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How To’s Day: Bored? Nothing to do, Make a knitting loom with stuff in your house! « Knitting Without Needles

At least they said not until tomorrow morning. (aka Wednesday) But it seems it worked out and we are back online! (but if you emailed me today, please send it again because those did not seem to make it through the outage!) While the Internet was out, we were a bit.. er.. without something to do. So we made some knitting looms with things around the house! I’ll tell you about two styles that we made. First up is the simple easy peasy loom. Here is what you need: a cardboard tube i.e. a toilet paper or paper towel roll4-6 popsicle or craft sticks (guess what we had for snack today!) 2. 3. The second style is a little more complex, but a great way to recycle those plastic juice, and drink mix containers! Water Bottle Lights.

I recently learned of a simple idea that is being used to bring light to many homes and businesses in third world countries during the daytime that would otherwise do without.

Water Bottle Lights

Some because they have no access to electricity or others because it costs so much that they would rather not use electricity except when absolutely necessary. This innovation is known as water bottle lights or solar bottle lights. They use no electricity. Instead they act as mini skylights or solar tubes. Empty plastic soda bottles are usually the main material used to make the lights (although in one case I saw glass bottles have been used as well). They have their disadvantages. I've included three videos about the water bottle light or solar bottle light concept below. Image source: y0s1a @ stock.xchng. How to Turn the Bottom of a Plastic Bottle into Flowers! You have used a portion of a plastic bottle for something (maybe an Inverted Planter perhaps) and you dont really want to waste the bottom of the bottle...

How to Turn the Bottom of a Plastic Bottle into Flowers!

Never fear, here's what you do. Cut around the bottom grooves so that you have one piece that looks kinda like a flower. Punch some holes, or use a hot needle to make holes. Gather some string, fishing line, dental floss, or those metal craft rings. String them together and VIOLA! Or you can also make a hole in the middle of them and insert a LED into each of them for some pretty flower lights! You can also spray paint them to get different effects and colors. Very fun, useful, and great to set up for kids, especially as doorway hangers. Recycle Bottles And Grow Your Plants In A Bottle. Plastic Bottle Beads. I found a great tutorial for plastic bottle beads on ThreadBanger via Waiting for Wonderland.

Plastic Bottle Beads

The beads were very easy and quick to make. I made them a little different than the directions by adding washi paper to them. Below I share how I altered the tutorial and a few tips for making the beads. Plastic Bead Tutorial, Click here. Instead of coloring the plastic with markers, I glued washi paper to the plastic. How To: Self-Watering Seed Starter Pots.

LUCI DI PLASTICA: LA LAMPADA DA TAVOLO / Plastic lights: the table lamp. E che è 'sta roba?

LUCI DI PLASTICA: LA LAMPADA DA TAVOLO / Plastic lights: the table lamp

No, niente, diciamo solo che tempo permettendo ho iniziato a darmi al giardinaggio, anche per quest'anno. Chè? Sì, edere e piante rampicanti. Qua e là. Anche se un giardino vero in realtà non ce l'ho, bensì una grande terrazza, al piano terra. Risultato: una lampada da tavolo :-) Per il procedimento, cliccate sulle foto per ingrandire.

Per il materiale, ecco quanto occorre per una lampada: - bottiglie di plastica di diversi colori (eliminando fondo e collo). Ecco, arrivati a questo punto ci vorrebbe qualche conoscenza "elettrica", o la consultazione di un manuale tipo "L'elettricista in casa". Credo che se avete per casa un marito/fratello/compagno/figlio/zio... che per mestiere o hobby lavora con la corrente elettrica, si metterà facilmente le mani nei capelli a vedere un impianto del genere ;-) ... ma a parte quei quattro circuiti costruiti a scuola tanti anni fa, questo è per adesso il meglio che io sia riuscita ad ottenere da me stessa. Distinti saluti. DIY: Water-Bottle-Cascade-Chandelier. Dou you know Water Bottle??

DIY: Water-Bottle-Cascade-Chandelier

Yes way! Michelle Brand, an eco-designer from Manchester in the UK, repurposes the bottoms of discarded plastic soda bottles to create these breathtakingly beautiful decorative light fixtures, lamp shades, curtains, room dividers, and more. Ingenious and quite stunning, don’t you agree. Cute Sparkly Soda Bowl! ∙ How To by Alanna K. FamilyFun April 2011. This photo originally appeared in FamilyFun Magazine Total Time 1 to 2 hours Ages school-age Colored with markers and baked into permanent coils, these plastic bottle beads are reminiscent of colored glass.

FamilyFun April 2011