trash to treasure

Every month at school we have "activity period." when we were in school it was called "club day." students sign up for the activity they want to participate in and then we meet 1-2 times per month.

For years, i did arts and crafts with janet, which was a blast...probably more for me than her because she seemed to always get stuck with figuring out what we were going to do!

I decided about a month or so ago that i wanted to turn my activity period "green."

our first activity period is next week and i'm really looking forward to it. we're going to tie dye and then decide on future projects.

there are some fantastic ideas out there. if you ever wonder what to do with old CD cases or bubble wrap or t-shirts that don't fit, there is a craft for it!

here is a list of some things i'd like to offer as projects:

-pen holder out of CD cases
-shopping bags out of t-shirts
-jewelry out of metal washers
-surreal collage pictures out of magazines and catalogs
-dog toys out of old t-shirts

and on and on.

i can't wait to send you pictures of what we come up with! until then i am going to keep searching for ideas!