Yesterday Garrett and I trekked to the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan to see a food drive exhibit called Canstruction. On the second level of the Winter Garden we were privy to a few dozen sculptures created entirely out of canned food. Walking around the gallery was like walking through a Magic Eye book: up close all we could see was tuna fish and tomato sauce, but once we took a few steps back, everything became much more interesting. And to top it off, once the exhibit comes down in a few days, all of those thousands of cans will be donated to City Harvest. Talk about two beautiful birds with one stone.
My question, though, is why hasn't the Relief Society been informed of this creative way to store canned food? I mean, seriously! Who wouldn't turn down an artistic centerpiece that can simultaneously be used in your one-year supply of food storage? Come on, ladies! Let's get on this! Here are a few ideas to get your wheels turning:
So, I don't know about you, but I've got some canned soups to reorganize.
19 comments:
That's fantastic. I'm thinking of starting with a beach scene to bring some warm memories of better weather. :)
Smile.
Love it.
WOW!!
That is. That is so fantastic I can hardly speak.
Wow, those are incredible! I bet those were fun to see in person!
That brings food storage to a whole new level. Those are awesome.
So. Freakin. Cool. My mom won't know what happened to her food storage when she comes home :)
That is really cool. My kids would probably knock all the cans down!
So cool. Thanks for sharing.
Only in NYC... love it!
Ditto to what Nancy said.
These creations look much better than the mylar bags of wheat we used to store on top of our kitchen cupboards. :)
What do you mean? My food storage has looked like that for ages.
I laughed out loud at Kelly's comment! :) I think the sailboat looks awesome.
(and, appropriately enough, my word verification this time around is FOODY.) :)
That's awesome. And I love that they're donating the food after the exhibit - nice touch.
Wait a minute--are we not absolutely sure this idea was not invented by the Relief Society and just practice implemented in the World Financial Center? Hmm? I thought we were the ones with the great food storage ideas. :)
That was so fun to see!
Royce and I visited LegoLand last week and were very impressed by all the creations there. I'm having a hard time deciding which are cooler. We'll just leave it at they're both very cool, but this may be a touch more innovative!
Wow-- you always find awesome things to do with Garrett! Want to move to my neighborhood and be the excursion organizer? Seriously, you guys do such fun things. I'm impressed.
I like the panda!
Josh loved the Mr. Potato Head and the Panda... I think it's awesome! Now where can I do that so they won't be torn down? I know! On the top of the cupboards!
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