This meeting will begin with a salute to the sun! “Hello Sun! Hello Earth! Hello Rain! Hello Wind! Hello Ocean! Hello Wind! Hello Rain! Hello Earth! Hello Sun! Namaste.”
We are thrilled and could not be more pleased with the progress the Earth Kids Club has made in our building! All students, teachers and administration signed the recycling pledge AND John even taught our custodians how to recycle!
This week we continue to do our part and will create Plarn jump ropes for Coach Counihan. February is heart health month and the perfect time to make sure kids are on the road to building healthy habits early! It is our goal to make a class set of jump ropes in time for the P.E. Jump Rope Event. If you would like to make a sturdy plarn jump rope at home with your family, please do! Send your plarn jump rope to Ms. Eyer in the library! Thank you in advance for helping us reach our goal!
Watch the video below to learn how to make plarn!
Instructions:
Collect a bundle of plastic bags and cut each one open so it becomes one flat piece. (Note: Use different colors of bags to give your jump rope extra splashes of color.)- Cut off the handles of each bag and any extra pieces, leaving one large rectangle of plastic.
- Next, cut each rectangle into long strips. There needn’t be specific lengths or widths;
it doesn’t matter in the braiding process. - After cutting a few bags’ worth of strips, tie the strips together. Make sure the length of the strips is a little longer then the length you want the jump rope to be. I made a total of 12 long strips.
- Take six of the strips and tape them together at one end. Then tape the whole group to the back of a chair as a placeholder.
- Braid the six strips together into one very long, jump rope-sized braid. When you’re finished, repeat this step with the second 6 strips so that you have two long plastic braids.
- Twist the two braids together tightly so that the jump rope has enough weight to swing when jumping.
Tape the ends with duct tape to create handles.
