My 6th graders and I have been trying to come up with better uses for those plastic grocery bags that we all seem to have a mountain of. (We've been doing a cross-curricular lesson with Science and Geography which is how this all got started.) But you know me--I tend to take things one step further. Partially out of boredom (or maybe I just needed to think about non-school stuff) I ended up deciding that I needed to melt the plastic bags together and create something new out of them. (I know, sounds crazy, but it worked!) What I ended up with were slightly larger sheets of melted plastic (8 layers thick) that I cut into quilt squares. I then proceeded to sew the squares together to form a handy-dandy shopping bag (environmentally friendly!) Those ones at the stores are cute, but I like mine better. It is lightweight, easy to clean, and there is no one else on the planet with one exactly like it. I hauled 3 half-gallons of organic milk home in it the other day and it worked beautifully! Hope you like it!
