How To Make A Branch Tree Video. Tips For Sustainable Giving. How To Have A Green Christmas. Each year, 50 million Christmas trees are purchased in the U.S.
Of those, about 30 million go to the landfill. And added to this is the carbon cost in transporting all these trees to the landfill. Much of the environmental costs associated with the holidays can be reduced by simple awareness and some pre-planning. • Reuse or recycle gift packing materials Bubble wrap can be stored for reuse, or recycled. Foam packing chips are not as easily recycled; if you don't want to store this material for reuse, take it to a shipping center like Mailboxes. etc, who will accept it for their own use. Note: Never burn Christmas tree branches in your fireplace.
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Recycled Drink Bottle Star. An easy to make Christmas Tree Star from a 24 oz.
Pepsi Bottle.Materials:1 Pepsi bottle 24 oz.1 piece of 5/8" ID PVC pipe 4" long1 Styrofoam ball 2" dia.Silver paint, adhesive spay, 2 part epoxy, and glitterTools:Scissors, pliers, felt marker, and paint brushSteps:1. Cut the top section off the bottle right at the top off the label, remove label.2. Make a marker line at the top off bottle at the center point of each of the knobs on the bottom of the bottle as in first photo below.3.
Cut from the line to the outside edges of the knobs on the bottom of the bottle as in first photo.4. Recycled PET Bottle Christmas Stars. Once upon a time, bottle bases were recycled to make glass tiles.
Today, we can recycle the bottoms of plastic water, juice or olive oil bottles into twinkling stars with a snip of the scissors. These transparent decorations reflect light from every direction and make eye-catching beaded garlands or hanging decorations suspended from a bit of wire. For a set of five stars and three snowflakes, set aside eight plastic bottles.
They can be colored or clear. Slice off the bottom end of each bottle using a serrated knife. To make a star, cut out triangle-shaped shapes from the sides. Paper Moravian Star Tutorial. After I posted my Christmas tree last week, I had a few requests for instructions on how to make the paper star.
I think it might be hard to write out, but here it goes... Materials: - 4 strips of paper; 3/4" wide by at least 17" long - thread or string to hang You will find large sheets of paper in an art supply store or the art section at Michael's or Hobby Lobby. I use a self-healing mat, straightedge, and rotary cutter to cut the strips of paper.
Cardboard Christmas Star. This has been my first experience decorating a Christmas tree as an adult.
After university, I always lived overseas and traveled on my holiday break. Once we moved to Japan and started our family, the girls were always so little and then there was the question of space, storage and living or artificial tree. I ended up finding a little artificial tree at the recycling center and the girls have fallen in love with it. They made pomanders, threaded glass beads and popcorn, and covered it with the 100 tiny paper cranes that one of my husband’s students gave to him several years ago. We were missing a star though, and although the one I made for the top is a little serious for our kid- decorated tree, I hope we will grow into it over time. Simple Steps: I used recycled gold cardboard that I’ve collected, but you can use thin cardboard and gold paint to get a similar effect.
DIY: Alternative Christmas Trees. Simple Homemade DIY Gifts.