{"id":513,"date":"2020-04-09T12:21:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T11:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/?p=513"},"modified":"2020-04-17T16:11:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T15:11:56","slug":"how-to-make-a-cardboard-rainforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/?p=513","title":{"rendered":"How to make a cardboard rainforest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I took over as Education Officer at Penscynor Wildlife Park in November 1990. My first act was to beg my good friend Bernie Ryan to come down to Wales and help me out as a volunteer. Thankfully, he came. We were now, a &#8216;department&#8217;. I set about the important job of thinking up a name, &#8216;The Education and Bright Ideas Department&#8217; seemed to be a good fit, so we went with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Our first bright idea was to transform a corner of the &#8216;Zoo Centre&#8217; into a walk through rainforest exhibit made from recycled materials. 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I really liked the new design at the time, but looking back, I prefer Bernie&#8217;s original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Make-a-rainforest_A4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Original handwritten leaflet<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cardboard-Rainforest.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whizzy computerised leaflet<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cardboard-Rainforest_Page_2.png?resize=620%2C439\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cardboard-Rainforest_Page_2.png?w=1754&amp;ssl=1 1754w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cardboard-Rainforest_Page_2.png?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cardboard-Rainforest_Page_2.png?resize=768%2C543&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cardboard-Rainforest_Page_2.png?resize=1024%2C725&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cardboard-Rainforest_Page_2.png?resize=620%2C439&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.howiewatkins.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cardboard-Rainforest_Page_2.png?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took over as Education Officer at Penscynor Wildlife Park in November 1990. 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