Elmer’s Glue Sticks and Bottle Recycling Program & Giveaway

by Anna@Green Talk on April 22, 2009

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See Update below:  12/21/2010:  TerraCycle is now collecting glue bottles and sticks as part of their brigade program.

Check out the giveaway below!

If you have kids, you have Elmer’s glue in the form of glue sticks or glue bottle.  My kids are notorious for leaving off the glue stick caps or using way too much glues from the glue bottles.  I can’t recycle either the glue bottles or sticks.  (Even though the glue bottles are a #1 or #2, my area only collects #1 or #2 plastic soda bottles.)

For those who are uber-recyclers, Elmer has teamed up with Walmart and TerraCycle to take back those bottle and sticks!   Elmer’s Although the program is geared towards teachers, encourage a teacher at your school to sign up.  Then, offer to take care of the recycling part for the teacher. It is easy! For instructions on how to belong to the Teachers can join the Elmer’s Glue Crew Recycling Program. See here.  The program contains resources and contests to win prizes in addition to information on how to return recycled glue sticks and bottles to the Company.

However, teachers are not the only ones who can get into the excitement of collecting. You can volunteer to help your art teacher or collect them on your own by signing up to partipate in the Elmer Glue-TerraCycle Bridgade.  Here is what you have to do:

Make sure the bottles and glue sticks are cleaned out before putting them in a box. Once the box is full, attach the return label and take it to one of the people greeters at Walmart between April 22, 2009 2011 and the end of school.  (See the instructions, here.)

Alternatively, you can sign up for the TerraCycle bridgade and send them your glue bottles and sticks.  The Company pays your designated charity 2 cents per item sent.

Once you have signed up, you are in the program forever.  You don’t need to re-register each new school year. I will be asking my art teachers if they will sign up and perhaps have a central location for collection.

So, what happens to the glue sticks and bottles once recycled?  The recycled bottles and glue sticks are made into garden equipment, packaging and even park benches. (See here on the recycling process.)

elmer glue back pack

To get the glue stick rolling here in honor of Earth Day, Elmer is giving away a gift pack of a supply of elmer’s glue in a small backpack  to five lucky Green Talk reader. (See picture above.  A $50 retail value of glue!)  Many of you might be thinking why I would be giving away a plastic giveaway.  For the simple reason, that I want you to know about this recycling effort. Less trash in the landfills is a good thing.  So, if you want to enter, here are the rules.

  • You must be over 18 and live in the US or Canada.
  • Leave me a comment here telling me about your favorite art project as a kid or adult.  If you don’t have one, just say so.
  • To double your chances consider joining my Feedburner email list or subscribe to my RSS feed. Both subscriptions are listed on the upper right hand column. Be sure to come back and leave a separate additional comment to tell me which one you joined. If you are already a member, just say so.
  • To triple  your chances of winning, twitter about this contest and come back and leave a separate additional comment of the url (weblink) of your twitter comment.
  • You must enter by May 1, 2009  6 PM EST time to win. A winner will be chosen at random on Monday, May 4, 2009.  This is a short contest! Good Luck everyone!

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1 Condo Blues April 22, 2009 at 6:25 pm

I made my favorite art project last year. I watered down white glue and used it to decopage pages from old thrift store books on the walls of my powder room as wallpaper. Then I used old teabags and coffee grounds to stain the book pages and coated everything with clear glaze to project it. Looks great and saved a lot of things from the landfill.

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2 Condo Blues April 22, 2009 at 6:25 pm

I’m a subscriber.

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3 JessTrev April 22, 2009 at 9:37 pm

I don’t actually want to enter the contest but this is so cool! I am so happy to hear of this effort. Thanks for sharing!

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4 Anne April 22, 2009 at 11:42 pm

My favourite art project is one I did as an adult!

I was having a hard time with depression and suddenly started making wonderful realizations about myself, my life, and God.

I expressed this in a piece I made. (I used a lot of glue from glue sticks)!! I portrayed my journey from a place of darkness (depression) to that of light on a piece of cardboard. I used dark, knotty wool on the bottom and gradually lightened it up (with wool, feathers and beads) until a beautiful rainbow covered the top.

It was beautiful and meant so much to me!

Thanks for a great giveaway!

nancyrobster@gmail.com

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5 Anne April 22, 2009 at 11:42 pm

I subscribe via Google Reader!

Thanks

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6 Anne April 22, 2009 at 11:45 pm

Tweeted

greeeneyedwhwomhttp://tinyurl.com/d6nnek Win glue/backpack

greeeneyedwhwom (twitter name)

Thanks

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7 Ann Fantom April 23, 2009 at 4:16 pm

I always liked making popsicle houses. Iused a LOT of Elmer’s glue!

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8 Carol April 23, 2009 at 4:53 pm

My kids love making jewelry out of red shoestring licorice, Fruit Loops, and Cheerios. They also like making pinecone birdseed birdfeeders.

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9 Carol April 23, 2009 at 4:54 pm
10 shannon Baas April 23, 2009 at 5:09 pm

paint by number

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11 Sonya Sparks April 23, 2009 at 6:11 pm

I’m just not that artistic. But my daughter is. She is always glueing, coloring, drawing something. I love it!

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12 Rita A. April 23, 2009 at 6:14 pm

I used to enjoy making the paper rings chains and construction paper cards.

