
Step 5:
Keep adding to your coaster one strip at a me, one horizortally and one
vercally, making sure to push the papers ghtly together. Make sure your
coaster looks the same on both sides.
Step 6:
When the coaster has 4 horizontal and 4 vercal strips, it's me to nish the
edges. Cut the strips that emerge from the inside of your coaster. Bring the
other end around the edge of the coaster and tuck it under the closest weave.
Cut out the execess.
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Did you know?
The rst coaster was invented in 1880, by the German prinng house Friedrich Horn
and was made from cardboard.
Coasters are usually made from paper pulp or several ssue layers.
Tegestology is a term derived from Lan dened as the pracce of collecng beermats and
coasters.
The highest coaster tower was made from over 40.000 coasters and it was 9.70 metres
high.
Leo Pisker has a collecon of 150.000 coasters from all over the world.
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A4 sized sheet of paper (colourful old posters,
calendar pages, magazine covers work great)
blank postcards (from thick paper, cabinet folders)
coloured pencils, crayons
glue sck
scissors
stapler
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Upcycled Mail Art
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recipe
We can make less waste by thinking before we buy.
If we reuse what we already have, we dont need to throw it away.
When trash goes into the environment it is bad for wildlife.
childrens thoughts:
Step 1:
Fold the A4 sized poster into an envelope shape as outlined in the photos.
Step 2:
Tape or staple the outer edges of the envelope to ensure that it can hold
a postcard.
Step 3:
Create a picture on one side of the postcard. You can also make a collage
out of the magazine pictures.
Step 4:
On the other side of the postcard write a message to your family
or someone you like encouraging them to make less waste at home.
Now you can send the postcard.
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cardboard square
(about the right size to t around a light switch)
reused colored cardboard, magazine paper or used brochures
(for wings and vampire head)
markers, coloured pencils, paint
cra eyes
bat wing and head paerns (from thicker paper)
colourful paper, feathers, sparkles
lile brass fastening pins to hold on wings
double sided tape (for fastening the energy vampire to wall)
scissors
7. energy vampire
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recipe
Step 1:
Colour or decorate the blank cardboard square.
Step 2:
Cut out the bat wings and the head using paerns and coloured paper.
Step 3:
Aach the head to the square with the glue or tape. Aach the wings
to the cardboard square using brass fastening pins. Aach the eyes
to the head.
Step 4:
Now you can decorate the energy vampires with feathers, coloured paper,
sparkles and any other craing items.
Step 5:
Put it somewhere where it reminds you to turn o the lights and to unplug
items that are not being used.
I know how to save energy at home and in school.
We should turn o the lights when we leave a room.
Even if something is turned o and sll plugged in, it uses energy.
We can save money and do something good for the environment by using less energy.
childrens thoughts:
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scissors
4 magazine pages
1 A5 cardboard piece
glue sck
circle paerns
paper pin
1 cork
1 photo
cuer
pen
Paper photo frame 8.
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recipe
Step 1:
Use the circle paerns and cut out as many circles neccessary to cover
up the cardboard.
Step 2:
Start glueing the circles to the cardboard. Make sure to cover it up
nicely. Use dierent colours for a good eect.
Step 3:
Place the photo over the cardboard. Mark 1cm from the corners
of the photo to make 4 diagonal cuts in the cardboard with the cuer.
Slide the corners of the picture in to see if it is the right t.
If the cardboard is too thick, just add 4 triangles from thin cardboard
in the corners of the photo as in the picture. Make the diagonal cuts
and glue them to the frame.
Step 4:
Use the paper pin to make a hole at the boom of the frame.
Secure it with the cork on the other side and youre done.
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toilet paper roll
liquid glue
scissors
coloured napkins
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You can use
crepe paper
instead of a napkin.
When using napkins
more me is needed
for the glue to dry.
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recipe
tip
Step 1:
Fold inwards the open sides of the paper roll to form the crease.
Then unfold.
Step 2:
Take the napkin and cut it at the size of the paper roll.
Step 3:
Glue the napkin onto the paper roll, starng from the top of the napkin.
