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Six projects to do with plastic bottles and jugs

By David J. Brooks
From the September 2008 Boys' Life magazine

Recycle empty bottles and jugs into these fun and useful projects.

1. Ten-Minute Bird Feeder

Cut four holes two inches from the bottom on each side of a half-gallon milk jug. Below each hole, make a small hole and poke dowels or sticks through the feeder. Ask an adult to drill a small hole in the cap.
Attach a string or metal coat hanger, fill with birdseed and hang it up.

2. Self-Watering Planter

Cut the top third off a two-liter plastic bottle. Ask an adult to drill a small hole in the cap. Pass a string through the hole. Fill the bottom of the bottle about half way with water. Place the top upside-down in the bottom and put in your plant. The string will wick up the water into the soil.

3. Ball Toss Game

Cut the bottoms off two one-gallon milk jugs. Make a ball from rolled-up
plastic grocery bags and tape. Enjoy a game of catch.

4. Quicker Berry Picker

Cut a hand-size hole opposite the handle on a one-gallon milk jug. Slide the handle onto your belt. You’re ready to pick and hold more berries.

5. Flying Saucers

Cut the bottom from a milk jug about three inches high. Cut three or four three-inch circles from the upper part of the jug. Try to sail the disks into the milk-jug bottom.

6. Garden Scoop or Boat Bailer

Cut a one-gallon milk jug at an angle as shown. This is great for spreading compost or removing water from a boat.

Read 17 comments about “Six projects to do with plastic bottles and jugs”

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1. 17 - 77554 says:
   November 2nd, 2008 at 6:13 pm

   rad

2. 16 - willtron 4000 says:
   November 1st, 2008 at 4:37 pm

   cool!

3. 15 - bible boy says:
   October 17th, 2008 at 10:47 pm

   We need something kooler like traps

4. 14 - basketball101 says:
   October 13th, 2008 at 9:02 pm

   i did the second one today

5. 13 - Buck tooth says:
   October 12th, 2008 at 6:33 am

   That is way too simple do something alout cooler!

6. 12 - sonicx says:
   October 11th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

   i really like the second one

7. 11 - THE MAN says:
   October 9th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

   awsome i will do all 6

8. 10 - eagle or bust says:
   October 1st, 2008 at 6:33 pm

   COOL

9. 9 - Zsaverman says:
   September 25th, 2008 at 7:03 pm

   That self-watering planter was a great idea!

10. 8 - rat says:
    September 23rd, 2008 at 5:54 pm

    I Love those ideas

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