Craft from Plastic Bottle Waste (Kriya) Competition: What It Is, Where It’s Run and How It’s Judged

An individual craft item for primary school pupils in classes 3 to 5, where each entrant makes an object from plastic bottle waste, marked out of 100 on creativity, technique, form, presentation and usefulness.

Craft from Plastic Bottle Waste, called Kriya in Indonesian, is the recycled-materials craft branch of a national school arts festival in Indonesia for primary pupils. Each entrant is one child in class 3, 4 or 5, and the item is open to boys and girls together. The child turns used plastic bottles into a finished object, and the panel marks the object rather than a performance.

On the template the item sits in one individual group for classes 3 to 5, which eTalenter maps to ages 8 to 11, with Indonesian as the language. No time limit is set. The source guide also prints a festival theme, and the template does not model themes, so an organiser running the item should announce their own theme and materials rules before entries are made.

It is marked out of 100 on five printed criteria: creativity and originality 25, technique and skill 25, form 20 (whether the shape is unique, well proportioned and pleasing to look at), presentation and theme fit 20, and usefulness 10. Half of the marks therefore go to how inventive the idea is and how well it is made, and a tenth to whether the finished object can actually be used.

A strong entry is a bottle-based object with a clear idea behind it, cleanly cut and joined, balanced in shape, and shown with a short explanation of what it is and why it was made that way. Organisers run the item because plastic bottles are cheap and easy to collect, it teaches children to reuse waste, and it gives hands-on pupils a place beside the singing, drawing and storytelling items.

Where Craft from Plastic Bottle Waste (Kriya) is run

On the eTalenter templates this item appears on one: a national student arts and literature festival in Indonesia for primary classes 3 to 5, where it is the craft branch beside drawing, singing, storytelling, story writing, pantomime and dance. Recycled-material craft contests are run at schools and community festivals in many places, but the five-part weighting here is specific to this festival, so organisers elsewhere should set their own criteria.

• Indonesia

Key facts

• Individual entry; pupils in class 3, 4 or 5 (mapped by eTalenter to ages 8 to 11), boys and girls together
• Language on the template is Indonesian; no time limit or entry fee is set
• Marked out of 100: creativity and originality 25, technique and skill 25, form 20, presentation and theme fit 20, usefulness 10
• Judged on a finished object made from plastic bottle waste, not on a live performance
• Variant note: the festival theme and its stage-by-stage progression from school to national final are not modelled on the template

On eTalenter, Craft from Plastic Bottle Waste (Kriya) is filed under Art and typically scored with Marks. It appears in 1 ready-made event templates — each one can adjust its time limit, age-group assignment and scoring setup independently.

Across the templates that use it, Craft from Plastic Bottle Waste (Kriya) is most often entered as an Individual competition, typically scored out of 100.

What judges look at in Craft from Plastic Bottle Waste (Kriya)

What a Craft from Plastic Bottle Waste (Kriya) panel is actually weighing up, and where the marks are usually won or lost:

• Creativity and originality (25): a fresh idea for the bottles earns the most; a copy of a common design seen online, or a plain bottle with little changed, loses marks
• Technique and skill (25): clean cuts, firm joins, neat finishing and sensible use of paint or tape; glue showing, ragged edges or an object that falls apart when handled costs marks
• Form (20): the shape is unique, in proportion and pleasing to the eye; a lopsided or cluttered object loses marks even if the idea is good
• Presentation and theme fit (20): the object is displayed neatly and clearly fits the announced theme, and the child can say in a sentence or two what it is
• Usefulness (10): the smallest share, but an object with a real purpose, such as a pen holder, planter or storage box, scores above a purely decorative one
• Overall: half the marks reward the idea and the making, so a simple, well-built, original object beats a large untidy one

Treat these as the judging focus, not a fixed rubric: publish your own weighted criteria for Craft from Plastic Bottle Waste (Kriya) under Scoring Setup, or start from our guide to judge scoring and tabulation software.

How to prepare for Craft from Plastic Bottle Waste (Kriya)

How entrants and their teachers usually get Craft from Plastic Bottle Waste (Kriya) right on the day:

• Collect and wash a good supply of bottles early, in different sizes and colours, so the child can try several ideas before choosing one
• Sketch two or three ideas on paper first and pick the one that is original but still simple enough for a child of this age to finish neatly
• Practise the basic skills separately: cutting safely with an adult nearby, smoothing cut edges, joining pieces and painting a clean finish
• Decide the object’s use before building, since usefulness is marked, and test that it works, for example that a holder stands steady with things in it
• Check the festival theme and materials rules with your organiser, and keep the design within them rather than adding other materials
• Rehearse a short spoken explanation of the idea, the steps and the purpose, so the child can answer the panel in their own words
• After a school or regency round, compare your result with the winner on creativity and technique, the two biggest criteria, and decide which to improve first

Frequently asked questions

Is Craft from Plastic Bottle Waste (Kriya) judged individually or as a team?

Across eTalenter’s templates it’s most often run as an Individual entry, though an organiser can set either participation type when assigning the item to an age group.

Which classes can enter Craft from Plastic Bottle Waste?

Pupils in class 3, 4 or 5 of a primary school. The source gives classes rather than ages, so the eTalenter template maps them to ages 8 to 11.

How is the craft item marked?

Out of 100 on five printed criteria: creativity and originality 25, technique and skill 25, form 20, presentation and theme fit 20 and usefulness 10.

Is it judged individually or as a team?

Individually. One child makes the object and the marks go to that child.

Does the object have to be useful?

Usefulness carries 10 of the 100 marks, so it helps but is not required; most of the marks go to creativity, technique, form and presentation.

Can I use materials other than plastic bottles?

The item is about plastic bottle waste, so bottles should be the main material. Check your own organiser’s rules for anything extra such as paint, glue or tape.

Want the full judging picture? Read our guide to judge scoring and tabulation software, or browse every art competition item.