Press carefully so that the napkin is well glued. Let it dry.
Step 4:
Fold again inwards the open side of the paper roll.
paper roll gift box
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big brown paper bag
scissors
double sided tape
ribbon
paper basket
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recipe
Step 1:
Take apart the paper bag, following the already exisng lines.
Cut out the handles and torn ends. You should have 4 sheets of paper (2 - front
and back of the bag, 2 smaller - the sides of the bag) .
Step 2:
Cut the big sheets in 4 equal stripes lengthwise. Cut the other 2 sheets
of paper at the same size of the exisng stripes.
Step 3:
Fold each stripe in thirds.
Step 4:
Start weaving the paper. Use 8 stripes to form the boom of the basket
into a square, with 4 stripes running in each direcon.
Step 5:
Place double side tape on the corners of the baskets boom to secure
it and fold up the sides to form a box.
Step 6:
Use the other 2 stripes to weave around the sides of your basket.
Tuck in the ends under the nearest weave and secure them with double side
tape. Cut out the excess.
Step 7:
Now its me to nish the basket.Tuck in each end of the basket under
the nearest weave and secure it with double side tape. Remember to leave
the middle stripes from two opposite sides un-tucked to form the handle
of the basket. To form the handle, just place double side tape between
the two paper stripes.
Step 8:
Wrap a ribbon around the handle and enjoy your basket.
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scissors
neddle
thick thread
1 A6 size orange felt sheet
1 A6 size brown cardboard sheet
2 A7 size green felt pieces
glue sck
cut out magazine leers
pen
carrot postcard
You can use
the remaining
felt and carton
pieces to make
smaller carrot
postcards.
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recipe
tip
Step 1:
Use the pen to draw a big triangle on the orange felt and brown
cardboard. Cut along the lines.
Step 2:
Use the pen to draw leaf shapes on the green felt and cut.
Step 3:
Write a message on the brown triangle using the glue and the cut out
leers.
Step 4:
Take the needle and the thread and bind together all the pieces
in the upper part. Tie it up in a ribbon.
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mixer
liquid starch
old newspaper
window net (stretched on a wooden frame)
2 bowls
sponge for withdrawing the excess water
Recycled paper
While doing step 3 you can add
decoraons (dried leaves, owers...)
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recipe
tip
Step 1:
Tear the newspaper into small pieces and place them in a bowl.
Step 2:
You should have two parts paper and one part water. Use the mixer
to blend it for 30 seconds (or more if necessary unl you have a uid
mass). Repeat step 1 and 2 unll you have enough mixture.
Step 3:
Add the starch. The more you add, the rmer the paper will be. Mix it.
If the mixture is too thick, add a bit of water. If the mixture is too thin, add
more paper pulp.
Step 4:
Place the frame over the second bowl. Put the mixture on the net
and make sure the paper pulp is equally distributed.
Step 5:
Once you have the page size you wish, use the sponge to absorb the water
execess. Let it out to dry.
Step 6:
When its dry, remove the paper from the frame and enjoy.
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1 toilet paper roll
scissors
water colours
brush
cuer
coloured paper
double sided tape
egg holder 13.
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recipe
Step 1:
Cut the paper roll in half using the cuer.
Step 2:
Paint the paper roll and leave it for 10 minutes to dry.
Step 3:
Cut out ower petals from the coloured paper. They can be dierent
colours and sizes.
Step 4:
Once the paper roll is dry, use the double side tape to x the petals.
Put one strip of tape on the inner side of the paper roll and start
aaching the petals. When you nish, place the egg inside and enjoy.
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toilet paper roll
scissors
double sided tape
coloured crepe paper
black and white paper
glue sck
paper roll 14.
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recipe
Step 1:
Cut 12 strips of paper for the tail. They can be around 10 cm long
and 2 cm wide.
Step 2:
Cut 20 circles for the body. They can be of dieret colors. Use the paper
roll to draw the circles.
Step 3:
Fix the tail by gluing each stripe to the inside of the paper roll.
Step 4:
Fix the rst row of circles using the glue. Start from the lower part
of the sh (next to the tail). When you nish the rst row, just repeat
the step unl you reach the top.
