Due to the Covid 19, children could not gather together, so I divided 6 kinds into three groups, and conducted an online work shop.
Firstly, I told them some knowledge about jeans from the perspectives of environmental protection, waste of water, pollution and so on, And then tell them how they can recycle and up-cycle old jeans.
Then let them use their imagination and think about what kind of craft do they want to make.
The children had a very happy time during the 2 hours work shop. This is the first time for them to receive such a course, they can learn new knowledge about environmental protection and how to reuse waste jeans. The parents also think this is a very meaningful activity, they think there was a good balance of theory/ facts along with the practical session. It reinforced what one can do with items that you are no longer wearing. their kids were encouraged to asked questions and link what they had learnt to how they felt. Parents wish there were more of these kinds of activities for their children to join.
The result of this activity also gave me great encouragement. Learning from the encountering with the target groups, the next plan is to move in for educating children aging 8-12 on how they might create new items from unwanted blue jeans. It is hoped that the interactive workshops can be brought into primary schools in the UK, online or physical, to teach and facilitate children and their parents to create useful products from unwanted blue jeans.
In time, the next step is to create a platform which educates, sells recycled denim products by children, sells and exchanges used denim products.