Pen Plant Tags
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Pen Plant Tags Recycle your non-working pens and yogurt pots into a herb garden!
Time: 20 15
Materials non-working pen yogurt pot ruler scissors paper hole punch permanent marker
Instructions b.
a.
1
Collect and clean old plastic yogurt containers. Cut down one side and around the bottom, so that you have a flat piece of plastic to work with. Lay it on a flat surface. Cut out a rectangle that is 8 cm x 6 cm.
2
Punch holes in the centre near the top and in the bottom of the rectangle.
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Use the permanent marker to write the name of the plant on the plastic.
Take the non-working pen and poke it through the top hole, from front to back, and then through the bottom hole, from back to front. You may need to use the pen to widen the hole a bit. Or you can punch another hole in the original hole to widen it.
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Stick the plant marker, pen point side down, into the soil next to the plant. Repeat these steps to make as many plant markers as you wish.
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Double your upcycling power with this project and use an empty milk container or yogurt pot as a planter! If you have completed this project and have things to recycle with TerraCycle, be sure to sign up for the TerraCycle Brigades at www.terracycle.co.uk and send them in. These items will be transformed into new products, and better yet, your collection will earn money for your favourite charity!
Project by: Tiffany Threadgould, TerraCycle Chief Design Junkie www.terracycle.co.uk
TerraCycle ®, the TerraCycle Logo ®, and Brigade® are all Trademarks of TerraCycle Inc. used under license, www.terracycle.co.uk, Free Phone: 0800 0470 984.
Pen Plant Tags Recycle your non-working pens and yogurt pots into a herb garden!
Time: 20 15
Materials non-working pen yogurt pot ruler scissors paper hole punch permanent marker
Instructions b.
a.
1
Collect and clean old plastic yogurt containers. Cut down one side and around the bottom, so that you have a flat piece of plastic to work with. Lay it on a flat surface. Cut out a rectangle that is 8 cm x 6 cm.
2
Punch holes in the centre near the top and in the bottom of the rectangle.
BASIL BASIL
BASIL
BASIL
3 4
Use the permanent marker to write the name of the plant on the plastic.
Take the non-working pen and poke it through the top hole, from front to back, and then through the bottom hole, from back to front. You may need to use the pen to widen the hole a bit. Or you can punch another hole in the original hole to widen it.
BASIL a.
BASIL
BASIL
BASIL
5
BASIL
BASIL
BASIL
Stick the plant marker, pen point side down, into the soil next to the plant. Repeat these steps to make as many plant markers as you wish.
b.
BASIL
BASIL
Double your upcycling power with this project and use an empty milk container or yogurt pot as a planter! If you have completed this project and have things to recycle with TerraCycle, be sure to sign up for the TerraCycle Brigades at www.terracycle.co.uk and send them in. These items will be transformed into new products, and better yet, your collection will earn money for your favourite charity!
Project by: Tiffany Threadgould, TerraCycle Chief Design Junkie www.terracycle.co.uk
TerraCycle ®, the TerraCycle Logo ®, and Brigade® are all Trademarks of TerraCycle Inc. used under license, www.terracycle.co.uk, Free Phone: 0800 0470 984.
