per class

Earth Day Plastic Bottle ReUse Garden Ideas

Completed by 7 learners

Ages 8-13

Live One-Time Class

In this 45-minute class to celebrate Earth Day, students will be inspired by creative ways to reuse plastic bottles in the garden.

Lisa Ely

Average rating:

4.9

Number of reviews:

(213 reviews)

Live video meetings

Meets once

9-12 learners per class

45 min

About Learning Overview Teacher Reviews

What's included

1 live meeting

45 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

US Grade 3 - 6

From turning bottles into plant containers and watering cans, there are a lot of green-fingered ways to up-cycle plastic bottles in the garden.  In this hands-on class, I will use videos, pictures and live demonstrations to show how to repurpose plastic in the garden in celebration of Earth Day. We will discuss the history of Earth Days and chat about ways to be creative with plastic.  I will show how plastic bottles can be transformed into bird feeders, scarecrows, and bug houses to work with friends and foes of the garden.  I will also show how plastic bottles can be used to help encourage and protect new plants growing while acting like a greenhouse.  We will end the class by creating a plastic bottle terrarium together.

Learning Goals

Students will gain an understanding and appreciation for Earth Day while learning about how to up-cycle plastic creatively in the garden.

Other Details

Supply List

I will post a list of preferred items to have on hand for the class to make a terrarium.

External Resources

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Lisa Ely

Joined March, 2020

4.9

213reviews

Profile

Teacher expertise and credentials

2 Degrees

Master's Degree from Pepperdine University

Bachelor's Degree from University of Southern California (USC)

Enthusiastic mom of 2 kids, Lisa Ely first learned to garden from her dad in their backyard when she was 6.  Ever since there has not been a pile of dirt that she didn’t want to get her hands in.

Lisa is creator of Learn, Giggle & Grow Garden Curriculum and the co-author of three books under the Kinder Gardens umbrella. She is currently working on her next book series and a multi-media, adventure gardening experience for families to learn more and be inspired every day.

Prior to launching her children’s and family gardening enterprise, Lisa traveled the world over and over as an award-winning non-fiction TV producer and director.  Some of her credits, like CBSs The Amazing Race, Discovery’s Garden Police and a number of shows on HGTV (including the Rose Parade) have helped her learn more about her garden passion.
 
Lisa’s always been described as a big kid and it wasn’t until she had kids that people stopped looking at her a bit funny when she would start a mud ball fight or run through the sprinklers.  She admits that she’s good at playing because she’s had years of practice! She lives by her new family motto of “We’re washable!”

Lisa loves being in front of group sharing her love of everything fun in the garden.  Some of her favorite classes are focused on worm science, eating the rainbow, tomato talk, soil on the move and root, stems, oh my!
 
When she’s not gardening she’s often with her husband watching their kids play baseball, paddling a dragon boat or playing her own version of “Chopped” to get a nightly dinner on the table!