Liceo classico e linguistico B. Secusio Caltagirone Comenius project Something from nothing Eco jewellery competition

The competition was open to high school students in Caltagirone. The date of entry was from March 15 th to f May 28 th The aim of the competition was to increase awareness about recycling. Knowing the importance of recycling should be a must for everybody today because being aware of our responsibilities is a step towards saving our planet. Our daily gestures can make a difference, we don’t have to start big. Every effort counts, small or big. And as we become more and more familiar with the habit of recycling, we can find our own creative ways of reducing, reusing and recycling!

The students created some objects revealing all their creativity with little things such as ribbons, buttons, zips, plastic bottles, bottle caps ….. The winners were announced by the headmistress on June,6 th at a meeting.

The winners:first : Sara Ciffo Materials Pieces of plastic material Colours Candle Chain Brooch back Instructions 1 Cut some pieces of plastic material in the shape of flower petals and leaves 2 Paint the pieces as you like 3 Decorate with beads, apply a necklace chain or a brooch back This bracelet and necklace are a beautiful reworking of an oft overlooked material: plastic

Second : Virginia Interlandi An elegant reuse of plastic bottles Materials: plastic bottles, hooks, three 1 euro cent coins, cord Instructions: create flower shapes using the bottoms of six bottles. Trim off the sharp edges and create different shapes by warming the plastic pieces over the flame of a candle. Position a flower shape on another piece and apply a dab of glue, use a needle make a hole in one petal and add hooks for the earrings and cord for the necklace, decorate each shape with a coin

third joint place: Alessia Giordano and Rossana Todaro An elegant example of reusing items that most people throw away or push to the back of cluttered drawers: well done!!! Materials Gold thread- beads- pieces of plastic bottles - ribbon Insert the gold thread through the beads ( 4 beads for each piece), position the beads on the pieces of plastic bottles, wrap the gold thread around the pieces, insert the ribbon to make a bracelet. You can also create a pair of earrings

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Thanks to everyone for submitting their wonderful creations