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Matthew Shlian' s university students
He teaches foundations at U of M and 3d design at WCC. Each semester students use 100 items in a project where the end product is greater than the sum of its parts. The students love the project and The ScrapBox!!

 
Inter-generational Flower Workshop
Saturday, August 7th, 2010
Children and adults made wild flowers using empty water bottles, acrylic paint, corks, buttons, and bamboo skewers.

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Milan High School

Various projects displayed at the school
Some close-ups of a Habitat Workshop:
an elephant, pond, palm-trees, stones, a frog, and a duck!

30th Birthday Bash
for Whole Foods Market
in Ann Arbor –
September 19, 2010
Birthday hats made by children and adults with materials from The Scrap Box.

Mary Bajcz:
"I use old and new fabrics in my quilts.   The new fabrics on  the market are so fabulous that I can't resist buying them, but I also love old scraps and abandoned blocks."
Visit her beautiful website to see more of her work.

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A group of young architects got together to make masks with thin self-adhesive foam and transfer foil.

An assortment of masks, large and small, made with a variety of Scrap Box materials.
 
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Drums and music
Hand bags
Purse pins
and Fairy Doors

  Costumes:
crayons
knights
and a really big hat!

 
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Scult-off at the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti, MI
July 2008

 
 
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Barb's Doll

An artist used a box, nails, yarn, ribbon, wood, screws, wire, paint…
to make a doll sculpture.

Adult Mask-Making Workshop
October 2009

Pizza rounds, straws, sticks, sticky-back foam, yarn, fabric scraps, transfer foil, tubes
and
lots of fun!

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Many people have used Scrap Box material to make quilts, purses, and pillows. Fabric samples and scraps are great for piecing and applique.

FUMC Ann Arbor
Outreach trips to Bulgaria and to Zeba in the Upper Penninsula:
Children made many projects with easy to use Scrap Box materials.

Children in Guatemala
used Scrap Box materials to make puppets and flowers.

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A kindergarten girl participated in a "Create a Critter" workshop.
Her critter is a li-ger,
both a lion and a tiger!

  An assortment of rockets, trucks, cars, and boats made with Scrap Box materials.
 
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Recycled Sculpture Contest
Dreaming of a Greener World
more info, click here

 
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A barred owl visits The Scrap Box
more info here

   
The Scrap Box is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Phone: 734/994-0012

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