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Recycle Plastic Bottles & Make Super Cute Apple Shaped Boxes!

May 7, 2015 by Linda Lanese

 

bottle apples

bottle appleSara Rivka of “Creative Jewish mom” lives in Northern Israel.  The end of school is near and most children especially in the elementary grades like to bring their teacher a gift on the last day of school. Sara has the most adorable Apple created from a seltzer bottle or a soda bottle. You can stick a small gift inside the bottle make sure you have tissue or some type of red material to wrap your teachers gift in.  Sara has a wooden branch and felt leaves which gives it a natural look. She has a supply list and written instructions for you to follow. I think the teacher will appreciate that this is recycled and from one of her students.  Thanks Sarah for sharing this darling idea! TUTORIAL HERE!

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