Unnatural Resources Institute

1316 Rondo Dr., Greenville, NC 27858

Phone: (252) 355-1039

"Promoting different and creative ways to recycle and reuse"

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What Can Be Done

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Cleaning RobotCleaning Robot

JewelryJewelry Tree

Oil CAn LidOil Can Lid

Coffee Can Charcoal LighterCoffee Can Charcoal Lighter

Yarn KittyYarn Kitty

Jewelry BoxJewelry Box
Model PlanesModel Planes
Engine PArts FrogEngine Parts Frog

Bull FighterBull Fighter

Broom Straw Birdhouse

Bird House

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Paddle BoatPaddle Boat

 

IDEAS FOR ENTRIES BY CATEGORY

These are examples of entries made with Unnatural Resources over the past 12 years. They will give you an idea of how diversified an unnatural resource event can be.


Art

Wire for sculpture and designs
Papier-mâché
Paper sculptures and origami
Jewelry
Decoupage
Mosaics with all kinds of materials
Personified and animated unnatural resources
Picture painted in old make-up
Artistic robots

Science

Balances
Telescopes
Bird feeders
Displacement weights
Working robots
Squirrel feeders
Bat houses
Animal habitats
Planters
Science games

Math

Math manipulatives
Math games
Geo boards
Abacuses
Math models
Cones
Spheres
Squares
Rhombuses
Parallelogram
Hexagon

Language Arts

Unnatural resources puppet shows
Essays on recycling
Plays with recycling themes
Poems on recycling our resources
Recycling songs

Music

Wind chimes
Drums
Shakers
Xylophones from metal and boards
Rhythm sticks
Flutes
Bells
Kazoos

Home Use

Quilted items as well as full quilts
Clothing
Trays made form broken tile to wine corks
Candle holders
Vases
Clocks
Lamps from almost anything
Furniture
Holiday decorations

Physical Education

Weights
Balance beams
Indoor golf practice equipment
Balls from rubber bands, etc
Catching items such as beanbags or scrap yarn balls.
Rackets
Jump ropes
Relay game equipment
Catcher

Toys

Dolls from most anything
Doll houses
Playhouses
Games
Cars
Beach sand castle shaping equipment
Travel games
Card games

Tools

Body tool holders
Building tool holders
Material holders
Garden equipment
Tools needed to perform a task.
Mobile carriers
Mobile sprinklers

Social Studies/ History

Culture scenes
Ancient civilization scenes
Dress of cultures
Resources reused in certain countries.

Miscellaneous

Dog and cat toys and houses
Cat entertainment centers
Outdoor equipment