Month 13: The Month of Bottle Cutting
Hello!!! Welcome back!! And Happy Halloween :) They don't celebrate down here (devil holiday in a Christian country and all that), and everyone who knows me knows that Halloween is one of my favorites days of the year. Definitely feeling a little sad but I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's costumes back home!! Send me lots of pictures please - I'm living vicariously through you all. October was such a fun month, and we started working on LOTS of fun new projects!! As the name of this post reveals, this month I did a lot of bottle cutting. Why? Because middle and high school kids love arts and crafts projects. After giving a presentation on the importance of recycling, and talking about all the wonderful products we can make from recycled materials, I led about five (5!!!!) different groups in an activity in which we cut up old empty wine bottles and turned them into water glasses. This was not an easy process. Not only does it require someone to get a classroom ...