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Our Term 1 fundraiser is HERE and we'd love it if you'd have
a look at these awesome reusable bags for you, your family, friends, teachers and anyone else you can think of! ORDER FORM! These bags come in all sorts of funky colours and patterns. They are super easy with their own pouches to attach to your key rings or just to have handy in your bags....BUT....the most wonderful reason to grab yourself some of these bags is for our planet! We are all too aware of the damage that single-use plastic bags are doing to our oceans and how they are filling our landfills. We'd love it if our wonderful community could not only contribute towards an awesome fundraiser this term but if we could also promote REUSABLE bags and do our part to make our world a cleaner, healthier place. Patterns and colours will be randomly placed in orders. |
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There are so many uses for these bags:
Grocery shopping
Lunch box carriers
Beach bags
Cloth nappy bags
Library book bags
Knitting bags.....
....to name a few!!
All orders will need to be in by MONDAY 2nd APRIL 2018 using the form provided. The bags will be ready to collect week beginning MONDAY 16th APRIL 2018. The bags can be collected from various activities - please ensure you detail on the attached form which activity you can collect your bags from.
Alternatively there is a postage option. If you'd like to purchase up to 4 bags and pay an extra $3 we can post them out to you.
Thanks so much for your support.....here's to colourful, fancy, looking-after-the-planet shoppers!!!!
Grocery shopping
Lunch box carriers
Beach bags
Cloth nappy bags
Library book bags
Knitting bags.....
....to name a few!!
All orders will need to be in by MONDAY 2nd APRIL 2018 using the form provided. The bags will be ready to collect week beginning MONDAY 16th APRIL 2018. The bags can be collected from various activities - please ensure you detail on the attached form which activity you can collect your bags from.
Alternatively there is a postage option. If you'd like to purchase up to 4 bags and pay an extra $3 we can post them out to you.
Thanks so much for your support.....here's to colourful, fancy, looking-after-the-planet shoppers!!!!
Canterbury Home Educators Inc Term 4 2018 Fundraiser
Our last fundraiser for the year is Smencils (scented pencils) and Smens (scented pens) which are great stocking fillers for Christmas and the New Year. Smencils are gourmet-scented pencils made from recycled newspapers.
Smencils Standard HB 5 Pack. Pack of 5 Smencils with HB lead and eraser. Scents: Sour Apple, Cola, Cupcake, Jelly Bean, Rainbow Sherbet ($10)
Smencils Sport HB 5 Pack. Pack of 5 Smencils with HB Lead and eraser. Scents: Touchdown Taffy, Slumdunk Soda, Kickflip Cotton Candy, Batter Up Bubblegum, Goal Scorin' Grape ($10)
Smencils Coloured 10 Pack. Pack of 10 Smencils. Scents: Lite- Blue, Cotton Candy, Violet Grape Soda, Black Cherry, Pink Bubble Gum, Yellow Lemon, Lime Fizz, Orange Lolli-pop, Brown Rootbeer, Green Watermeon, Red Strawberry Cupcake, Navy Jelly Donut ($20)
Smens Bundle of 5. Smens with black ink. Scents: Cucumber Melow, Mocha, Cinnamon Roll, Blueberry, Cupcake ($20)
Use the form below to place your order
Smencils Standard HB 5 Pack. Pack of 5 Smencils with HB lead and eraser. Scents: Sour Apple, Cola, Cupcake, Jelly Bean, Rainbow Sherbet ($10)
Smencils Sport HB 5 Pack. Pack of 5 Smencils with HB Lead and eraser. Scents: Touchdown Taffy, Slumdunk Soda, Kickflip Cotton Candy, Batter Up Bubblegum, Goal Scorin' Grape ($10)
Smencils Coloured 10 Pack. Pack of 10 Smencils. Scents: Lite- Blue, Cotton Candy, Violet Grape Soda, Black Cherry, Pink Bubble Gum, Yellow Lemon, Lime Fizz, Orange Lolli-pop, Brown Rootbeer, Green Watermeon, Red Strawberry Cupcake, Navy Jelly Donut ($20)
Smens Bundle of 5. Smens with black ink. Scents: Cucumber Melow, Mocha, Cinnamon Roll, Blueberry, Cupcake ($20)
Use the form below to place your order
Canterbury Home Educators Inc July Term 3 Fundraiser-Orders Now Closed
Our Term 3 fundraiser has a fabulous foodie focus. Support CHE by buying Juicies, Frooze balls and Trade Aid chocolate. Below you'll find resources to support learning around Buying NZ Made, Fair Trade and Making Healthy Food Choices.