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13 Rita A. April 23, 2009 at 6:14 pm

Subscribed to feed

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14 Rita A. April 23, 2009 at 6:15 pm
15 Margaret Smith April 23, 2009 at 6:45 pm

This is so wonderful that Elmer Glue has thought to recycle thier tubes. I’m going to pass this along to our kids teachers.

This giveaway is wonderful. Very useful with kids around. We love Elmer’s Glue.

My favorite art project as a kid was painting. I really loved anything to do with drawing and then painting the drawings.

Thanks so much and please enter me.

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16 Linda White April 23, 2009 at 6:51 pm

I lover Elmer’s! I use a lot wirth my preschool Sunday schoolers! They love gluing!

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17 Elizabeth Y. April 23, 2009 at 6:53 pm

My son and I like to make caterpillars out of old egg cartons, using pipe cleaners for legs and antennae, and googly eyes!

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18 susan varney April 23, 2009 at 6:59 pm

helping to paint a downtown mural when in high school

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19 Jill L April 23, 2009 at 7:03 pm

I have always loved doing paper mache. I’ve done lots of projects with the kids and they seem to enjoy it too.

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20 debbie April 23, 2009 at 7:16 pm

My favorite art project was making a diarama of a snow resort for my report on Vermont int 3rd grade.

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21 debbie April 23, 2009 at 7:19 pm

I subscribed via email.

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22 Mary DeBorde April 23, 2009 at 7:19 pm

My favorite art project as a kid was to take my dad’s dry cleaning cardboard inserts and then to draw, color and cutout the Addam’s Family characters and put on little plays — I was a strange child LOL

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23 Melissa Barnes April 23, 2009 at 7:23 pm

My favorite art project would be making Christmas ornaments. I have a new theme every year and make ornaments to share.

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24 Melissa Barnes April 23, 2009 at 7:24 pm

i am an email subscriber

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25 adrienne Gordon April 23, 2009 at 7:42 pm

i love drawing.

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26 Stefanie Hartman April 23, 2009 at 8:10 pm

In second grade I made a funny looking paper mache turtle and I still have it. It now has crayon marks on it through the years and other damages, but I just can’t part with it. Blessings, Stefanie

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27 Stefanie Hartman April 23, 2009 at 8:11 pm

subscribe to feeds. I am new and love your site. Lots of great mom reading found here.

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28 Nora SP April 23, 2009 at 8:19 pm

I loved putting together with our boy for his history project last year a display of John Dilinger. I learned so much and of course I used alot of elmers school glue.

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29 Denise April 23, 2009 at 8:45 pm

My favorite was always making those red and green Christmas chains with construction paper.

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30 MRS.MOMMYY April 23, 2009 at 8:56 pm

making diaramas for school

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31 Danielle Crown April 23, 2009 at 9:18 pm

my fav project was the tissue are pictures. I made one for my best friends mom when we were in 2nd grade and her mom still hangs it up every xmas!!

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32 christopher h April 23, 2009 at 9:27 pm

i don’t have a fave art project, i’m not really arty

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33 Jennifer Elliott April 23, 2009 at 9:30 pm

My favorite art project when I was a kid was probably building christmas ornaments out of popsicle sticks!

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34 Traci April 23, 2009 at 10:13 pm

glue is so cool

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35 Linda Peters April 23, 2009 at 11:01 pm

love to make my own cards out of recyled paper

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36 kay wolter April 23, 2009 at 11:08 pm

Love this I thought I was doing good at the beginning of the school year and bought another brand well they are all dead and never opened in April….dryed out never again Son tried to make His genre project tonight and the old did not work but WE found an Elmers bottle and it was old but it came thru…..thank you Kay MI

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37 Ellen Ring April 23, 2009 at 11:09 pm

I do art projects with my grandaughters. Their favorite right now, it changes quite often, is making houses & towns out of boxes. They build their town & add trees & plants they cut out of paper. Then their Littlest Pet shop animal inhabit it.

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38 john ferris April 23, 2009 at 11:40 pm

I did not have a favorite art project.
john ferris

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39 Marilyn Wons April 23, 2009 at 11:58 pm

My favorite art project is making holiday wreaths!

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40 Abby April 24, 2009 at 12:08 am

I always loved the art project of coloring with a white crayon and water coloring paint over top. I thought it was like magic!

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41 Dana April 24, 2009 at 12:20 am

my favorite art project is the one my mom didn’t know about :) we had a black tar deck and in the summer time I would melt crayon bits into my own giant crazy crayon!

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42 Rebecca Graham April 24, 2009 at 12:25 am

My favorite art project in school was making posters.

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43 Julie M April 24, 2009 at 12:36 am

My favorite art project was the turkeys that we made with our handprints.

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44 JANICE M April 24, 2009 at 12:50 am

LOVED COLORING. GREAT PRIZE

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45 Meredith Rogen April 24, 2009 at 2:42 am

I like the crayons in wax paper thing!

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46 Meredith Rogen April 24, 2009 at 2:44 am
47 Michelle April 24, 2009 at 2:45 am

My favorite art project as a kid was the tissue paper designs; we’d shape them like a flower and glue them on construction paper. (Actually I used to get yelled at A LOT for letting Elmer’s Glue dry on my hands and peeling it off).

