Do You Remember This?
Posted by Nona Nita's Blog at 4/29/2009 8:17 PM 
Categories: Activities, Conscious Living
Tags: kid fun Going Green Grandchildren teaching values seniors. recycling children's activities Ecology
Categories: Activities, Conscious Living
Tags: kid fun Going Green Grandchildren teaching values seniors. recycling children's activities Ecology
I'm always impressed with ingenuity, and when it comes hand-in-hand with recycling, I am totally blown away, so when I saw these little gems from yesteryear at a yard sale last weekend, I snatched them right up. Even if I didn't plan to use them (which I most certainly do) I would have bought them, if for no other reason than to inspire me to find more and better ways to reuse the refuse that is already on this earth, rather than create more. Does anyone remember seeing this type of handmade trivet on their family's table as a child? I vaguely remember making something like this in the 50's as a Brownie, or am I recalling a memory of my grandma crocheting around the bottle caps and then sewing them together?
Anyway, my curiosity got the best of me and I sacrilegiously opened one up just to see the logo on the bottle caps underneath. They have cork on the underside, they are not twist off, they have a gray speckled background, a red circle and writing, and they say "Coca Cola REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." Does anyone know what era these are from?
Regardless of the era, the trivets are small treasures and fun reminders of the resourcefulness of people from days gone by. They are also a great idea for an ecology project to do with your grandchild. Children from six and up should be able to make this with guidance from an adult The only materials required would be material cut into circles big enough to gather around a bottle cap, and enough material to line the bottom. Unfortunately, (or fortunately according to your point of view) you would have to drink a lot of beer or hook up with someone who does, to get the bottle caps. The plastic tops from soda don't hold up under heat (take my word for it, I tried it). Simple, cheap, educational, and green...what more could you ask for in a children's project? Just be prepared, grandma, to get it back as a gift at the Holidays.
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Anyway, my curiosity got the best of me and I sacrilegiously opened one up just to see the logo on the bottle caps underneath. They have cork on the underside, they are not twist off, they have a gray speckled background, a red circle and writing, and they say "Coca Cola REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." Does anyone know what era these are from?
Regardless of the era, the trivets are small treasures and fun reminders of the resourcefulness of people from days gone by. They are also a great idea for an ecology project to do with your grandchild. Children from six and up should be able to make this with guidance from an adult The only materials required would be material cut into circles big enough to gather around a bottle cap, and enough material to line the bottom. Unfortunately, (or fortunately according to your point of view) you would have to drink a lot of beer or hook up with someone who does, to get the bottle caps. The plastic tops from soda don't hold up under heat (take my word for it, I tried it). Simple, cheap, educational, and green...what more could you ask for in a children's project? Just be prepared, grandma, to get it back as a gift at the Holidays.
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For more on Enlightened Grandparenting visit Nona Nita's Nook
and click My Path Productions for ideas that support conscious living.
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I don't remember seeing those before but I remember bottle caps with the cork. Had to be around the 40s and 50s. My best friends dad bottled Dr Pepper and it had those caps.
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I remember seeing these. In my family, we always had tons of those pot holders that were made on little looms. We used to make them in "summer recreation," which was a program held at the school in which various crafty activities were provided. those pot holders are also very durable, though not quite as attractive!
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I'll tell you a secret. Every year I bring one of those little pot holder looms into my ESL class to explain the word "weaving" and then tie it into Global 9 content area ...the importance of weaving to primitive peoples...you know. But I really bring it in because I love having the chance to weave one of those pot holders again...weren't they fun?
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Weaving those pot holders was fun! I don't own one of those looms but I think I'll buy one for the grands. That way I'll have an excuse to do one myself!
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