Challenge 039 · Ages 9–16
Recycled Fashion
Design recycled clothing.
Recommended Guided Learning Time: 4 hours
Learners may require additional or fewer hours depending on age, prior experience, pace and the level of development they choose to take their project to.
Primary STEAM area
Arts
The Challenge
What will your learner investigate?
Can you design recycled clothing. and explain the choices that make your solution effective?
Learning outcomes
- Explore visual ideas, techniques and design choices linked to the project.
- Apply pattern, form, colour, composition or spatial thinking purposefully.
- Create, evaluate and refine an original outcome.
Connected learning
Art & Design: fashion and textiles; Science: materials; Geography: sustainability and waste; Business: product and brand design.
Dream Areas
Prepare for this Challenge
What you'll need
Here's what may be useful for completing this activity. Requirements may vary depending on the learner, activity format and equipment available.
Materials & consumables
- Clean fabric offcuts
- recycled clothing
- thread
- buttons
- fasteners.
Equipment, tools & software
- Fabric scissors
- needles or sewing machine
- measuring tape.
Safety & preparation
- Adult supervises needles and machines
- use cleaned materials.
These preparation notes support planning and do not replace a project-specific risk assessment or appropriate adult supervision.