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    Re-Imagining Birthday Parties

    Sep 01, 2019 3 minutes
    by Laura Lind

    T he guests at Mia Blasiole’s ninth birthday party made magic happen. The kids thought outside the box. Or rather, the colored bins. They connected, combined, and reconfigured craft materials into new works of art. But perhaps the most magical aspect of the party? It benefited the planet. Community members had donated the materials used in these amazing creations. The same objects could easily have ended up in a landfill.

    “Stuff You Never Imagined”

    At Mia’s “Reuse-a-Palooza” party, eight colored bins contained items

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