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some bottle caps. The tractor was carrying chocolate wrappers that are supposed to represent the animals' food. To make the human in the tractor I found cardboard with a picture of a girl. With the use of chocolate wrappers and bottle caps I made multiple chickens. I could make a duck in a pond with a small cup. Lastly to make the tree I used a tissue paper roll and a green net. With some paint my sculpture was finally finished. I had a great time doing this project!!!" Daniel D. - Litter Harvester - 2nd place "I wanted to make a piece of farm equipment out of litter. I used a kitty litter jug and two 2-liter bottles from our recycle bin from home. I used an egg carton, broken coat hanger, cardboard, and two 20 oz. bottles from trash pick-ups. Most of these items were from the trash pick-up my club did on the Mercy Trailhead on the Razorback Greenway last October. I used a lot of paint and hot glue to put together the combine. It was fun to see how I could get the header at the front of the combine to move. I really enjoyed this year's theme (On the Farm) and am excited about entering this contest each year." Lily L. - Bumblebee - 3rd place "I gathered all the materials from picking up trash along Davis in Pea Ridge. I ride or walk and as I see trash, I pick it up, take it home and throw it away. The only things I got from home were the paints, googly eyes, glue, skewer stick and moss. Bumblebee is made of a tin can, with water bottle plastic wings, screws for the antenna, and bottle caps for eyes. The can was created as a base to stand it up. I created bumblebee because it was simple and cute!" Noah - apple spur 4-H Barn "My Tossed project this year is the Apple Spur Barn. It was made out of 2 boxes that were in my garage. Then I used 4 cans and the top of a 20 oz. bottle to make the silo. My little brother found a fishing bobber when we did a trash pick up at Beaver Lake. I used that to make the weathervane for the top of the barn. I used spray paint and regular paint to paint the barn, silo, weathervane and the 4-H clover. This was a lot of fun." Mixed age ella W. and amanda W. (mom) - Bottle Lillies "We found a lot of different bottles on our trip to pick up trash on the road close to our house. First the terra cotta pot is two plastic plant containers that we glued together and made a rim out of sturdy plastic straps. Mom spray painted it with terra cotta paint and added a large rock we picked up on our trash pick up. We ended up using it as a weight. Then, Styrofoam/dirt was painted black. The Bottle Lillies tag was also litter. The flowers are all made with part of a plastic bottle. There were Dr. Pepper, water and Sprite bottles among the bottles we used. We found enough aluminum tabs to serve as leaves from cans we picked up and from our recycle bin. We painted each flower and then spray painted the skewer stems (from our kitchen) and tabs green. We had fun making a litter flower arrangement! Who knew trash could be pretty?" TOSSED is sponsored by Northwest Arkansas Stormwater Education and the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Research & Extension. There are a variety of partners that help sponsor the promotion of the program and awards. For more information about the program and upcoming contests, contact lsimpson@uaex.edu or call 479-271-1060. OfficialKidsMag.com • SepteMBer 2020 • 31

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