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48 Michelle April 24, 2009 at 2:46 am
49 Michelle April 24, 2009 at 2:47 am

I’m an email subscriber

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50 Jean F April 24, 2009 at 6:36 am

As a child, I really like finger painting

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51 Pamela Callahan April 24, 2009 at 6:45 am

I am not much of an artist. I use glue more to fix things

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52 jude April 24, 2009 at 7:17 am

What a great idea! :)

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53 Linda Fish April 24, 2009 at 7:35 am

making stain glass jars with watered down glue and tissue paper with my grandma was my favorite as a child

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54 Kristi C April 24, 2009 at 7:43 am

My favorite art activity was always finger painting. I loved getting messy.

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55 Vickie Bartlett April 24, 2009 at 8:02 am

No favorite art project

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56 Vicky Boackle April 24, 2009 at 8:55 am

my goodness that was a long time ago and i do not recall an art project i did.

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57 Tari L April 24, 2009 at 8:59 am

When I was in 6th grade we had to design a house and make a 3D model of it using styrofoam. It was such a cool project.

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58 scarlette April 24, 2009 at 9:43 am

No favorite project? What a great idea for elmer’s

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59 Denyse April 24, 2009 at 9:52 am

When I was a ki I used to love to tye dye clothes…and I loved making God’s Eyes.

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60 alicia wallace April 24, 2009 at 10:37 am

My favorite art project as a kid was making the paper garland for the christmas tree.

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61 Carol G April 24, 2009 at 11:12 am

I don’t really have a favorite art project, either as a child or as an adult. I do, however, do a lot of handwork (knitting, crocheting, embroidery) so I guess they could be considered art projects.

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62 Kate April 24, 2009 at 11:57 am

As a kid I loved any project that involved glitter LOL. With my boys we love watercolor painting and rubber stamping, and building things (for which the glue is used often)

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63 CATHI RUSHING April 24, 2009 at 11:58 am

i love coloring w/ the the grandkids

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64 Stephanie Dobbins April 24, 2009 at 12:06 pm

My favorite art thing to do is with my kids, they love to use foam sheets to make anything the can. it’s fun to watch the imagination at work. And we also love to use contruction paper and Elmers glue to make flowers and houses.

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65 Stephanie Dobbins April 24, 2009 at 12:08 pm

i subscribe to email

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66 Mary Marlatt April 24, 2009 at 12:23 pm

I think my favorite art project was the Christmas ornaments I made as a teenager. I used beads, sequins, ribbon, etc. and covered foam balls. My mom still uses them, and I still think they are pretty!

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67 Joannie April 24, 2009 at 12:45 pm

My favorite art project was making papier mache masks and animals using a bowl, flour paste and strips of newspaper!

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68 margaret h April 24, 2009 at 12:48 pm

My favorite art project is beaded candy cane decorations for the Christmas tree.

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69 Jennifer B. April 24, 2009 at 12:58 pm

I loved to Paper Machet when I was a kid.

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70 Denise B. April 24, 2009 at 1:00 pm

I liked to do pencil and charcoal drawings.

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71 allyson ayala April 24, 2009 at 1:49 pm

my kids are in college and i still put glue and glue sticks in their stockings for the many projects they do for school

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72 Sheila Hickmon April 24, 2009 at 2:06 pm

I love to paint, Im always buying finger paints for my daughter, but I think I have more fun painting than she does! Thanks for the giveaway!!

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73 Sheila Hickmon April 24, 2009 at 2:06 pm

I subscribed via google reader!

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74 Sheila Hickmon April 24, 2009 at 2:07 pm
75 mickeyfan April 24, 2009 at 2:41 pm

I liked doing the pictures where you’d color on a paper, then paint black over the top. Scratch off some of the black in whatever design you chose to reveal the color underneath.

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76 alison April 24, 2009 at 3:40 pm

I actually liked shop class best!

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77 Cheryl F. (The Lucky Ladybug) April 24, 2009 at 3:54 pm

My favorite art project was a watercolor still life :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!

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78 Cheryl F. (The Lucky Ladybug) April 24, 2009 at 3:55 pm
79 Audrey Greenberg April 24, 2009 at 4:12 pm

Love to make small crafts.

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80 Holly April 24, 2009 at 4:37 pm

I used to love making my name into a rainbow, I remember doing this over and over again!

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81 Pat April 24, 2009 at 6:56 pm

As a child I liked to cut snowflakes out of plain white paper folded and folded again. Never knew what pattern I’d get when I experimented with
different cutting techniques. Sometimes the teacher would display the work of our entire class on the classroom windows. Thank you for the contest.

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82 Kris T. April 24, 2009 at 7:19 pm

My favorite art project as a kid was pasting different seeds and beans to a board in various designs. That and spreading glue all over paper and sprinkling glitter on top! Typical kid “art” projects. Thanks for the chance to win some more glue!!!

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83 Tawnda April 24, 2009 at 7:21 pm

my favorite school project was to make buildings using just stuff lying around the house… old cardboard, plastic, etc… We came up with some very awesome buildings including a bookstore, firehouse (complete with sliding door, windows with #6 plastic, an antenna made from stripping a twisty…) My daughter still has all of them on display in her room after 8 years. We’ve kept almost all of the projects the kids did, but they are all in boxes except those…

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84 Tawnda April 24, 2009 at 7:22 pm

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85 Claire April 24, 2009 at 7:47 pm

I loved making hand turkeys! Especially when the teacher would let us cover the “feathers” with construction paper.

