Examples of items from recycled products in our

school

Istituto Comprensivo di Gatteo

Comenius Project R.R.E.V.

Creating musical instruments from recycled materials

• Thirty-forty years ago it was a very common practice for children to build their own toys with recovery materials, but we believe that also today’s children can make with their own hands small items such as musical instruments.

• Under the guidance of the music teacher our students made musical instruments by using recycled objects and materials like tin cans, bottle caps, coffee containers toilet paper, paper towel rolls, bins that contained paints, plastic funnels, rice grains, small stones, sand, reeds, sticks, nylon, iron rods, recycled paper, natutal colours…………

• In this way they experienced a concrete practice of reuse and recycling that has allowed them to find out how waste material has got an almost magical property:

• “ produce sounds”

• This activity has also encouraged the development of students’creative and artistic skills and allowed them to get closer to musical intruments and learn to recognize the tone, the shape and the way they are used.

MONO-STRING GUITAR

MATERIALS REQUIRED

-An empty can

- A string

-A hard plastic pipe (30cm)

- A nail

- A drill

-A knife

1. Drill a hole in the base of the can

3. Put the string in the hole of the can and push it out in the opposite side

4. Make a double knot and push back the string

2. Cut vertically a slit of 1 cm at the base of the pipe with a knife

5. With the drill make a hole on the top of the pipe where you can enter the nail

6. Tie the string around the pipe and the nail

7. Fit the pipe into the can through the cuts made before

NOW YOU CAN PLAY YOUR ORIGINAL MONO-STRING GUITAR

Other instruments made by students

Tambourine made with bottle caps

Harp

PanFlute

The drums

Maracas

Creating costumes and accessories for our drama club

and showsMaterials used- Old Clothes-Scraps of cloth- Old tulle- Old tights- Leather- Recycled paper ( for making models)- Old sheets and decorated paper mache for sceneries) -Wood for banners- Rubbish bags- Bottles for making lamps

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How to proceed

-Historical research

-The drawing of the sketches

- Take the measurements

-Look for and reuse old clothes, scraps of cloth and ask mums grannies for them

- The costume design and the cut of the fabric

- Make it by sewing machine

- Try costumes on

BANNERS

Dragon made of carton and paper mache

In our school we recycle paper thanks

to a simple procedure.

Recycled paper

First paper sheets are cut into small

pieces and put in a large bowl with hot water and mixed with a blender.

After 24 hours acrylic colours and further water are added

This mixture is then put on frames of different size and shape. The frames have a net through wich this mixture

is filtered.

Then it is put on a plain to get dry. On the right you can see the recycled

paper

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The PigottaThe “pigotta” project was

started by Unicef in 1988 to provide the African children with some vital needs like vaccines, medicine, and food to reduce the risk of mortality in their first five

years after birth.By donating at least 20 euros you can adopt a “pigotta” made by the volunteers of Unicef.

The motto of this project is “a doll can save a

child”.

Like other schools our school is also inspired by this donation project of

Unicef Italia and created “ pigotte ” all made of recycled materials.

Then, we organized donation bazaars whose money would be donated to charity.

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Necessary Materials and Equipments :

For body: cotton and self colored elastic clothes (white, pink, brown colors symbolizing the children from all over the world), padding, and kapok (silk cotton)

For dresses: colored clothes, laces, and knitting needles

For hair: colored wool, raffia

Face: pens (which can mark on the clothes)

In the dialect of Lombardy, Pigotta is a traditional handmade rag doll which many generations played with.

“Pigotte” can be produced easily as you need only scissors, a needle, sewing thread, some cotton, and a little creativity. The students can also make it with a little help

of their teachers.

How to proceed:step 1: By looking at the model shape of UNICEF you can draw the body shape of pigotte on the two layered cloth. the height of a pigotta should be at most 50 cm long. step 2: Now you can cut the cloth according to the lines you drew.step 3: sew the body of the cloth as a framework by letting some space to insert the staff in it. step 4: you can sew it with a machine

Go on…• step 5: reverse the cloth, insert

the staff, and sew the part which was left opened before. step 6: sew the joints of legs and arms to allow them to bend and to make them sit. step 7: Now you can dress it. You can make the clothes according to the style you prefer. step 8: draw or lace the face of the doll (eyes, nose, mouth etc.) last step: you can prepare a pigotta identity card and fill it : a photo, name, date of birth, and the name of person who made it . 

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