What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things?

"What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things?" Episode number Season 2, Episode 5 (#205) Airdate May 18, 1998 (US) July 27, 1999 (UK) Chronology Previous episode "What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try?" Next episode "What Was Blue's Dream About?" What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things? is the fifth episode of Blue's Clues from Season 2. It was the twenty fifth episode to be produced and the twenty sixth to be aired. Summary Steve and Blue celebrate Earth Day as they reduce, reuse, and recycle. Elements Question: What does Blue want to make out of recycled things? Clues: 1. A paper towel roll 2. A tissue box 3. Rubber bands Answer: A Guitar Living room picture: A blue recycling sign Skidoo location: Recycle Town Characters Blue Steve (North America) Kevin (United Kingdom) Duarte (Portugal) Sidetable Drawer Tickety Tock Mailbox Recycle Bins (only appear in this episode) Al Luminum (debut) Recap It is clean up time and Steve and Blue find things to clean up. Steve gets the idea that they could turn the trash into something else. He draws a recycling logo. They play a game of Blue's Clues to figure out what Blue wants to make out of recycled things. Steve gets his notebook from Sidetable Drawer. Steve explains how to play Blue's Clues to the viewers at home. After that, he had to wash his hands. As he pulled the last piece of paper towel, he spots the first clue on the empty paper towel roll. Steve draws the first clue in his notebook. But he needed two more clues. Steve encounters a group of recycling bins and figures out what things belong in which bin. Steve gets an empty soup can and puts it in the metal recycling bin. Next, he gets out an empty juice bottle and puts it in the plastic bin. Now, he gets out an empty milk carton and he puts it in the paper bin. Finally, he gets out some scrunched up aluminium foil and puts it in the metal recycling bin. Steve thought he was done and as the waste bin tips over to the side, there was an empty tissue box which was the second clue. Steve draws the empty tissue box in the notebook. Steve had two clues: a paper towel roll and a tissue box. He needed one more clue. Now, Steve and Blue help Tickety make something neat out of her old stuff. Blue starts by covering the coffee can with the paper. Next, Blue adds some buttons in the can and gives it a shake. Blue helped Tickety make a maraca. In the mail-time segment, Mailbox had some paper to throw away. So, he recycles it in the paper bin. Immediately after that, he gives Steve his letter. After that, Steve and Blue skidoo into Recycle Town where they help the mayor Al Luminum to find ways to recycle all sorts of things, since nothing in Recycle Town is ever thrown away, it is all recycled. They start using two paper cups attached to a string making a phone. Next, they make a net using two poles and plastic holders in which soda cans get put in. Finally, they attach a tire onto a tree making a swing. After that, Steve heard the sounds of rubber bands which was the third clue. Steve draws the third clue, rubber bands in his notebook. Steve had all three clues. He and Blue skidooed back home and Steve sat in the thinking chair and had to figure out what Blue wants to make out of recycled things. The clues were a paper towel roll, a tissue box and rubber bands. Steve thought he could put the rubber bands over the tissue box and attached the paper towel roll to the side of the tissue box. And if Blue were to pluck the rubber bands, it would make a strumming sound. The answer to Blue's Clues was a guitar. Blue could use the tissue box for the body, the rubber bands for the strings and the paper towel roll for the neck. They just figured out Blue's Clues. The group of characters came back as Blue was making a homemade guitar. It was time for the So Long Song. Blue played her homemade guitar while Steve played his acoustic guitar. After the song, the episode concludes. Gallery Paper Towel Roll Tissue Box Post Time Season 2 What Does Blue Want to Make Out Recycled Things Rubber Bands US and UK versions Portugal Version From the VHS release of Blue's Discoveries and Big, Blue and Just for You! Volume 3 Watch Episode This episode is available for streaming on Paramount Global's video streaming service Paramount+. Trivia This is the first episode to feature the Accordion in addition to the drum kit in the beginning of Play Blue's Clues Brass instruments are added to the Blue's Clues Theme Song. It was not put to permanent use yet. Steve says the tissue box was left over from when he had the sniffles. This is a reference to the Season 2 premiere, Steve Gets the Sniffles. This is the first episode where Steve didn't give out wrong answer. It was put to permanent use on later episodes in season 2 starting with Blue's Birthday. However, in Blue's Big Musical, Blue's Big Costume Party, and Blocks, he gave wrong answers but not silly ones. This episode is also known as "Recycle Day" on online listings. This is the only time Steve draws a recycling logo with a finger. This episode and the closing credits music appears on the VHS release of Blue's Discoveries alongside the previous episode. Dieu Donne Papermill, Inc. in New York, NY, receives a Special Thanks credit with the note "Not for profit, dedicated to the art of hand papermaking." This episode appears on a DVD release: Nick Go Green! Blue's howling at the end of the Mailtime song sounds similar to the next produced episode What Was Blue's Dream About? except it is quieter. This is the only time Blue almost barked the entire Mailtime song except for when Steve sings, "When it comes I wanna wail". In the Mailtime Segment, Mailbox had a crumpled piece of paper, which he says he is going to throw away, but Steve is shocked at the idea and we advise Mailbox to recycle it. This is the second time that Steve plays the guitar for the So Long Song. The first being Blue's Favorite Song. It will happen again in What Was Blue's Dream About?, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper Day, and The Baby's Here!. The pawprint clean-up shows a reversed version of Blue placing her pawprint on the screen. This is the only time this happens. This was likely the way Blue "recycled" the pawprint to use later. This is the only animated appearance of the Recycle Bins. Goofs Angela Santomero is credited as Angela C. Santomero. Steve's skin color is darker is most of this episode. Video Releases Blue's Discoveries (VHS, 1999) Nickelodeon: Go Green! (DVD, 2010) Blue's Clues Season 2 Steve Gets the Sniffles | What Does Blue Want to Build? | Blue's Senses | What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try? | What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things? | What Was Blue's Dream About? | Blue's ABCs | Math! | Blue's Birthday | What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture? | What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? | Blue's Surprise at Two O'Clock | The Lost Episode! | Blue's Sad Day | What Game Does Blue Want to Learn? | What Did Blue See? | Nurture! | Blue Is Frustrated | What Is Blue Trying to Do? | Mechanics!