BL Workshop
Six projects to do with plastic bottles and jugs
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.
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Sep. 10, 2008 at 6:01 pm
i thought the bird feeder is a good idea
Sep. 19, 2008 at 5:35 pm
TOO SIMPLE ,DO SOMETHING COOLER.
Sep. 20, 2008 at 7:31 am
You have bright ideas in recycling used plastic jugs into practical use. Regards from the Philippines.
Sep. 21, 2008 at 3:49 pm
i think all those 6 projects are good to do
Sep. 21, 2008 at 3:53 pm
TOO SIMPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep. 21, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Do somthing COOLER
Sep. 22, 2008 at 4:07 pm
really cool i like th idea of the berry picker holder
Sep. 23, 2008 at 5:54 pm
I Love those ideas
Sep. 25, 2008 at 7:03 pm
That self-watering planter was a great idea!
Oct. 1, 2008 at 6:33 pm
COOL
Oct. 9, 2008 at 5:37 pm
awsome i will do all 6
Oct. 11, 2008 at 10:48 pm
i really like the second one
Oct. 12, 2008 at 6:33 am
That is way too simple do something alout cooler!
Oct. 13, 2008 at 9:02 pm
i did the second one today
Oct. 17, 2008 at 10:47 pm
We need something kooler like traps
Nov. 1, 2008 at 4:37 pm
cool!
Nov. 2, 2008 at 6:13 pm
rad
Dec. 4, 2008 at 8:10 am
cool im in cubscouts i think we should do it
Dec. 4, 2008 at 4:37 pm
card board orange juice cartons r better for bird feeders ’cause if they fall they decompose
Dec. 10, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Awsome
Jan. 1, 2009 at 12:53 am
What about a fish feeder using half of a empty milk jug. Poke/drill a hole in the cap, crumble the food, put food in top of jug, watch fish eat.
Jan. 2, 2009 at 11:24 am
I thought the SELF- WATERING PLANTER was interesting.
Jan. 7, 2009 at 6:47 am
i like the self watering planter thats awsome