ThinkCreate Recycle

Booklet36 young people fromMacedonia, Albania, Kosovo,Portugal, Romania andTurkey proved that trash binsare not only the final placefor a waste. Find insidecreative examples ofproducts created out ofwaste. It all happen duringthe youth exchange "Think,Create, and be ActiveRecycler"

Wallet and Purse

rAre you always sadwhen you need to fishout money of yourwallet? Now we have asolution for you! A happy flowerdesignedwallet! It won't bring yourmoney back but it canbring a little smile onyour face! But watch out! you riskto love it so much thatyou'll be tempted touse it too many times! And if you want to goout, here you have theperfect purse - it's notbig, but it's enough foryou girls if you'llreceivea cheque as a gift.Glass elements willmake you shine morethan Swarovsky ones!

Procedure- Step by Step

Cosmetic bag & Jamaica ball

Cosmetic bag story!

Handsome businessman is travelling on a three day journey to New York. Hehas two meetings with a trading company. He needs only hand luggage,that's why he packs the cosmetic bag, putting his unnecessary stuff. Hereally loves his cosmetic bag and he always takes it onhis business journeys.=)

Jamaica ball

this ball is the favorite toy in Jamaica. The children there organize footballmatches and play with this ball their favorite game. On this way theyare completely happy without spending extra money to buy an expensiveball.These children in Jamaica even organize a competition about how hasthe most beautiful ball made by themselves. The award is to get thebest Jamaica ball and to play the next game with it.

Instructions...

Take an old shirt, cut the stiff part that ison the back of the shirt. Make sure that isequal when you measure the sides of thepiece of material take off the buttons ofthe shirt ( you will need them instead of azipper).Cut the pocket that is on the front of theshirt so you can use it as a hidden pocketinside the cosmetic bag. Sew the edges ofthe cut piece that you have got from theshirt. Sew the buttons on the inside upperpart of the cosmetic bag. Make holes withscissors on the front upper part of thecosmetic bag. Put the cosmetics you wantto take with you on your holiday and youare all set up to enjoy! :)

Instructions...

Take a balloon,some woolen strings in different colors and a glueblow the balloon, take thestrings, wrap the balloon fromall sides, and on the top andthe bottom use the glue tofasten it.

UpcycledBroom

Bird House and Puppet

BIRD HOUSE

PUPPET

We made these bird houseswith old materials, that neededto be recycled. We have alsomade a Puppet with old boxesfrom chocolate chips.

We cut the boxes in smallpiecesand then we unite them withstraws to make them easier tomove. In that straws, we also put a lineof wool to make it move in ourown way.And that's it, a wonderfulpuppet to play anytime youwant.

In here, there is a box to keep your ownjewelery, and it's really easy to make it, justneed a package from milk, toilets rolls andwool, to decorate the rolls.We glue the rolls to be easier to decoratewith wool, and than, after all be full with wool,we put them in the package of milk,decorated with all your heart and imagination.

Things needed:old t-shirt, glue, tape, cardboard (from juice or milk box)

Instructions....1st - Cut the cardboard in a shape of the flip flops bottom (2 perfoot)2nd - Pierce the carton between the big toe and the median toeposition 3rd - Cut stripes of tissue from the old t shirt (vertical cut)4th - Pass the tissue stripes trough the hole in the carton 5th - Tangle the stripes in the feet holding the front part of thefeet 6th and final step- Tie the stripes in the ankle

Flip flops

Bubby

It all started in a small city in Wonderland where were living about 36 dwarfs ina very, very small house, all decorated with recycled products. They werehaving a healthy life, with healthy food and surrounded by wonderfullandscapes and fresh air.Suddenly, in their lives showed up Sergiu – a very friendly and fluffy dog whoprotected those cute dwarfs. But Sergiu had also a family and he wasn't thereall the time, so, in order to feel Sergiu’s presence permanently 4 dwarfs decidedto create a copy of Sergiu out of recycled products like: beer cans, used paper,rope, glue and acrylic colors. And this is how Bubby appeared in dwarf’s lives.

The other product created by the 4 dwarfs was a support for pencils and otherdesk stuff. This was made out of a simple paperboard box, plastic glass, somecolors and glue. As they lived in a small house, they really needed a productlike this to save some space.

The Story...

Hip Hop GroupStuff Box

Just as Emir was constantlylittering, we felt thatsomeone has to collect hiswaste and turn it intosomething wonderful. Andthen 5 such wonderfulpeople played hip-hop anddecided to take this task.Then, all a sudden wefound his dirty pants in thetrash (yeah ,because hehasn't change it for fivedays) and we took thezipper combining it with hisempty bottles and“tchanan)

- Emir’s pockets on a wall While taking his zipper, wealso took his pockets!

Upcycled Watch

After breakfast Sam broken the "WATCH" on thewall. Paulina and Emir scalded her.While Sam wascrying in the corner of backyard Laura and Turkansaw her and felt sorry about what happened.Theysaid to her "don't worry the dead watch was veryold and boring, so we are gonna create abetter, colorful and RECYCLED one...

The materials

+Eggs Box +Silicon Gun +Watercolor+Scissors+Broken Parts of Old and Ugly Watch +Gangnam Style Song

1- We didn't throw to the box of eggs to recycle bin afterbreakfast

2-We cut the egg box as a watch in a proper way

3-We painted that box like a rainbow and most of the colorssymbolize the colors of environment also we made extracolors by mixing blue and red color to made purple color

4-We cut the numbers and mechanism of broken watch andwe used them to own new pretty and cute one.

5-We fixed the numbers and minute hands with silicon gunand the mechanism also to the back part of the watch.

6-The last step was putting a rope in the top of the watch tohang on the wall

This project has been funded with support from theEuropean Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the viewsonly of the author, and the Commission cannot beheld responsible for any use which may be made ofthe information contained therein.

The youth exchange "Think,Create, and be ActiveRecycler" took place inStruga, R. Macedonia from20th to 29th of May. It wasorganized by "VolunteerCentre Bitola" organization.