Lucy • 10 • Waterford

8-11 Category   •  2026
Why I did this project was because in our school we're trying to get our sustainable travel flag for our green schools committee. I used old scrunched up plastic to make the river, and I used old cardboard to make the water wheel. I used lollipop sticks to make the house, and I used black paper with hot glue on top of it to make the solar panels. I used fake grass meant for flower baskets for the plant pots. I crocheted the stepping stones that lead to the house. I used more lollipop sticks and coloured paper to make the plants. The cabin opens from the roof. The base is covered in green material that helps plants grow. The back drop is made from mounting board. I drew trees on white paper and stuck them onto the backdrop. I cut out a moon from paper and stuck that onto the backdrop and I got these star stickers and stuck them on. I designed the water wheel. I was just thinking how I would, like, push the cardboard pieces, sticking them on to the little circle. So I came up with this idea that I would make a kind of a toilet roll shape with an edge so the cardboard pieces could just slot into them. And then I used lollipop sticks to hold it up, and I stuck it over the water. For the green house I was going to do a pitched roof, but it was a little hard, so I bent one piece of plastic onto a wooden base which made the perfect curved roof. Then I made all the plants with broken lollipop sticks and fake grass. It was worth it to spend a week and a half on it because it looks very cool. I also added lights into it. I'm happy that I added lights into it because it really like, when you're looking at it, it just pops. My favourite part is the plants on the inside. The other night I was trying to just stick plants down outside the greenhouse, and then I realised I should have put them in the greenhouse. So I made a canopy over them and I stuck that on the greenhouse, and I think that's very cool. Thank you for reading and looking. Lucy.