Step 5:
When you reach the top, fold in the ends and x them with the glue
sck.
Step 6:
Cut out two white circles and two black smaller circles. Use the double
side tape/glue sck to x them as shown in the picture.
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scissors
glue
coloured crepe paper
Paper f owers
You can use paper owers
as decoraon for notebook,
greeng cards etc.
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recipe
tip
Step 1:
Cut out 3 petals around 5-8cm long. They can be of dierent sizes.
Step 2:
Twist the petals at the center to create two smaller petals.
Step 3:
Glue the petals together in the center point, pung them in their size
order.
Step 4:
Decorate the middle of the ower by using a dierent coloured paper.
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liquid glue/ glue gun
old newspapers, magazines, coloured paper
3 large cardboard pieces of the same size
(from cardboard boxes)
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Stool from cartboard
Add a pillow that can be made
of old t-shirts and enjoy
your new stool.
Did you know?
Cardboard, also named paperboard, was inially produced in 1817, in England.
The cardboard can be made from virgin paper or recycled waste paper. Usually,
the recycled paper is mixed with virgin bres (made directely from wood pulp)
to enhance strength.
Frank Gehry is the rst person who introduced the concept of cardboard
furniture to the designing world.
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recipe
tip
Step 1:
Start rolling the cardboard as rmly and ght as you can. Use the glue
to secure it from me to me.
Step 2:
When you nish rolling, add another piece. Use glue to secure
it and press unl it is rm enough.
Step 3:
When the roll is big enough, glue the end.
Step 4:
You can decorate the roll with coloured papers/magazines.
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Step 1:
Remove the label from plasc bole and cut it in half.
Cut the rough edges to have a straight pot
(use the scissors).
Step 2:
Paint the second half of the bole. This half
will serve as a tray for your pot.
Step 3:
You can decorate bole with dierent coloured
threads. Wrap the thread around the bole,
using the liguid glue to x it.
Step 4:
Make a hole in the plasc cap. Fill the other half
of the bole with soil.
Step 5:
Put the seeds into soil and water it. Place the rst
half into the other one as shown in the picture.
plasc bole
scissors
cuer
soil
seeds (for example: garden cress)
coloured threads
water colours
brush
plastic bottle f ower pot
recipe
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colorful threads
scissors
cuer
double sided tape
plasc bole ring
(a 4cm wide ring cut out from a bole)
stapler
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plastic bottle bracelet
Did you know?
Only around 27% of plasc boles are recycled.
PET plasc can be recycled into: clothing, berll for sleeping bags, toys
and more.
Plasc boles take 700 years to begin composng.
Plasc boles were rst used commercially in 1947. They quickly replaced
the glass bole used in food packaging.
Enough plasc is thrown away each year to circle the earth four mes.
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recipe
Step 1:
Cut the plasc ring and staple it at the right size of your wrist, so it can
be easily taken o.
Step 2:
Cover it with double sided tape on the outside.
Step 3:
Wrap the thread around the plasc ring as shown in the picture.
Step 4:
Add a small piece of tape on the inside of the circle so you can x
the loose end.
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Step 1:
Sew the 2 bird shapes together, starng from the upper
middle of the bird.
Step 2:
Stop 3 cm to the end and ll it in with the mixture of tea
and lavander.
Step 3:
Fold the ribbon in half and put it 1cm inside the bird. Finish sewing.
Step 4:
Place the bead (an eye) and wing as shown in the picture.
2 bird shape felt pieces
1 felt wing
1 bead
7 cm ribbon
dried tea
lavander essence
needle
thread
scissors
scented tea bags
recipe
tips
Mince the tea and add 1 drop
of lavander essence before
pung it inside the shape.
Use dierent colour felt pieces
for a nicer eect.
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t-shirt (preferably dark)
bleach
thread
small container
newspaper
heart paern
(see picture)
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New t-shirt from old one
Make a paern out of thick paper or cardboard,
according to
your preference.
Place the bleach in the sprinkler and sprinkle over the t-shirt
from a distance of 30 cm.
