What Will I Be When They Recycle Me?
(Tune: “Oh, Dear, What Can the Matter Be?”)
What will I be when they recycle me? (Roll hands in a circle.)
What will I be when they recycle me?
What will I be when they recycle me?
I’ll come back to life—you will see! (Clap your hands and then point your finger.)
I am an empty soda can (Pretend to hold a soda can in front of you.)
Made of precious aluminum.
I can save lots of energy
If you will recycle me. (Roll hands in a circle.)
I’m an old bottle of plastic (Pretend to hold a plastic bottle.)
But I could be fantastic!
Toys, pipes, car bumpers, and much more—
That’s what my plastic is for. (Roll hands in a circle.)
A pile of used boxes and papers we (Make an invisible square in the air.)
Come from the precious wood of trees.
Recycled we’ll be as good as new (Roll hands in a circle.)
And save some other trees, too.
I am a fine jar made of glass— (Cup hands to make a bowl.)
Please don’t treat me like plain old trash! (Shake head “no.”)
I’ll make new jars again and again
Recycle me—yes you can! (Roll hands in a circle.)
Though we may look like old used stuff, (Open palms.)
Stop, wait! Please don’t give up on us! (Make sign language for “stop.”)
Think of the great possibilities— (Put index finger on your head and tap.)
Recycle us, set us free! (Roll hands in a circle and then throw up hands in the air.)
WATER BOTTLES
DO YOU HATE TO THROW AWAY WATER BOTTLES LIKE I DO? HERE ARE SOME SIMPLE, FUN PROJECTS YOU CAN DO AT HOME. FIRST, REMOVE LABEL AND THEN FILL WITH SOME OF THE MATERIALS SUGGESTED BELOW.
NOTE! GLUE THE LIDS ON WITH E6000 OR ANOTHER CRAFT GLUE.
Bubbles – Fill ½ full with water. Add a drop of dish detergent and a few drops of food coloring and shake.
Mud – Put ½ cup dirt in a bottle. Fill with water. Shake and observe as the dirt settles.
Wave – Fill 2/3 full with water. Add a drop of food coloring. Fill to the top with vegetable oil or baby oil. Slowly rotate the bottle on its side to make waves.
Can you find? - Fill a bottle half way with salt or sand. Add small toys and shake. Children try to identify the objects. (You can probably find lots of small objects in a "junk" drawer in your kitchen!)
Glitter – Fill a bottle with water. Add food coloring and glitter.
Finger fun – Put cotton balls, clothespins, pom poms, or other small objects in a bottle. Challenge the children to remove them and then put them back in.
Air tanks – Take two liter bottles and fill half way with water. Tape bottles together. Add shoulder straps so children can be super heroes, astronauts, scuba divers - whatever their imaginations want!