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86 Deborah Wellenstein April 24, 2009 at 8:00 pm

When I was a kid, I used to love papier mache. Messy-but fun! Thank you!

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87 Linda April 24, 2009 at 11:18 pm

My kids love making various things from empty toilet tissue rolls,wiping tissue rolls and empty boxes of kleenex.

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88 Djp April 24, 2009 at 11:44 pm

we’ve never been with out this in our home

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89 Catherine April 25, 2009 at 12:14 am

I like macaroni art, finished off with metallic spray paint

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90 Jennifer Short April 25, 2009 at 12:23 am

I loved glueing construction paper together. I’d go through phases of what I’d create. Sometimes it was rabbits in overalls, sometimes it was lion faces, sometimes it was mosiacs, and sometimes abstract art.

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91 Janna Johnson April 25, 2009 at 12:31 am

My favorite art project in school was using the elmers glue to dry and peel off my hands when I was bored in class! *sad yet true* I also love making collages!

Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!

Janna Johnson
janna@FeedYourPigBlog.com
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92 David April 25, 2009 at 1:29 am

When I was a kid, I used to like to make collages. Thanks!

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93 J Chaborek April 25, 2009 at 2:37 am

My favorite art project as a kid was scrapbooking. Cutting things out of magazines was actually one of my favorite things to do. I still scrapbook to this day.

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94 J Chaborek April 25, 2009 at 2:37 am

I am a subscriber via email. : )

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95 Deborah R April 25, 2009 at 10:01 am

My favorite art project was anything that involved Elmer’s glue and glitter.

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96 jayne April 25, 2009 at 10:04 am

I love ceramics-I love to give my friends pieces that I have painted so that i am always with them!

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97 James Jenkins April 25, 2009 at 10:26 am

wow

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98 Heidi April 25, 2009 at 10:50 am

I loved every art project. I was a crafty kid, so papier mache, clay, sewing, paper cutting, drawing, painting, etc was my heaven.
Still is, really. Though I HOPE I am a little better at it than back then :)

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99 Anne D April 25, 2009 at 1:50 pm

Both of my kids are into painting and drawing so they could use these supplies.

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100 Shilo Beedy April 25, 2009 at 3:03 pm

My favorite art project was when we made ornaments in school for Christmas. We would always put are school photos on them and my mom always enjoyed getting them and putting them on the tree.

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101 Lori Walker April 25, 2009 at 5:24 pm

I love modeling clay play time

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102 Carolyn G April 25, 2009 at 10:47 pm

I loved making pictures with macaroni!

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103 Carolyn G April 25, 2009 at 10:47 pm

I subscribe

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104 Carolyn G April 25, 2009 at 10:49 pm
105 Beth April 25, 2009 at 10:56 pm

My favorite as a kid was popsicle crafts: As an adult: 3-D cards.
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106 Beth April 25, 2009 at 11:02 pm

I subscribe by email

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107 Sara April 25, 2009 at 11:02 pm

I like to scrapbook and use glue sticks to adhere the photos.

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108 Sara April 25, 2009 at 11:03 pm
109 Sara April 25, 2009 at 11:04 pm

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110 Beth April 25, 2009 at 11:05 pm
111 Suzanne Denys April 25, 2009 at 11:17 pm

My daughter and I make little people with embroidery spools and we glue on clothes for puppet shows.

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112 Anna April 26, 2009 at 12:22 am

One of my favorite projects is to make small boxes from greeting cards. It recycles those cards that we all receive, but most of us don’t save them. This project also teaches math to students. All it requires is a greeting card or a file folder. A ruler or popsicle stick makes a good scoring tool, which you need because the paper is thick. My fourth, fifth, and sixth graders love this project!

If you go to raft.net you can search for an download the pdf file with directions. R.A.F.T. stands for Resource Area for Teachers and is a non-profit organization benefitting students and schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. I don’t work there, I’m just a happy teacher.

Follow this link and search for “folder boxes”. Have fun!

http://raft.net/index.php?pg=ideas

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113 Pamela S April 26, 2009 at 12:58 am

The favorite art project my daughter did was paint a “undersea” picture which we had copied onto two tote bags for each of the grandmas as a gift. So cute!!

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114 Debbie Welchert April 26, 2009 at 2:48 am

My favorite art project as a kid was making pictures out of macoroni, rice, and beans by gluing them on a piece of paper making a picture out of them.

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115 Monique Rizzo April 26, 2009 at 12:50 pm

I always loved making paper snowflakes and peanut butter and pinecone projects for the birds to eat. Thanks for the chance.
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116 Patti Sherman April 26, 2009 at 1:12 pm

As a kid, I loved to make scrap books. There is never enough glue!

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117 Kathy Scott April 26, 2009 at 1:23 pm

We love to make houses with popsicle sticks.

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118 Autumn H. April 26, 2009 at 2:28 pm

i loved to decorate my notebooks for school

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119 Heather April 26, 2009 at 3:05 pm

My kids do a lot of craft projects but their favorite ones are building things with popsicle sticks and Elmer’s glue!

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120 Colleen S April 26, 2009 at 4:26 pm

You just cant beat macaroni art.