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recipe
t
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Step 1:
Put a piece of newspaper inside your t-shirt to prevent the bleach
leaking on the other side of the t-shirt.
Step 2:
Place the paern over the t-shirt. Pour the bleach into the container
and dip in a piece of thread. Place it over the t-shirt and let it dry.
Step 3:
Once the thread gets a bit dry, dip it again in the bleach and place
it over the shirt. Repeat unl you are sased with the paern you
created.
Step 4:
Let the t-shirt dry.
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texle shopping bag (blank)
colourful fabric
texle markers
scissors
needle
thread
buons or other accessories
21. reusable shopping bag
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recipe
Step 1:
Cut out vegetables shapes out of the used colourful fabric.
They can be dierent sizes.
Step 2:
Sew the fabric vegetable shapes on the shopping bag.
Step 3:
Use buons or other accessories to decorate your bag.
Step 4:
Take the bag with you when buying fruits, vegetables and other items
at local markets.
I always encourage my family to try to nd organic foods.
Lets go buy food at the market.
I cant wait to use my new shopping bag.
Childrens thoughts:
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1 14x15 cm material rectangle
1 6x5 cm material rectangle
thread
needle
brooch pin
pins
scissors
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bow tie
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recipe
Step 1:
Fold the material on its length, with the front side facing in. Sew the top,
using the backstch technique. Leave 3 cm free in the middle.
Step 2:
Once you nished, change the orientaon of the material so that
the stch you just made is on the middle. Sew down the open sides using
the backstch technique.
Step 3:
When you nish, turn the material inside out so that you have a nice
rectangle. Use the scissors to straighten the corners from the inside.
Step 4:
Fold the rectangle in the shape of a bow e and secure it with a pin.
Step 5:
Take the spare material and fold it in thirds lengthwise. Place it around
the middle of your bow e. Sew the smaller piece of material at the same
line with the stch on the backside of your bow e (all the stches
should align in the middle part). Use the pin to secure the materials
while you sew. Make sure that the stch you are now making is visible
only on the backside of your bow e. Cut the excess material.
Step 6:
Place the brooch pin on the back side of your bow e, over the stch you
just made to cover it up. Sew it through its holes to the material.
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scissors
needle
thread
jeans
petal paern
rice
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jeans juggling ball
Add a small piece of felt
on top of the joining points
to secure the stch.
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recipe
tip
Step 1:
Cut out 4 or 6 jeans petals and sew them together on the back side.
Step 2:
When you reach the last petal, leave one side open and turn it inside
out. Fill it with rice.
Step 3:
Stch the loose ends and enjoy your juggling ball.
Did you know?
Denim was designed in 1873 by Levi Strauss and originally it was used as casual
wear for miners and cowboys.
Denim is dyed blue using a few grams of indigo. However, 20 thousand tons
of indigo are produced anually for this purpose. The used look for jeans is made
by treang them with chemicals such as causc soda, acids, phenol and many
others.
A typical pair of jeans consumes over 2700 liters of water during its life cycle
(watering the coon crop, manufacture, home washes).
Over 50% of denim is produced in Asia, specically China, India, and Bangladesh
From one bale of coon 15 to 225 pairs of jeans can be made.
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Step 1:
Fold the paper in half. You will have 4 sets of paper, each from 5 sheets
of paper.
Step 2:
Make holes in the paper and cover as shown in the picture.
Step 3:
Cut out 2 elephant shapes from the scrap materials and sew it to the rst
cover. Add the ears separately.
Step 4:
Start binding the rst set of paper and the top cover as shown in the
image.
Step 5:
When adding a new set of paper, pass the needle under the thread
that connects the previous 2 elements, before going back into the holes.
Step 6:
Sew the last cover in the way you did with the rst one and make a knot
at the end.
2 x A6 felt piece
20 sheets of a5 paper
scissors
curved needle
pricker
2m coloured thick thread
material scraps
elephant paern
recipe
elephant notebook
tips
It feels so good to make something with your own hands.
Sew in single thread.
Keep the paper and
the stch ght
so your notebook will
be rm at the end.
