Well, if this igloo doesn't beat them all. Build an adorable, functional, and very "green" space for the kids by recycling milk jugs. If you start saving now, you could have a substantial structure by next winter!
Flickr user Tombritt took this photo in a teacher's classroom in 2007, and we can't believe this idea didn't take off back then. While we've seen several mentioned as projects for elementary school classrooms, it seems like a great project for the backyard, too. In the process of gathering supplies, kids can learn about planning a project and exercising patience to see it through.
What do you think? Would you DIY an igloo to recycle milk jugs?
(Image: Flickr user Tombritt; used with permission)
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That ideas has been around for a long time in classrooms - I know we had one in my kindergarten classroom and I'm 27 (and I'm sure they were even around before that). Much easier with classrooms since we can collect from many families, but still do-able for a single family if you drink enough milk (and maybe get some from friends).
Great idea for the kids... but not a good idea for outside. Milk jugs 'sunburn' and turn brittle when exposed to sunshine. After a while they will shatter and degrade.
With 7 milk drinkers in put family, we'd have enough jugs for an igloo within a couple of months:)
But who has room for something like that indoors? And how sturdy is it, really?
What happened to snow forts and tents made of blankets and bedsheets? This igloo is unnecessary.
I agree with JASMINEISDOMESTIC. My nieces and nephews like 'tents' made out of bedsheets and blankets. And they always want a door. This just wouldn't do it for them but I applaud the work and time this must have taken to put together.
Just when I was trying to forgeet my fruity pebbles addiction O_o
Clever idea, but for a larger space than a home. How about the children's area in a library. My grand kids would love it for a few hours, and then it would just take up space. However, in a public space they can make new friends, read a book, and not have the committment to use it all the time.
this is too cute for a classroom.... even though i do not use it for my current job, i have an elementary ed degree and kids looooove stuff like this for the reading area in a classroom. most of the time its either a special chair or a rug or something... this would encourage them to want to sit in there and read! i think it is great!
The Library in Oak Park, Illinois has this up right now with snow books inside and it is a huge hit.
The plastic bottle supply company I like to use sells brand new 1 gallon jugs for about $1.18 each. It would be cheaper and more fun just to raid the recycling bins in the neighborhood.
it's an interesting idea and visually kind of neat, but having garbage in my surroundings is not my idea of aesthetically pleasing, however eco-friendly it may be.