Recycle, reuse, re-purpose

THERE are so many things you can make from the leftover packaging and paper lying around your house.

Here are a few ideas made from plastic bottles, paper, boxes and used candles.

Wind spinner

You will need:

1L plastic bottle Coloured electrical tape Craft knife Scissors

Snap swivel (a piece of fishing tackle available anywhere that sells tackle) Paper clip Fishing line Steps:

1. Start by washing out your bottle and removing any labels.

2. Cover the middle section of the bottle with tape using different colours to create a stripe effect.

3. Starting from the top of the tape and ending at the bottom of the tape, cut vertical slits in the bottle, about 3cm apart.

4. Push the top of the bottle toward the bottom of the bottle. This will cause the slits to collapse. Hold it in place and fold each slit in the centre, creating a crease.

5. Next, angle the slits by making folds at the top and bottom of each slit. This allows the wind to catch them and make it spin.

6. Cut a small hole in the top of the bottle cap.

7. Unfold and stretch the paper clip out and thread it through the looped end of the swivel. Twist the paper clip together then insert it into the hole in the top of the bottle cap. Bend the ends of the paper clip so that it can’t come back out the hole.

8. Twist the cap onto the bottle and hang on a tree from the open end of the swivel using fishing line.