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121 lois April 26, 2009 at 8:26 pm

My daughter is a teacher, and has a love for crafts with her kids.

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122 Susan C April 26, 2009 at 8:34 pm

Well, it doesn’t take glue, but we like making necklaces out of old buttons.

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123 Angie P April 26, 2009 at 9:32 pm

I remember making a mother’s day plaque for my mom when I was in 2nd grade. We wrote a poem out with colored markers and then decoupaged it onto a piece of wood. That was a fun project.

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124 Rosey April 27, 2009 at 2:44 am

My favorite art work, done when I was a child, was of a pair of praying hands I molded out of ceramic in Sunday School. My grandma had those hanging on the wall for many, many years.

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125 dianne April 27, 2009 at 11:25 am

I loved playing with playdo. I had molds of all kinds. I also loves copying commic strips w/ silly putty.

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126 beth shepherd April 27, 2009 at 12:17 pm

Thank you for a great giveaway! I would love to win. My favorite project so far with the kids is the picture poster of their pictures and with different titles. It was fun. Thank you
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127 amir April 27, 2009 at 12:45 pm

When I was in grade school I made my Mom a noodle vase for Mother’s Day. It was all elbow maccaroni glued to a beer bottle (yup a beer bottle in school) and then we spay painted it gold.

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128 Martha H. April 27, 2009 at 2:02 pm

I used to love to make hand built pottery items and Raku fire them.

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129 Gayle April 27, 2009 at 2:20 pm

I use glue for scrapbooking, as a kid I used glue to make collages

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130 Jennifer M April 27, 2009 at 2:56 pm

I like sand bottle art, and remelting and molding old crayons.

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131 Ken Robinson April 27, 2009 at 6:27 pm

I use Elmer’s glue to repair everyday wear and tear. Please accept my entry. Thank you.

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132 AmandaK April 27, 2009 at 8:42 pm

Every Thanksgiving, when I was younger, my sister and I would make tons of Hand Turkeys for Mom to put up. We had so much fun we did it every year until we hit the 8th grade!

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133 Kelly Ann T. April 28, 2009 at 12:30 am

I make tote bags every year for our local canine games. It is a fundraiser for local rescue groups. I fill the tote bags with dog treats and toys and these serve as prizes for our costume contest.

I also turn wooden spoons into snowmen. These turn out so cute and everyone loves them at christmas time.

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134 Suzanne Timmsen April 28, 2009 at 9:26 am

We always made May baskets to take around the neighborhood and I liked surprising them.

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135 carol April 28, 2009 at 10:18 am

my favorite project is of course my scrapping that I am doing now…I enjoy looking at all the finished albums of my grandkids growing up and me enjoying the time with them…thanks for the great giveaway

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136 Pat April 28, 2009 at 3:07 pm

I liked making a paper mache globe.

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137 Kim F April 28, 2009 at 4:53 pm

When I was a kid, I love making felt book marks. My favorite was a hotdog dog. Still remember that dog from forty years ago. I wonder what happened to him?

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138 ky2here April 28, 2009 at 6:46 pm

Paper Doll daisy chains.

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139 triciaco April 28, 2009 at 9:44 pm

My favorite art projects as a kid were the collages .

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140 Anna G. April 28, 2009 at 11:24 pm

My favourite art project is a rather large one…every year for the past 15 years, we have decorated the gym at school for the Grade 6 Graduation party…themes have ranged from ….Paris to the Heavens Above….to Disco…to Venice (this year)…what a big canvas we have to work with each year and it is a labour of love!!

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141 Anna G. April 28, 2009 at 11:25 pm

I am a brand new subscriber!!

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142 Mia J. April 28, 2009 at 11:28 pm

I like making Christmas tree ornaments.

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143 Courtney April 28, 2009 at 11:32 pm

I always loved coloring. Boring, I know but I still love to sit down and color with my kids.

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144 Christie April 29, 2009 at 1:15 am

My favorite project was one where we had to choose several parts of different animals and incorporate them all into one papier mache creature. Wings, hooves, tails, fur, whatever, all got mixed up into one creature. That was fun.

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145 Pauline M April 29, 2009 at 10:23 am

In elementary school, we use to have contests for the coolest valentines box every year. My Dad used to help us make some of the most elaborate valentine boxes ever! I will never forget the time we spent with our Dad doing this every year…. and we always won!

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146 Becky April 29, 2009 at 11:38 am

I’m not really an arty person..so usually if it involved glue and glitter I was golden.

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147 Jason April 29, 2009 at 12:28 pm

I always liked gluing the pretzels onto milk cartons to make log cabin homes

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148 Susan Ledet April 29, 2009 at 3:18 pm

I take care of my 2 God-children for a month out of every year and we always do great arts & crafts project. We enjoy doing paper mache, making paper dolls and jewelry as well as scrapbooks.
This is a great giveaway. Thanks for the chance.

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149 Susan Ledet April 29, 2009 at 3:19 pm

I subscribe.

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150 Sharon Seneker April 29, 2009 at 7:50 pm

We liked making cards for others. A favorite project was cutting out Valentine hearts and writing I chews you to be my Valentine and cutting a slit in the middle and inserting a stick of chewing gum! Thanks!

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151 Sarah Hirsch April 29, 2009 at 9:08 pm

I don’t have a favorite art project, but as a kid I always enjoyed working with clay.

