Going Green On A White Christmas

A Sorting Guide On Keeping Your Classroom Holiday Leftovers to Good Use (Let’s Go Green)

As The Holiday Season is just a few days away, those seasonal décor that are leftovers in the classroom accumulate a large number of potential trash that could both harm the environment and downgrade the schools' reputation as an environmentally friendly hub. Furthermore, as we lessen the trash and put it to good use not only are we are benefiting the environment (especially in Lebanon) but also we’d be saving up on money too, this is because we can still use the same holiday leftovers for next year.

Whether you save them for different holidays throughout the year or the next school project, here’s a guide on how to sort them and save them until you need them:

Sort Leftover According to Color

We can all agree that in any school we have a large number of holiday leftovers this includes gift wraps, decorative embellishments and other décors placed in classes, corridors, and administrative rooms. Once separated by colors these decorations can be put to good use for different holidays throughout the year, for example, you use the red items for Valentine Day, yellow ones for Easter Holidays or you can even mix it up between red and green for Independence Day.

Sort Leftover According to Material

Different décors such as cardboard boxes, bubble wraps and other pieces give a whole new meaning to accomplishing your classroom activity or school projects. Robotics, Earth Day or even a Biology Activities easily utilize what’s left from the Winter season leftovers. When it comes to Robotics for instance; using cardboard allows you to build your model or even a miniature world for that model.

Keep that Leftover for Next Year

This year’s leftover decorations and wraps can become next year’s inspirational décor. When items are too Christmas-y to use for other projects, just stash them and use them to create next year's Christmas décor.

Recycling leftover holiday items sets the example for what going green is – and let’s not forget, it also saves you some money. So what are we waiting for, Let’s Go Green!