Just for Kids

Scout Patch

PLEASE NOTE: Our process for ordering patches is changing in 2011. If you are a scout troop leader, California Coastal Cleanup Day is a great service event. Your group can clean up your local beach or waterway and add some flare to their scout vest. All Scouts are eligible for a FREE Scout Patch as a reward for participating in Coastal Cleanup Day at all San Diego County and Tijuana sites!  To save on postage, patches will be available for pick up or can be mailed to you within a few weeks after the cleanup. Patches are available to Scout members only. We will accept patch requests until midnight on Sunday, September 25th.

Sorry we are no longer accepting scout patch orders through our online order form, please email cleanupday@sdcoastkeeper.org  with any further questions.

Decorate Your Bucket Contest

This year, San Diego Coastkeeper and I Love A Clean San Diego are initiating a new art contest to encourage everyone to bring their own bucket, work gloves, and reusable water bottle to the cleanup.  We encourage participants to use their creativity and imagination to learn why it is important to keep our waterways, beaches, and ocean free from marine litter. Participants in this contest will be eligible to win a great prize and the chance to have their picture displayed on the Coastal Cleanup Day  web site for a year! 

How to Participate:

1. Read our instruction form which you can now download.
   
2. Decorate a bucket that you will bring to the cleanup
   
3. Email a picture of you AND your bucket AT the cleanup to coordinators at cleanupday@sdcoastkeeper.org no later than September 25. By submitting an entry, participants are allowing Event Coordinators to display a picture of the bucket on the website.
   
4. Please include the following information in your email:

• Full name of artist
• Age of artist
• Zip Code

Rules:

1. Must participate in Coastal Cleanup Day to enter.
2. Participants must be under 16 yrs of age.
3. Judging will take place after Coastal Cleanup Day.
4. Winners will be notified by email, responding to the email the entry was sent from. 
5. Pictures of winners will be displayed on the Coastal Cleanup Day website.

To see the winning designs from 2010's 5th Annual Coloring Contest with a "Trash Travels" theme, click here.

Create Your Own Sand Sifter

In addition to decorating your own bucket, you can further emphasize REUSE by decorating your own milk jug to use at the cleanup.  You can simply decorate and bring a milk jug, or create your own milk jug sand sifter to remove the smaller pieces of plastic and those pesky cigarette butts out of the sand at your cleanup site.  Help us practice the 3 R’s, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse at this year’s Coastal Cleanup Day by following the milk jug sand sifter project below.

Materials:

1. Plastic milk gallon or water jug
2. Duct tape
3. Scissors
4. One piece of window screen (most hardware stores have screen)

Directions:

1. Wash and dry plastic jug
2. Cut off the top of the jug in an oval shape without cutting off the jug's handle. It is best to cut the jug on a stable surface to prevent any accidents.
3. Place the 6x6 inch screen on top of the hole. Carefully tape the screen with duct tape to the jug, securing the screen as tightly as possible to the jug.
4. Cut out the bottom of the jug and put tape around all the edges. (To cover all sharp edges)
5. Clean the beach! You are now ready to filter small bits of plastic, cigarette butts and other kinds of plastic by scooping sand and sifting it through the wire screen. You can now find all the trash hidden in the sand!