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152 Sheila R April 30, 2009 at 12:47 am

My favorite craft as a child was taking little squares of tissue paper and wraping them around the eraser side of a pencil and dipping them in glue then putting them on a piece of paper and making a picture.

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153 Laura Emerson April 30, 2009 at 4:15 am

Our son wanted a train set so badly one year for Christmas and the money just was not there to buy one. My husband and I felt so bad as it was the only thing he had asked for and he believed that if he believed hard enough in Santa he would get one. My husband and I decided to build one for him. Every night after work when our son was asleep we would work on the train set. We spent hours and weeks carefully trying to make a train villiage, train set itself and even a conductor and passengers. We used popsicle sticks by cutting them in half and using whole (I think we cut our fingers almost as much as we cut the sticks!) and made an entire village. We then painted each piece and used pieces of tree branches for trees and made leaves and and tree tops out of play doh. The train was made out of wood but we took wheels from some of our son’s old cars so the train would move. We even made passengers from wood. We took a little whistle and put a string on it and put it on the train so the train would have its whistle. On Christmas morning my son went to the Christmas tree and found his train all set up. With tears in his eyes he looked at us and said “I just knew Santa would bring me my train! He played with that train for years and when he was a little too old for it he carefully put it on his shelf. Of all the toys throughout the Christmases he still says that the train set was the best gift he ever received!

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154 Kelly F April 30, 2009 at 4:23 am

I always loved making anything out of paper mache when I was a kid. It was just so messy and fun!

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155 Erma H April 30, 2009 at 7:20 am

I would love the chance to win, thanks.

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156 Linz April 30, 2009 at 11:41 am

As a child my favorite was making paper mache (newspaper and flour-glue over a blown up balloon) puppet heads.

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157 melissa goodwin April 30, 2009 at 12:32 pm

I don’t have a favorite but my 4 year old and I enjoy experimenting all the time. Anything with her is my obvious favorite.

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158 Paula H April 30, 2009 at 3:28 pm

I’ve enjoyed doing Orgami sent I was a teen. I’m now teaching my kids how to do it.

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159 Paula H April 30, 2009 at 3:28 pm

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160 Christine April 30, 2009 at 3:29 pm

My favorite art project is coloring with my son. We made a calendar that I hung in my office…it is one of my prized possessions! Thanks for the chance!

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161 Christine April 30, 2009 at 3:29 pm

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162 d.e. manning April 30, 2009 at 3:30 pm

my favorite is whatever i’m working on right now!

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163 Justine April 30, 2009 at 3:31 pm

My fave art project was when my daughter and I made a piggy bank out of a discarded oatmeal container, it turned out super cute :D

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164 Steph April 30, 2009 at 3:32 pm

My favorite art projects are the ones Ive gotten from the Family Fun site. They have a great selection.

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165 Ann April 30, 2009 at 3:48 pm

I always loved those projects where you glued on tissue paper squares in little crinkly puffs.

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166 Ann April 30, 2009 at 3:49 pm

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167 Ann April 30, 2009 at 3:51 pm
168 Tammy April 30, 2009 at 4:34 pm

My favoite activity that I remember from when I was little was using watered down glue to glue tissue paper to a glass jar to make a candle holder. I think we did this in art for every holiday.

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169 Tammy April 30, 2009 at 4:36 pm

I remember taking watered down glue and glueing tissue paper to glass jars to make candle holders. I think we did this in art for every holiday.

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170 Tammy April 30, 2009 at 4:39 pm

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171 Tammy April 30, 2009 at 4:40 pm
172 Michael April 30, 2009 at 5:18 pm

Not so much an art project as woodworking shop. We made snow skis from layered wood bonded together with glue. I ‘feel’ your reaction – we didn’t think so either… guess that’s why we were the students! :)

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173 Ellie W April 30, 2009 at 5:30 pm

My mom and I always made little ghosts that we would hand outside for Halloween every year. Neither one of us was very crafty but that was one thing we did well.

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174 Amy April 30, 2009 at 7:02 pm

I loved crafts a a child (still do!) I used to make greeting cards for family members, especially my mom. I also liked making popsicle stick boxes, using lots of Elmer’s Glue.

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175 Lisa G. April 30, 2009 at 7:07 pm

I love decorating old frame that I find at garage sales. I love finding unique ways to decorate them and I love having personal frames!
Thanks!
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com

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176 Lisa G. April 30, 2009 at 7:09 pm

I’m also an email subscriber. Thanks!
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177 Lisa G. April 30, 2009 at 7:13 pm

I Tweeted this giveaway. http://twitter.com/lisalmg/status/1663901471
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com

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178 Julie K April 30, 2009 at 7:34 pm

It’s messy, but we like to do papier mache. Thanks!

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179 amy delong April 30, 2009 at 8:10 pm

My son likes macaroni art!!

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180 Sally April 30, 2009 at 8:14 pm

I loved to make May baskets. It was a way to share with my neighbors something that I could make myself.

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181 Beverley Justice April 30, 2009 at 8:27 pm

I made a pair of earrings for my mother when I was in first grade. That’s been a long, long time ago…

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182 Jodene Gildea April 30, 2009 at 8:33 pm

I loved doing paper mache as a child, I haven’t tried it with my daughter yet but I will.

