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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Artful Recycled Letters

Oh boy, this is hilarious. I just knew it would turn out this way--why does Blogger insist on posting your photos in the opposite order that you downloaded them?! Oh well, so this is backwards. Just figure it out....Here's the story:
My oldest daughter, Jennifer, is an 8th grade science teacher, and getting her classroom ready for the new school year. She wanted to use recycled materials for the letters, and asked for my help in figuring them out and cutting them out. So here are the completed letters for her bulletin board.
Some of these materials were hers and some were mine. I even dug into the garbage to retrieve the popcorn bag! Come on, you would have done it too--look at the cool effect for the letter E! So it says, Imagine the Possibilities... The 3 dots at the end are the centers of old CD's. That's my favorite. Hope she likes it.

7 comments:

  1. Very cool. It reminds me of a pencil case my son just bought made out of a chips bag. Makes me wonder how many possibilities I just toss out in the trash...

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  2. I always love the artwork and the colors of containers, wine labels, labels on jam jars, etc. What fun!

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  3. Yes, I LOVE these letters, Mom! I have had many fabulous comments about them. It takes people a bit to figure out what it says (all the different colors and shapes and widths), but that's part of the fun of watching them investigate and admire it! :)

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  4. You have me diggin into my trash RIGHT NOW!
    Loved that idea! What a cool daughter

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  5. It's great! I'm imagining the possibilities now!

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  6. How creative. Great way to recycle and it looks colorful and cheerful. Hey more intriguing reading it backwards, a challenge! I find myself drawn in for a closer look which makes it all that more intriguing and fascinating.How wonderful creative letters will adorn a science class. Great way to marry arts and sciences.
    I can just see using those in a collage piece, I can only imagine.

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  7. What a great idea. These were so creative and a great way to get kids thinking about recycling.

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