Transforming Trash to Treasure

Every year, art teacher Ms. Judith Mijares tasks her Sculpture and Design students with designing and creating dresses using only paper materials! This activity challenges students to stretch their creative minds, transforming what most would consider trash into something truly beautiful! For the first time this year, students worked in teams, necessitating collaboration and problem solving as they meshed different design concepts into cohesive pieces.

“They learned how to listen to each other’s ideas, how to respect each other’s unique design taste, and then how to manipulate paper into that exact idea,” Ms. Mijares said. “It was fun watching them create and then see the joy in the final product.”