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183 Lucynda Zimmer April 30, 2009 at 8:37 pm

In the 6th grade our teacher asked us to make a list of all the kids in the class and tell her what you would give that person as a gift.

I still remember it to this day we had to draw what we wanted to give each person. What a great idea.

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184 Debra F April 30, 2009 at 9:08 pm

I’m not a craft kind of mom, but I do like creating creatures with kids with modeling clay. Thanks for the giveaway

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185 Terry C April 30, 2009 at 9:14 pm

I used to like making pictures with macaroni, beans, etc glued on paper plates. thanks!

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186 Sarah Z April 30, 2009 at 9:52 pm

I use to love pottery class – the wheel was awesome!
Thanks

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187 Cynthia Mercado April 30, 2009 at 9:55 pm

I made a paper mache skunk in 4th grade. I am not very artistic but enjoyed that project.

mercsmercado at yahoo dot com

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188 Douglas April 30, 2009 at 10:22 pm

loved painting… thank my teacher !!

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189 Patricia April 30, 2009 at 10:44 pm

I have No art talent. One of my daughters does, tho. I can recall being so envious that other very youngsters could color their pumpkin so much better than I . :(

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190 Jammie April 30, 2009 at 10:48 pm

We love doing art in my home. I home school our daughter and we do lots of art at home this would be great. My favorite art project was a littlest pet shop pinata I made for my daughters birthday the bad part was i put many hours into it and on the day of her birthday we discovered the mice got it and it was no good.

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191 DANIELLE WALDO April 30, 2009 at 11:12 pm

My favorite art project was when i was 11 years old. I am now forty one and i have done it with each of my three children.
PAPER MACHE PIGGY BANK
1 steralized empty bleach bottle, 2 toilet paper rolls, glue, sizzors, newspaper, water color paint, 1 pipe cleaner. Cover bottle in strips of newspaper soaked in glue paper mache mix, place bottle on its side with handle faceing up, cut paper rolls into half attach as feet to bottom cover with glue paper mache, add ears with paper and cover with mache. let dry paint, poke hole in bottom for tail made out of pipe cleaner. cut slit for coins to go in.

texaswaitress(at)hotmail.com

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192 Cassy May 1, 2009 at 12:34 am

Doing paper mache in Catholic grade school.

wombatspurple[at]yahoo.com

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193 Sonya May 1, 2009 at 1:15 am

My kids and I love making tissue paper flowers!

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194 Sherri B. May 1, 2009 at 1:28 am

My favorite art project as a kid was making Christmas ornaments. We made all different kinds. Some of them would be as simple as drawing a star with glue on construction paper and putting glitter on it to define it or as complex as making little houses out of toothpicks glued together. Toothpicks are not the easiest to work with when you have little hands! My mom still puts them on the tree every year and I love just looking at them and having pleasant memories of a simpler time. Thanks!

sherri419 at gmail dot com

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195 Lori Z. May 1, 2009 at 1:59 am

We’ve been doing a lot of paper mache/starching stuff to make nests and masks and I love some of the things that the kids have made.

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196 Laura C May 1, 2009 at 3:32 am

I like to decorate envelopes.

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197 Laura C May 1, 2009 at 3:32 am

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198 Laura C May 1, 2009 at 3:38 am
199 Angie O May 1, 2009 at 3:45 am

My favorite art project is making scrapbooks for my kids.

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200 Miriam Tisdel May 1, 2009 at 3:56 am

I really don’t remember any art projects as a child. But as an adult I love to draw and paint pictures of cartoons.

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201 Crystal F May 1, 2009 at 7:33 am

I like getting handprints from my girls. It’s something that you can put up and show them when they are older. It’s hard for them to believe that they were actually that small. thank you!!

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202 Wendy Wallach May 1, 2009 at 7:51 am

My favorite art project was a ceramic statue that I painted as an adult a few years ago.

madamerkf at aol dot com

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203 Angela Palmer May 1, 2009 at 9:29 am

My favorite art project as a kid was tissue paper stained glass.

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204 R Hicks May 1, 2009 at 10:40 am

My favorite craft as a kid was decopage. Still do it!

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205 R Hicks May 1, 2009 at 10:45 am

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206 R Hicks May 1, 2009 at 10:46 am
207 Charity S. May 1, 2009 at 11:14 am

I mad an awesome pinata in Spanish Class…years ago.

Thanks

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208 Charity S. May 1, 2009 at 11:14 am
209 Jay French May 1, 2009 at 11:42 am

In Jr High I had the grand illusion that I’d be a great sculptor. I had a special project in art class to create a bust, and spent a ton of time on it. What I found was that it wasn’t easy for me. But it is my most memorable project.

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210 Fern Cruz May 1, 2009 at 11:42 am

I loved to make the maps using salt and paste. You could make the mountains and rivers etc…ahh nostalgia

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211 carla May 1, 2009 at 12:09 pm

scrapbooks, especially my daughters, they really get into it

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212 dorothy l May 1, 2009 at 1:07 pm

A watercolor paint class I took a few years ago

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213 shar May 1, 2009 at 1:39 pm

loved to fingerpaint and loved when my kids did this…

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214 carol~ May 1, 2009 at 1:52 pm

As an adult I have enjoyed painting but I haven’t done any for awhile. As a kid I would say it was ceramics.

