MamAnomolie

I could not be more proud of my oldest niece, Zoey! Over Thanksgiving, she and my dad spent hours down in the basement working on Zoey's "make your own menorah contest" entry. Zoey and her grandpa decided that they weren't going to make just any menorah, they were going to make one using only scrap materials. And look at the beautiful result!

Zoey learned how to use all of the tools that were used to create her menorah and kept track of all of them. She got to try out a hand drill, push drill, screwdriver, brace and bits, and a hand saw.

She also kept track of all of the reclaimed materials that were used to build and decorate her creation. Ingredients included the following:
- Zoey's Great Grandpa's office chair
- Spring from G.J.B. (Grandpa's Junk Box)
- Plastic crystal underlay
- Rainbow electrical wire
- Plastic ice crystals
- Stones
- Feathers
- Metal brackets
- Computer parts
- Nuts
- Bolts
- Shells

Even the decorative items were not purchased for this project. My dad does a lot of photography, and these items had already been purchased and used for some of his photography endeavors.

The best part is what Zoey wrote for her project description. "This menorah was made with only recycled items. Nothing was purchased and nothing electrical was used to make it. I used all of the tools with my Grandpa in Virginia and had a blast!!"

See, recycling, reusing and being green just runs in my family. Oh, and she won second place in her contest! You're first place by far in my book, kiddo! Congratulations Zoey on an awesome, artistic and green job well done!