Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Trash to Treasure Take 2

Recently we've become addicted to online backgammon. We decided it would be fun to play old school, with a board, pieces, human interaction and all that. I thought why hit the nearest target to purchase a set, as I despise shopping in all forms. I set out to construct a board using the resources at hand - garbage. I found a piece of corrugated cardboard to use as my base and thought soda bottles would make great playing pieces. I know thirty soda caps in multiple colors might be difficult to come by, but not in this house. Since these caps are non recyclable, I of course began saving them and vowed I would someday find a use for them. (If anyone has any ideas for larger orange juice caps send them my way.) For the board pieces I went to my recycling bin. It was full of rice and pasta boxes, boxes that once housed cans, and mailing envelopes. Why not use them all? So I created a colorful array of pieces(24 in backgammon) to construct my board. A little glue and my project was complete.

1 comment:

Beth Johnson said...

PS... garbage makes a great Valintine's day present!!