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215 Amy May 1, 2009 at 2:02 pm

I always loved building anything out of popsicle sticks

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216 Marie May 1, 2009 at 2:06 pm

My favorite art project, which I share with my kids a lot, is collage — we love to get old magazines and glue sticks and go to town making all sorts of collage pictures together!

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217 Heather May 1, 2009 at 2:35 pm

I love scrapbooking and card-making!

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218 Judith T May 1, 2009 at 2:38 pm

My favorite art project has been scrapbooking, especially now since the arrival of our first Grandchild. But I have a craft room, so you might imagine, I have loads of crafts that I love and share. I owned a Gift Basket business for 15 years and hand crafted many baskets. Great idea on your prize, thanks!

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219 ktanjatk May 1, 2009 at 2:39 pm

My favorite art project is making collages and assemblages,
so glue would come very handy!

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220 Heather May 1, 2009 at 2:45 pm

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221 Erin D May 1, 2009 at 3:10 pm

I don’t have a specific favourite project but I do find that the glue is great for both scrapbooking (my hobby) and notebooking (my kids’ favourite part of homeschooling!) Thanks.

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222 Jovita May 1, 2009 at 3:53 pm

i loved doing paper mache!

they dont that anymore in schools!

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223 Terri L May 1, 2009 at 3:57 pm

I like doing mosaic!!

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224 Gianna May 1, 2009 at 4:27 pm

My favorite project was sewing beads and sequins onto a pair of converse shoes for a class project we actually got to choose ourselves :)

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225 tanya May 1, 2009 at 4:58 pm

I don’t have a favorite, but my kids love any chance to paint or work with clay!

twincere[at]hotmail.com

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226 Daniel M May 1, 2009 at 5:08 pm

making our own cards & flyers

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227 Lindsay May 1, 2009 at 5:13 pm

I loved decopauge…thats probabaly not the right spelling?

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228 Dan May 1, 2009 at 5:15 pm

My favorite art project is making potholders

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229 Helen May 1, 2009 at 5:20 pm

As a child, I loved to make paper lanterns.

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230 Veronica Garrett May 1, 2009 at 5:31 pm

My favorite art project is doll making. I am making an early American doll for my granddaughter.

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231 Suanne Giddings May 1, 2009 at 5:47 pm

I used to love to glue all different kinds of pasta to cans and then spray paint them gold. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!

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232 Steve Scott May 1, 2009 at 5:49 pm

Spirograph

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233 Heather C May 1, 2009 at 5:54 pm

My fave art project usually involves some sort of sparkle. I like glitter projects and Christmas ornaments that have sequins. Fun!

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234 Patricia Hill May 1, 2009 at 6:02 pm

I love making collages out of magazines with my grandkids.

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235 Lily Kwan May 1, 2009 at 6:56 pm

I don’t have a favorite art project.

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236 Lily Kwan May 1, 2009 at 6:59 pm

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237 Timmie De Luca May 1, 2009 at 8:07 pm

craft time

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238 Christina May 1, 2009 at 9:25 pm

My favorite project was cutting out pieces of colored paper into made up “flowers” and gluing them onto a background, at school, and one could be sent in to be on television. I noticed that all the kids were using smaller, horizontal pieces of paper, so I chose a larger piece of paper and did it horizontally! My flower was chosen to send in to TV!
The teacher placed us all around a TV set to watch the show, and mine didn’t come up and didn’t come up and I thought it wouldn’t, and then at the very end the teacher put it up on the easel all by itself (!) while talking about the end of the show and it stayed on during the ending credits (as if it were the best one)! I was SO happy, and later in life did a LOT of gluing since I started showing collages professionally!

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239 Chrysa May 1, 2009 at 11:09 pm

I always loved making collages.

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240 Chrysa May 1, 2009 at 11:10 pm
241 Chrysa May 1, 2009 at 11:11 pm

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242 Green Talk May 9, 2009 at 1:09 am

Congrads to Debbie, Jay, Sara, Mrs. Mommy, and Carolyn! Let me know how you like your backpacks of glue.

For the rest, thanks for entering. All of your comments were great. More giveaways so stay tune and recycle those Elmer glue sticks and bottles. Anna

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243 Kim Stephens July 24, 2009 at 10:31 am

I am a Camp Fire leader and I work with all ages of children all year long… My favorite thing is watching that child finally finish what they where makeing and look at it like WOW I did it all by my self..

thanks KIM

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244 Tumbler Compost Bin Plans August 1, 2009 at 9:06 pm

Hmm… My favorite project of all time would have to be making paper meche collagas! I really got into them when I was a kid, they would end up being like a magazine with 30 pages in them. I wish I still had some of my old craft projects from back then. Good post, I have a friend that I am going to pass this along to thats going to love this! Looking forward to your upcoming posts.

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245 Ella December 27, 2009 at 4:51 am

My favorite art project is using glue stick for Card making. I think it really fun as I design cards for different occasions. Although giving cards has been randomly rehearsed nowadays, I still find it artictic and rewarding as I draw personal touches on them.
.-= Ella´s last blog ..Marketing Your Product Through Fun Promotional Items =-.

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246 jane November 3, 2010 at 11:17 pm

My favorite project I ever did with Elmer’s glue was making a birdhouse in 2nd grade and hanging it on a tree by the school afterwards.

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