Earth Day Craft: Upcycling

Earth Day is today. I created this craft to incorporate several items and show children how to save energy, and how to upcycle (ooh la la, sounds so much cooler than re-use) materials.

We try not to purchase plastic water bottles, but to use our own sports bottles, however, there are situations when this is impossible. So I used one.

If you have pre- or school-aged children, you are probably stuck with an assortment of leftover pencils from Valentine's, Halloween ... I used two of those.

In order to make the holes, I did not use the convenient (however battery-powered) drill. No, I hand drilled with a sharp object. I did sweat a little ...

Plus the whole thing should be incorporated in the garden, and help some animals, which it does.

Click on the photos to see how we made this bird feeder.