Saturday February 13th saw the second in a series of six recycling workshop for children under the auspices of the Art and Wild Nature Foundation at Turtle and Moon. It was a peaceful workshop: most of the Paphos action that day was focused in town where the annual Carnival Parade was pounding the streets, but the six children and two adults who met at the studio were happy with the unaccustomed quiet.
We had gathered to turn milk cartons into bird feeders. Lise showed the children the example, and got out the acrylic paints, and as soon as everyone had chosen their colours, they got to work. When the paint was dry, Lise cut holes in the cartons with a craft knife, punched dowels through to act as perches, and attached wire hangers. The children decorated their feeders with coloured decorations, filled them with sunflower seeds, and hung them on the nearby trees.
