Re-purpose with Purpose

Hi Team,
In the last few weeks my repurposing elective has been taking old things and transforming them into new things.  This has been going...ok.  While we have no lack in creativity in the class, we lacked direction.  We came up with some very inspiring pieces like this bench that was a table and this display case and cds that were turned into a toy table saw.

On the whole though, we needed a goal.  After watching way too much Project Runway over mid-winter break, I was inspired to make the class more like a game.  Every 2-3 weeks the students are given a challenge.  This week's challenge was to make a lamp.  They had an hour to play with light bulbs and twinkling lights and to sketch out an idea.  The next week they had 30 minutes to search through the Ann Arbor Reuse-it Center.  The following week they had to create their lamp.  On the final week, they will put on the finishing touches and present their lamp.

The people at the Reuse-it Center loved it so much they started making $20 and $30 items only $1.  We got $70 worth of stuff for $10.  They said they loved our project and thought the kids were cute.  I'll take it!  While our pieces are still in progress, it's going to be amazing!