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participants thought:
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Did you know?
In the 19th century, wearing gloves was absolutely neccessary in the high society.
It was only acceptable to remove the gloves for having dinner.
In the Medieval mes, people were wearing gloves as a sign of power and wealth. Miens
were worn by common people.
Miyako Kanamori is a famous Japanesse arst who makes stued toys from gloves
and socks.
You can use the other
ngers of the glove
to make nger rabbits.
1 glove
scissors
thread
needle
padding
buons
felt scraps
25.
glove rabbit
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recipe
t
ip
www.logoworkgloves.com I www.goleathergloves.com
Step 1:
Cut the glove as shown in the picture.
Step 2:
Turn it on the inside and sew down the loose ends. Leave 4 cm free and
turn in on the front side.
Step 3:
Fill the shape with the padding and nish sewing.
Step 4:
Return with the needle to the middle of the boom part and sew up
4 cm to form the legs.
Step 5:
Add the eyes, mouth, teeth and hands as shown in the picture.
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1 e
scissors
needle
thread
felt scraps
26.
Did you know?
The necke originated from a silk scarf worn by Croaan soldiers. The rst name
given to the e was cravat."
A good quality silk e will require approximately 110 silkworm cocoons.
A person who collects es is called a Grabatologist.
300 years ago, the English developed neckwear so thick it could be used to protect
against a sword thrust. Today, it is possible to buy a bulletproof e.
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recipe
www.swaggerandswoon.com
snake tie pocket
Step 1:
Fold the e to the size you would like the pocket to be and cut it.
Step 2:
Cut a piece of felt and sew it on the loose end of the e to cover it up.
Step 3:
Decorate the e, sew the eyes and tongue. Aach the closing strip
as shown in the picture.
Step 4:
Sew down the sides to form the pocket.
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scissors
clean jar
liquid glue
colourful coon threads
27.
Did you know?
The screw-top Mason jar for home canning appeared in 1858.
The energy from recycling one glass bole can power a computer for 30 minutes.
Glass is made from sand, soda ash and limestone. The fourth ingredient
is the addion of chemicals to give glass their color.
Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss in quality
or purity. Over a ton of natural resources are saved for every ton of glass recycled.
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recipe
Step 1:
Add glue at the base of the jar and start wrapping the thread around.
Add glue from me to me to secure the thread.
Step 2:
Once you nished, decorate the vase with colourful accessories.
jar vase vol. 1
www.bolesupglass.com I www.gpi.org
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clean jar
special glass colours
2 brushes
coloured thread
liquid glue
scissors
28.
Make sure the paints
are non-toxic
and keep the room
venlated
throughout the acvity.
jar vase vol. 2
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recipe
tip
Step 1:
Paint the lower part of the jar and turn it upside down.
Step 2:
Add glue just under the color line, using the clean brush.
Step 3:
Start wrapping the coloured thread around the jar, adding glue from
me to me. Make sure the thread is well ght so it wont fall.
Step 4:
Once the boom is dry, ip it and paint the top as well. This me,
use less paint so it wont drip on the thread.
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empty n can
rubber bands or ribbon
used chopscks
(it takes about 40 to cover the outside of a can completely)
glue tack, scky puy for placing posters on walls
opon 1:
liquid to colour chopscks; opons: beet juice, coee,
black currant juice (soak the chopscks in liquid overnight, then dry)
opon 2:
coloured paint to color chopscks
thin string and colourful washi-tape.
Chopstick Vase 29.
I cant imagine how many chop scks are thrown away each day.
This vase will look beauful with fresh owers.
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recipe
Step 1:
Use the paint to add colour to the chopscks or soak them in the natural juice,
coee or other liquids to change their colour.
Step 2:
Allow the chopscks to dry aer colouring.
Step 3:
Place the chopscks in place vercally around the n can using glue tack
and rubber bands. Two small pieces of glue tack on each sck is usually
enough to hold it in place. Place enough chopscks around the can to cover
the exterior enrely. Use rubber bands for extra holding assistance.
