Children at a Sleaford primary are turning empty crisp packets into blankets for the homeless
It takes around 150 packets for each blanket
Schoolchildren in Sleaford are helping homeless people by turning used crisp packets into blankets.
After the youngsters from William Alvey munched their way through the snacks they ironed the empty packets, with supervision!
They've then helped teachers join around 150 of them together to make a blanket.
Any they make will be given to the homeless.
It all started when the William Alvey’s, Sam McKenna, delivered five blankets to Grantham food bank for them to distribute throughout the local community.
Staff and children have been busy saving crisp packets to be turned into Bivvys.
After the initial donation, Sam told us how she was inspired to help:
“It all started in the dining hall with Year 3. I folded a crisp packet into a triangle for a child, then they all started asking me to fold theirs.
"After a while I was folding so many! So, I did some research on things we could do with them, that’s when I came across the Crisp Packet Project.
"I decided to collect the crisp packets instead of folding them and I told the children I was going to make something out of their packets.”
Sam brought in the first Bivvy to show the children what she had made and explained what it would do for someone.
Sam added:
“It felt amazing to see the whole process through. Something that would have ended up in landfill now has a new purpose. Not just that, but it could potentially change the life of someone on the brink.”