May 25: Special Lesson by Suren: Upcycled bags

A special workshop lead by Suren, on using creativity to transform ordinary materials

Assigned Teachers: Suren, Tameez

Intro (5 mins)

Discuss the importance of up cycling

recycling vs upcycling

the plastic problem in Sri Lanka

You will need:

  1. Plastic bags of all colors (ask students to bring)

  2. an iron

  3. k95 masks

  4. scissors

  5. Tape (to hold patterns together)

Guide

  1. Design your fabric

Volunteer advice: Please use the iron outside if possible, so the fumes won’t be in the classroom. Ideally an adult will be the only one using the iron wearing a K95 mask - and not the kids. kids can focus on assembling their fabric pattern. and designing their bag!