Ugly Dolls Go To The Fête

Let's get one thing straight about Ugly Dolls--they aren't ugly. Actually, they're pretty darn adorable which is probably why they were swooped up by the Maret School Fête attendees on May 14. How did the Ugly Dolls get to the Fête? Here's the story:

Maret seventh graders are in to the environment. They spend time learning about things like reusing, recycling, energy conservation and how our habits affect the world. They are environmental ambassadors at their school, teaching other students that "green" is more then a color. SCRAP is in to that too. So it seemed like a natural partnership when Maret and SCRAP teamed up to do a full day of creative reuse for the students' Community Service Day in late April.

The students chose three projects to work on throughout the day. Ugly Dolls, T-shirt Tote Bags, and Aluminum Can Airplanes. The materials came from SCRAP's "recently diverted from the landfill" stock pile, the students' "I never wear these clothes" drawer and the recycling bin's "eww, this is kinda gross and sticky" supply of soda and juice cans. Purchases were limited to some necessities like glue and duct tape so it's pretty safe to say that these projects were 75% reused or reclaimed materials. Thus, we spent the day cutting in to aluminum cans (with gloves on!), converting t-shirts in to bags, and transforming bits of fabric in to little creatures with big personalities. The seventh grade did an AMAZING job creating and followed up with superb enthusiasm while selling their creations at the Fête. I'm so impressed. Good job guys!


>>My favorite. So cool!