Step 4:
Once all of the scks are in place, wrap the string, twine or ribbon around
the chopscks and secure it ghtly with a knot. Place at least two securing
wraps around the scks, about 7-10 cm apart from each other.
Step 5:
Decorate the vase by adding owers and aaching any other upcycled
accessories you have available to it.
participants thoughts:
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3
0
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Egg box f owers
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egg box
scissors
cuer
painng colours
brush
buons
green wire threads
beads
pricker
jewelry plier
M
ake sure the ower is dry, otherwise it m
ight rip when you
add the wire.
Use coloured beads to decorate the
leaves.
recipe
t
ips
Step 1:
Cut out the box into small pieces using the cuer as shown
in the picture.
Step 2:
Cut out the ower shape and paint it into dierent colours.
Step 3:
Once the ower is dry, use the pricker to make 2 holes into the boom.
Step 4:
Add the green wire and the buon in the middle of the ower.
Step 5:
Add a bead under the ower and twist the end of the wire to secure
it creang a spiral using the plier.
Step 6:
To form the leaf, fold the wire in half and twist the loose end with
the plier.
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scissors
glue / glue gun
string
mirror
egg box
cardboard
cuer
You can paint the owers
in the dierent colours.
If you want to hang
the mirror, make two holes
in the frame
and e a piece of string,
as long as you want it to be.
31.
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recipe
tips
Step 1:
Cut the cardboard according to the size of the mirror plus an extra 5cm
on each side.
Step 2:
Glue the mirror in the middle of cardboard frame.
Step 3:
Cut the egg box into small pieces using the cuer. Then cut out ower
shapes.
Step 4:
Glue more owers together and then glue them around the mirror.
Egg box mirror
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Tetra pak
scissors
self adhesive hook-and-loop
fasteners
coloured tapes
32.
Tetra pak wallet
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recipe
Step 1:
Clean the Tetra pak, aen the package and cut o the upper
and the lower part.
Step 2:
To form the lid cut one fourth of the front part of the box and leave only
the back wall.
Step 3:
Fold the sides inwards.
Step 4:
Put coloured tapes on the sharp edges.
Step 5:
Fold the Tetra pak in half and aach it together with a stapler to form
two pockets.
Step 6:
Aach a hook-and-loop fastener on the closing parts.
Did you know?
Tetra Pak was created in 1951 by Ruben Rausing, who wanted to nd a way
of prepackaging liquids, that will use a less amount of material.
The package contains muple layers of aluminium, paper and polyethylene and it cannot
be recycled as normal paper waste, demanding specic recycling plants.
Tetra Pak company is now working on making a Green Plasc cap, a renewable plasc
made from sugar cane which performs its job just like the fossil based plasc.
www.tetrapak.com I www.wastewatch.org I www.campaign.tetrapak.com
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mature small poed plants/owers
pong soil
plasc bole
scissors
hand shovels
craing eyes
1 plasc bole cap
33. organic farming
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recipe
Green buddy - pot from plastic bottle
Everyone could have an organic garden at home.
Ill remember to keep my plant watered, sunny and happy.
Childrens thoughts:
Step 1:
Cut o one third from the top of the plasc bole. Poke a few holes
in the boom of the bole.
Step 2:
Place a 2 cm layer of soil.
Step 3:
Put the mature seedlings into the pot and add extra soil to make sure
sucient amount surrounds the plant.
Step 4:
Aach the eyes to the front of the bole and use the bole cap
as a nose so that the pot now has a face.
Step 5:
Water it and place it in a sunny, warm place. This is your own organic
garden.
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Use this lesson to teach a group of children about local
and seasonal food issues. Prepare a discussion about
where food comes from, why food is important for
humans, animals and the planet. Discuss what people
eat in dierent parts of the world and how our eang
habits have changed a lot in the past few decades.
Conclude by menoning that no maer where we live
we can always nd locally grown food.
aim
Seasonal Food Calendar 34.
Acvity 1:
Use old folders or cardboard to prepare sets of 24 small square shapes. Draw
or print 12 matching pairs of season vegetables on one side of the squares,
and leave the other side blank. Use these card to play memory where kids take
turns trying to create matches out of the turned over cards.
