INGL4021-M03

UPCYCLING PROJECT

HOW TO CREATE A
PENCIL HOLDER
IN EASY STEPS

What is Upcycling?
Upcycling is to reuse discarded objects or materials in
such a way as to create a product of higher quality or
value than the original.
Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Upcycle. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved May 10, 2022, from https://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/upcycle

MATERIALS Instructions
Step 1: Take the plastic container
and line it with paper and measure
it, as shown in Figure 1.
Photo by Marylys Rivera
A plastic container
Magazines
Colored paper
Scissor
Glue Figure 1
Ribbons
Shapes created in
Photo by Marylys Rivera
foamy

Step 2: Cut out and glue

the paper to the plastic
container, as shown in
Figure 2.

Photo by Marylys Rivera

Figure 2

Step 3: Take the magazine and Step 4: Measure the rolls with the
use each page to make rolls to height of the container, cut and
decorate the container, as glue one by one. Let them dry, as
shown in Figure 3. shown in Figure 4.
Figure 3 Figure 4

Photos by Marylys Rivera

Photos by Marylys Rivera

Step 5: We decorate it with

ribbons and shapes created
Figure 5
with foamy, as shown in Figure
5. Photo by Marylys Rivera

Warning To watch the demonstration

Be careful with scissors because you

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can cut yourself and be careful if you
use hot glue because you can burn
yourself.

By Marylys Rivera Flores