| There are many art projects you can engage in by | | | | 1 cup granulated sugar |
| using water bottles. This is a great way to create | | | | Plastic or acrylic jewels, beads and confetti |
| something beautiful whilst recycling. Encourage your | | | | Paint |
| young ones and others to go GREEN with these | | | | Marker pen (choice of color is infinite) |
| crafts endeavors. | | | | Thumbtack or glue |
| Lava lamp | | | | First, make sure that the bottle is clean and free |
| All you need are simple materials that can be found in | | | | from all labels. Using your marker pen, write a note or |
| the kitchen or around the house: - | | | | poem on the stationery paper. Tie the note with |
| 1 transparent bottle with cap | | | | some ribbon, leaving one end and attaching it to the |
| Water | | | | end of the bottle cap using a thumb tack or glue. Set |
| Food coloring | | | | it aside. Pour sugar into the bottle, enough to ensure |
| Either vegetable or mineral oil | | | | that the letter is visible in the neck for easy removal. |
| 1 flashlight | | | | Now, drop the beads, confetti or jewels into the |
| Salt or baking soda | | | | sugar. Carefully, push the note into the neck of the |
| First, fill the water bottle with oil, about three | | | | bottle. Make sure that the long end of the ribbon is |
| quarters and add on water. Leave a little space at | | | | also in the neck and put in the cap. Decorate your |
| the top. The water will descend to the bottom and | | | | bottle using paint, making your designs as festive as |
| minute bubbles will emerge. Add a few drops of food | | | | possible. |
| coloring, two or more to add dimension. It will take a | | | | Recycled garden |
| few moments for the color to merge. Switch on the | | | | A garden made from recycled bottles and other easy |
| flashlight and point it to the makeshift lamp. Drop little | | | | to find materials. |
| bits of baking soda or salt into the concoction, and | | | | Empty 2 liter bottles |
| voila, you now have your very own unique | | | | Paint |
| home-made lava lamp. To get the same effect later | | | | Pipe cleaners |
| on, attach the cap on the bottle and turn it upside | | | | Dryer sheets |
| down. A word of caution - do not expose the lava | | | | Drinking straws |
| lamp to high temperatures as it can explode. | | | | Construction paper (various colors) |
| Water bottle hat | | | | Popsicle sticks |
| A contraption your children will love. | | | | Glue |
| 2 socks with cuffs folded | | | | Cardboard box |
| 2 plastic water bottles | | | | Styrofoam bowl (for containing paint) |
| 2 pieces of aquarium plastic tubing, preferably 42 | | | | Fashion flowers out of the dryer sheets, and place |
| inches | | | | them one inside the other. This can be done by |
| 1 baseball cap | | | | dipping each cut flower into a Styrofoam bowl filled |
| To start off, sew the socks directly unto sides of | | | | with paint. Do not forget to lightly pinch the flowers |
| baseball cap. Discard the bottles' caps and fill with | | | | in the center. Next, wrap the pipe cleaners around |
| water. Thrust the plastic tubing through the holes | | | | the pinched areas and twist to hold the flowers. Fluff |
| made vacant by the discarded caps and place the | | | | the flowers to make them seem alive. To form the |
| bottles in the sock pockets. You can further embellish | | | | stems, slip the pipe cleaners down into the drinking |
| the water bottle hat with stickers or drawings. | | | | straws. Utilizing the cardboard box as the base, cut |
| Message in a Bottle | | | | out one side and start decorating with construction |
| This is a beautiful piece of art that can be tailored for | | | | paper. You can fashion a fence using Popsicle sticks. |
| any special occasion. | | | | To hold the flowers in place, cut the bottom of the |
| Empty water bottle | | | | water bottle and place it upside down into the |
| Ribbons | | | | bottom of the box. For grass, use green construction |
| 1 sheet of stationery paper | | | | paper. |