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!
That is AWESOME!! I just bought the ones from the store but yours is soo much cooler! And since you put so much work into it you will probably have an easier time remembering to take it to the store, that seems to be my problem, ha ha!
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