Trade Aid
Buy New Zealand Made
Making Healthy Food Choices
Term 2 Fundraiser, now closed, thank you for your support
July 2017 is also known as Plastic Free July so our fundraiser featured low waste products. Thank you so much to everyone who supported our successful July fundraiser, we'll be back with another one for Term 3, this time with delicious and healthy food options.
We're very grateful to Christchurch author Deanna Anderson for kindly donating three copies of her beautiful new picture book for young eco-warriers 'Kikir of the Walking Trees' The winners of the books were Sarah W (Christchurch), Laetitia T (Oxford) and Marnie E (Christchurch).
If you ordered Bee's Wax Food Wrap Kits the instructions are available below, with options to download with or without pictures for printing.
MAKE YOUR OWN BEESWAX FOOD WRAPS
This kit includes 100 grams of wax and cotton fabric. When you have made your beeswax infused cotton cloth, you can use this as you would use plastic wrap. It is not recommended that you use on meat of dairy products as they may leave harmful bacteria on the wrap. To clean them, wash in cold or lukewarm water with mild soap.
Your fabric comes in large 30cmx110cm pieces so begin with cutting your fabric to the desired size then choose one of the following methods to make your food wraps.
METHOD 1
You need an iron for this method, your kit, a large, sharp knife, an old towel and a few sheets of baking (greaseproof) paper.
This kit includes 100 grams of wax and cotton fabric. When you have made your beeswax infused cotton cloth, you can use this as you would use plastic wrap. It is not recommended that you use on meat of dairy products as they may leave harmful bacteria on the wrap. To clean them, wash in cold or lukewarm water with mild soap.
Your fabric comes in large 30cmx110cm pieces so begin with cutting your fabric to the desired size then choose one of the following methods to make your food wraps.
METHOD 1
You need an iron for this method, your kit, a large, sharp knife, an old towel and a few sheets of baking (greaseproof) paper.
Cut your beeswax pellets up and set aside. We tried blending them and grating and it didn’t work. You don’t have to be too careful about cutting them up, the size shown here worked well. Place a few sheets of baking paper on your towel then place your cotton square on top of this. Evenly sprinkle your beeswax over the cloth, ensuring that you go all the way to the edges.
Place a few more sheets of baking paper over the wax and cotton then iron over it. Peel back the paper to check that the wax is evenly melted. You may need to sprinkle more on for even coverage and iron again. When you are satisfied that the wax is evenly melted over the cotton, peel the wax infused cotton square off the baking paper and let it dry and cool. You can either put it on a wire rack or peg it on a line of string to dry. When it is dry break any wax off that has gone outside of the edges.
METHOD 2
You need your kit for this method, a small paintbrush, plus some oil of your choice (e.g. almond oil).
In a pot, slowly heat 2/3 cup oil with 1/3 cup beeswax.
METHOD 2
You need your kit for this method, a small paintbrush, plus some oil of your choice (e.g. almond oil).
In a pot, slowly heat 2/3 cup oil with 1/3 cup beeswax.
While this is heating, put your cloths on a clean baking tray and heat for 10 minutes in an 80⁰C oven. When the wax in the pot is melted and the cloth is heated remove the cotton from the oven and use the paintbrush to paint the cloths with the wax and oil mixture, making sure to paint right to the edges.
Return the cloths to the oven, stacking them on top of each other, for the fabric to become further infused with wax.
Remove from oven and place on a wire rack or quickly hang on a line to dry.
If you notice that the wax is wearing away after a few months you can repeat the process to make them brand new again.
If you notice that the wax is wearing away after a few months you can repeat the process to make them brand new again.
Useful Websites For Exploring
Plastic Free July
The World Counts
Sky Ocean Rescue
Pinterest Recycle Reuse Environmentally Aware Crafts, 100s of ideas using everyday throwaway items
Plastic Free July Facebook Page
The Ocean Clean Up Foundation
Places To Visit
Good Shop - Brighton- Social enterprise, shop and workshops Newsletter
Rekindle - Workshops for re-use
Inspiring Kids and Young People
Wellington students protest plastic bags outside Parliament 28/06
Boyan Slat: Cleaning Up The Great Pacific Garbage Patch- RNZ interview 26/06
Recommended Reading
Kikir of the Walking Trees
Charlie and Lola: We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers
The Lorax
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING VIDEO HAS DISTRESSING IMAGES ABOUT THE IMPACT OF PLASTIC ON ANIMALS