Earth Day Tissue Box Challenge; A Functional Piece of Art

So, this year for Earth Day my children and I participated in the Tissue Box Challenge over at The Activity Mom's  and JDaniel4's Mom's Blog!

A Flower Box made from recycled material

Classified: Environmentally Friendly!

After finishing up our Papier Mache Bunny Basket, and being in the Papier Mache mode, my children and I decided to make a flower box using a tissue box, newspaper and a plastic bag as our recycled materials.

Using a tissue box, I knew that our first challenge was Papier Maching the box without it collapsing! We decided that it was best to start on the inside, and only the bottom. It worked!



We then papier mached the rest of the box..............................

To create a liner to hold in the dirt and water (and so we don't collapse what was already done) we adhered a plastic bag to the inside of the box.

And then we papier mached some more.........................

And painted (my daughter chose the color pink, my son red. I was thinking Earth tones. I lost that battle!)..........................



In an earlier lesson on Earth Day, we discussed how we can reduce our carbon "footprint." When our pink and red paints were dry, my oldest son wanted to have footprints on the flower box to remind us to take care of the Earth! It's amazing what information they retain.


We then planted flowers in our finished product.

Let's see how long it lasts!