The Plastic Water Bottle Project :: I’ll admit, I regularly read DIY design blogs written by super hip stay at home moms(with profitable blogs!) and make mental lists of all the things I want to make. Months ago I read THIS POST. That same day I asked my friend to save all her plastic water bottles for me so someday I’d be able to re-create the plastic water bottle chandelier.

Note: Good friends will save plastic water bottles for months for you and then one day call and say, “I have atleast 100 water bottle for you, do you want them or what!”

Truth be told, I’d forgotten I’d asked for the water bottles and upon receiving them was unsure if I still wanted to embark on the water bottle project, but I figured I couldn’t let my friend’s water bottle saving efforts go to waste. So, I made a day out of making the plastic water bottle project.

The cutting and spray painting was mindlessly therapeutic and provided hours of of time to catch up with a friend who agreed to help with the project. HOWEVER, it was also one of those projects where the whole time I was making it I was thinking “Ugh, this thing is going to be ugly. I’m just going to want to throw it away when I’m done.” AND, when I was done with it, I kind of did want to toss it. Don’t get me wrong – it was fun and cool, it just had no place in my house. That, and up close it kind of looked like a pile of neon painted trash.

The redemptive ending to this story(I’m sure you’re ready for it!) :: I happen to know the world’s greatest Montessori pre-school teacher. As it turns out, my wild and whimsical plastic water bottle creation was THE PERFECT addition to the entry way of her magical house/school where little 3 and 4 year olds will pass through into a truly magical first education experience when they begin their first day of pre-school this week. Everything, even plastic water bottle projects have their place.