Acvity 2:
Draw your favorite fruit and veggie staon: Encourage the children to draw
pictures of their favorite fruits, veggies and farm animals with coloured pencils,
markers, and crayons (we will use these later).
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Step 1:
You need one page for each month and a front and back cover. Make two
holes in the pages and ght them together with a string. On each page write
the name of a month.
Step 2:
Make a list of fruits and vegetables that are available each month in your
locaon. List fruits and veggies that can be grown in your country only.
Step 3:
You can either print out fruit and veggie sckers which correspond with
the products available in each season or, beer yet, draw pictures of the
veggies available in each month.
Step 4:
Decorate the front and back cover.
old folders
puncher
string
crayons
paint
markers
clean paper sheets
recipe
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craing rivets (nd rivets at a cra store that snap
together, forming openable and closeable buons)
rivet closing chisel
bike inner re
scissors
punching pliers or hole puncher able to create a hole
in the inner bike tube
creave rivets (stars, shapes, colourful rivets)
bracelet
If desired, add addional creave
rivets to the bracelet.
35. bike tire
I like to ride my bike near the river.
We could use bike tubes to make anything.
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Childrens thoughts:
recipe
Step 1:
Measure and cut the bike inner tube into pieces long enough to t
around your wrist of with a 3 cm overlap.
Step 2:
Use the punching plier to make holes at the ends of the bike tube strap.
For thin tubes, only one snap will be needed on each side, for thicker
tubes, use two snaps on each side.
Step 3:
Connect the snap rivets making sure to align them properly so that they
can snap together around your wrist. Secure snaps to rubber strap.
tip
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1. How can we reduce the amount of waste produced?
Decrypon of the abbreviaon 3R
Use this topic to teach students about consuming less, upcycling and recycling.
Show photos of landlls, polluon, recycling centers and common trash arcles
and ask students about why reducing waste is important. End the discussion
by promong the three Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle, while making sure
to promote reducon of waste creaon.
2. How to save the energy?
Use this topic to teach students about energy conservaon in their homes, why
it is important to use less energy at home and in school and that electrical items
that we leave plugged sll consume electricity even if they are turned o. Design
a discussion or presentaon which talks about how we heat our homes and
schools, where electricity comes from and how this aects our environment.
Make sure to menon that we create less greenhouse gas emissions and take less
fossil fuel out of the ground when we consume energy smarter. Menon that
there are new alternave energy soluons (wind mills, solar energy, etc) which
are helping us produce cleaner energy. Introduce the concept of the energy
vampire which can represent energy wasng (leaving on lights, TVs and
computers when we dont need them) and leaving items plugged in that we are
not using. Let them know that we they will create energy vampire bats
to remind them to conserve energy at home.
3. How to eat locally and seasonally?
Use this topic to teach a group of young children about local and seasonal food
issues. Prepare a discussion about where food comes from, why food
is important for humans, animals and the planet. Discuss what people eat
in dierent parts of the world and how our eang habits have changed a lot in the
past few decades. Conclude by menoned that no maer where we live we can
nd locally grown food and learning more about what is available each season
is a good place to start.
DISCUSSION TOPICS
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4. What is organic farming?
Design a discussion or presentaon which talks about the way food is produced
in your country. Menon that most of the food that we eat comes from large
farms in our country or from big farms far away. Explain that when farms grow
large amounts of the same crops over and over, they must use chemical
pescides and ferlizers to protect crops and return the nutrients to the soil that
are taken out when growing monoculture crops. Menon that it is possible
to nd foods that have been grown locally using methods that protect the soil
and make healthy environments for birds, insects and microscopic bacteria.
Explain that organic farming is an ocially cered farming method in Europe
and one that encourages farmers to grow food without harmful chemicals,
to rotate crops to protect the soil, to raise animals by giving them lots of space
and food that is healthy for them. Menon that some of the best ways to learn
more about how food is grown and where is comes from, is to buy food
in markets directly from the producers who grew it.
