I love doing simple things that help my family save money, get the kids thinking creatively and help the community and environment out at the same time! When you can combine all three of those factors, you?ve got a winning situation! We are in the long term process of switching all our light bulbs over to Energy Smart light bulbs. But since the bulbs tend to be a bit more expensive up front, we only change out the bulbs as the old ones are going out. This week it was time to make a change on our living room lamp and was the opportunity I was looking for to have some creative, teachable moments with the kids and help our school resource at the same time. We were going to Save Money Share Light!
I headed to Walmart to find a replacement energy smart light bulb. I had no problem finding them ? The Dr. Seuss Lorax was on a big aisle display! There were so many choices. I did some research on the GE Lighting website so I was prepared when I got there. There?s even a coupon on their site for $1.00 off any GE Reveal Product. I decided on the Mini Spirals for my lamp. While in that aisle, I saw that GE also has some LED plug in nightlights. We usually leave the bathroom light on for the kids at night. By switching to a small LED night light, I can save the energy and cost of 5 bathroom mirror lights!
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To get the kids excited and energized about the switch and savings, I decided that they would have fun doing a display board to show their results and even donate some Energy Smart Bulbs to our Resource Center at School. So I headed over to the craft aisles. I looked through the poster boards but decided that one of the Elmer Tri-Fold Display Boards would be more sturdy and work better. Then it would be easy to share with our School Resource Department. There?s no sense in keeping all the knowledge to ourselves. Why not share?
Materials Used for our Display
Elmer?s No Wrinkle Rubber Cement
Stick on Letters
Elmer?s 3D Washable Paint Pens
Elmer?s Tri-Fold Display Board
Print off material from GE Lighting Website
Yellow Copy paper
Mutli Color Poster Board
The kids went to work displaying a board to showcase their knowledge of how just replacing two lightbulbs with Energy We learned that Smart Bulbs can save a more than $20 for the year, in addition to giving the same CO2 benefit of planting more than 3 million trees.
My kids were proud of their finished product.
We took our display board, the lightbulbs, a bag of school supplies and some boxed foods. Our school resource center works with our special skills class. They use several lamps to keep the lighting soft so the kids stay focused. Right now they use traditional light bulbs. With the transition to the GE Energy Smart light bulbs, our school will be able to save money and be more energy efficient.
About Champions for Kids
Every day, we have a chance to make small differences in our own lives that can have a significant impact on our children?s future and our planet. Did you know that if every household in the US replaced ONE incandescent bulb with a GE energy smart? bulb, we would save?
? $600 MILLION a year in national energy costs
? Enough energy to light 3 MILLION homes
? Prevent greenhouse gases equal to 800 THOUSAND cars
Did you know that by changing your light bulbs in your home, workplace, and school you could save energy, save money and build a brighter future for our children?
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