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More recycled toys and something for Valentine´s!

                                   We have made some new recycled toys,

 crochet bunnies this time.

We also made some lovely rubber stamps for Valentine´s day.
Stamps are made of empty tape rolls.



Warming hearts tutorial

1. You need two pieces of fleece fabric (left overs from craft), a piece of baking paper to draw the Valentine's Day heart on, oat grains and thread.

2. Attach the heart to the two pieces of fabric (wrong sides out) with pins.

3. Sew along the line. Remember to leave a small hole for the oat grain filling.

 

4. Tear the baking paper off and cut the heart from the fabric leaving approximately 1 cm seam allowance.

 

5. Turn the heart's right sides out and fill loosely with oat grain.

6. Close the filling hole sewing by hand.

7.Now the Valentine's Day hearts are ready. Put the heart in to a microwave owen for a few minutes and enjoy the warmth.

One of our tasks was to save our Christmas tree's roots and replat it outside. Because we have frost (the ground is also frozen) we can't plant anything for a while. Instead we can use wood for heating or we can compost it. Wood is a renewable natural resource in Finland. We have approximately 26 million hectares of forest and we try to take good care of it. On spring we plant small birches (photo). In time they will grow into a new forest. We have also planted some apple trees, cherry trees, pear trees and plum trees to our school garden.

Recycled decoration: Ice Lanterns

We finally got snow and frost. The temperature is about -20 degrees outside and the sun is shining.We made some painted ice lanterns. Looks nice with candles at night.

Recycled Small Frisbees Made of Old Jeans

 

More Recycled Angry Birds!

Recycled Angry Birds!