HoneyPancakes Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Don't ask why, but I have about 5,000 plastic sandwich boxes - the triangular ones you buy your sandwiches in at shops. Now - what do you make of that? I have a few ideas but what might you make of them? If you're in the north east you're welcome to some if you want. Honey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueFinanceManager Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Idea stolen from the world wide web; A great way to illustrate what a triangle is for preschool children is to use triangle-shaped sandwiches as the medium for their art project. Teachers (or parents) can make a child's favorite sandwich and then cut it into triangles using a knife. Then, preschool kids can take pictures of their triangle sandwiches using a digital camera or children's camera. Pictures of the sandwich triangles can be cut up with age-appropriate, blunt scissors and arranged on a large poster. The teacher can specify how to arrange the triangles. For example, preschoolers can arrange triangle sandwich pictures on a poster board or bulletin board to look like a beautiful buffet display. Or they can arrange triangles to make larger triangles, rectangles or squares. Preschoolers can also use triangles to form butterflies, flowers or fish in a sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 ebay? sandwich shop role play teddy bear's picnic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyPancakes Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Many thanks, that might deal with a few of them. Quite frankly Ebay sounds like the best bet. If I got £3 I'd get my money back! Sure no one out there wants any? Honey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 what about a fundraing idea...how many things can you get in the box? or give everyone a box and give a prize to the one who comes up with the most inventive use or funniest or daft or brightly coloured or......... you get the idea then offer the rest to your lea for them to pass on so that others can do the same...you could start a trend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 We inherited something similar from a parent - they were very useful for sending our in-school baking efforts home, and also at cake sales for packing biscuits into rather than plastic bags. They kept us going for a year or so - 5000 would probably see me into retirement though! Would they make windmill sails? Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lou73 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 make dinosaurs, crocodiles etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyPancakes Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Windmill Sails?!! Brill. Wonder if they'd catch the wind like a kite? Love the fund raising ideas Might pass some on to the local playgroup to let them have a go (I'm childminder). Offer still stands for anyone who wants some. H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I'd leave some out for the kids to come up with ideas of what to do with them, I bet they'll come up with more creative uses than any of us could think of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 ive seen a greenhouse made out of recycled plastic bottles perhaps your mindees could whip you up one made of sandwich boxes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 similarly, i've seen an igloo made out of plastic milk bottles.............would the sandwich boxes work? Or walls with seeds growing inside them?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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