Discarded plastic bags are a big problem.
They often drift into the ocean and kill
or disable thousands of marine animals
and seabirds each year.
You can help keep more bags from
ending up in the trash! Recycle your
bags — or better yet, use cloth shopping
bags instead.
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Grocery Bag Balls
Don’t forget to ask your
parents for help!
African kids who are poor
can’t afford to buy toys, so
they make them. See if you
can make a ball like kids in
Africa do!
Supplies:
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2
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Wad 5 bags
into a ball.
6 plastic shopping bags
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Place the wad
of bags into
another bag.
Close the bag.
(grocery size)
Yarn or twine
Wrap the handles
of the bag around
the wad and tie
the ends.
Wrap the twine or
yarn around the
ball and tie the
ends. You are now
ready for a game
of soccer!
Paper Beads
Supplies:
5 pages from
old catalogs
or magazines
wider than the top of the strip.
Make the strips 1/2 inch at the
base and 10 inches long.
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Take 1 of the triangles you have
made. Tightly roll it around
the skewer. Glue down the tip.
Continue rolling your triangles onto
the skewer and leave them to dry.
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Ta-da! Your beads are now
ready to be made into beautiful,
colorful creations!
1 bottle of
glue or one
glue stick
Africans often use recycled items to
make beautiful jewelry, like these
beads made from recycled paper.
Try making the beads, and then
string them together to make
necklaces or bracelets.
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compassion explorer
1 wooden
skewer
How to:
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Cut triangle-shaped strips out of
your catalog or magazine pages.
The bottom of the strip should be
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