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New Uses for Existing Products
Working with products brought from home, student teams choose an item to redesign. They sketch the new product and create a name, purpose, target customer, and advertising slogan. Teams present their products and the class votes for the most likely to succeed. Warm-up and follow-up activities are included.
Suggested Classes: Art, Retail, Fashion Merchandising, Clothing
State and National Standards: Arizona, California, Washington, National
Suggested Materials:
- Paper
- Reusable products (household products, kitchen utensils, clothing, cans, shoes, sporting equipment, toys, etc.)
- Poster boards
- Labels, pens, glue sticks, etc.