5. How to repair a bike?
This lesson would be most eecve if combined with a trip to a local bike shop
or perhaps with a group bike trip which focuses on bike safety and bike repair
knowledge building. Come up with creave ways to introduce the environmental
benets of alternave transport. If you have the help of local bike repair
professionals, perhaps stage a simple bike repair workshop with your student
group.
CREATIVE RECYCLING is a project iniated by DAvent NGO in Bucharest, Romania
in 2011. The iniave came up from our wish to encourage people to be more
responsible towards the environment in a creave way. We decided to organize
creave recycling workshops where people could learn ways in which they can
transform a waste material into a new praccal thing. This way, they would become
more aware about their consumerism footprint and how they could minimize it.
In January 2013, our project was selected as one of 13 green iniaves in the
world by GEEBIZ (Green Economy Eco-Business Innovaon Iniave ) and we *
presented CREATIVE RECYCLING in New York at the Youth Assembly.
This made us believe even more in our iniave, so in February 2013 we
launched the CREATIVE RECYCLING iniave in Cieszyn, Poland, as part of Fundacja
Laja, a wonderful cultural organizaon. Here we are , and , three Patricia Anita Hanka
young women that believe every lile change can make a dierence.
We started by organising the EARTH WEEK in April 2013, one week
of events where people could learn about environmental friendly and healthy
cosmecs, green construcons and vercal gardens, vegetarian food and how they
can reuse waste and turn it into accessories or praccal things. Soon aer, we realized
that more and more people are interested in our program so we decided to introduce
CREATIVE RECYCLING as part of school acvies. We came up with the idea
of making a CREATIVE RECYCLING Guide for teachers and youth workers, a book
that will consist of tutorials they could easily use in their acvies to promote eco
responsibility among children and youth. We cooperated with schools and local
organisaons and we are just geng started. The best thing about CREATIVE
RECYCLING is that everyone can do it, wherever they are, as the only thing you need
is passion and the will to make a dierence.
creative Recycling
* www.issuu.com/peacechildint/docs/online_nal__1_/1
PRELES organisaon is a non-governmental organisaon
focused on supporng personal growth and development
through creang harmony within people, among people
and between people and nature. The vision is to develop acve
cizenship by acknowledging ones own strength and the power
of people.
PETRKL HELP is based in esk Tn and is closely working
with FUNDACJA LAJA. Working in the eld of culture and
educaon, PETRKL is organising meengs with travelers,
Backpacking journalism, workshops with children and youth
about dierent cultures of the world.
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partners description
FUNDACJA LAJA works in the eld of alternave educaon and
mul-culturality by organising events aimed at oering the local
community an opportunity to discover new perspecves of the
world. The organizaon encourages young people to be more
involved in their community life by oering them a space and
the support they need to develop their own acvies.
SUSTAINABLE CEU represents Central European Universitys
connual quest in becoming a model of sustainability
in higher educaon. The acvism group aims at developing
innovave educaon and outreach programs for the University
community, as well as organising sustainable events which
strengthen the bond with the local Budapest community.
SUSTAINABLE CEU - Hungary
PRELES - Slovakia
PETRKL HELP - Czech republic
FUNDACJA LAJA - Poland
www.petrklichelp.cz
www.facebook.com/PetrklicHelp
www.preles.sk
www.facebook.com/Preles
www.laja.pl
www.facebook.com/FundacjaLaja
www.ceu.hu
www.facebook.com/sustainable.ceu
May 2014
Cieszyn I Poland
Printed locally on recycled paper. Decorated manually.
Made with a lot of good feelings and posive energy.
design
cREATive RECYcLING
Hanna Kaczerowska I Anita Kramarczyk I Patricia Drgan
special thanks to:
Mariola Kluzov Hana Pietrov Michaela Novisedlkov Logan Strenchock Vladimir Randa I I I I
Photos and texts taken and edited in cooperaon with partner organisaons:
FUNDACJA LAJA I I I SUSTAINABLE CEU PRELES PETRKL HELP
Source of photos on:
p. 13: www.howaboutorange.blogspot.cz
p. 69: www.recipris.com
The project is FInanced by Visegrad Funds