20 Fun and Creative Crafts with Plastic Soda Bottles Minion Bowling Game Kids love the movie “Despicable Me” and these bowling pins are sure to give them a thrill. You just paint the bottles in the appropriate colors, add the goggles and then have a small plastic ball on hand to bowl your Minions over. This is a great bowling game for kids that will use many of those plastic bottles and give them a fun time creating the game as well as playing it. Tutorial Link – Pluckymomo Bird Feeders If you love birds and you want to rid your home of some of those 2 liter bottles, use them to create beautiful bird feeders. Tropical Fish This is a great project for kids, even younger ones. Snowflakes Ok, so Christmas is over but this is a great project to keep in mind for next year or you could go ahead and make these cute little snowflake ornaments now so they’re ready when you start decorating in December. Chia Pets Instead of buying Chia pets, why not recycle those plastic bottles and make your own? Make a Broom? Piggy Banks Drain Declogger Lawn Sprinkler
20 Plastic Bag DIY Projects To Recycle And Reuse Them APRIL 21, 2015 — By Emily Geraghty Emily Geraghty Emily Geraghty is a DIY writer and video specialist for ViralNova. Previous to ViralNova, she worked in digital content and video production for MTV, Allure, Glamour and LogoTV, as well as reality television development. In her free time she runs the fashion blog That Cheap Bitch.com, a blog about thrift store shopping and inexpensive beauty trends. Do you have an overload of plastic bags at home? 1. 2. Most recycling centers have plastic bag receptacles, but if yours doesn't, you can find a drop-off location here. 3. 4. Read the tutorial here. 5. Learn how to do this here. 6. If they get wet or moldy, you can wash the cover and put new plastic bags inside! 7. 8. 9. Learn how here. 10. 11. Get the step-by-step here. 12. Get more detailed instructions here. 13. Read how it's done here. 14. You'll also need a few dome lids and some glue. 15. Read a full step-by-step here. 16. You can add ribbon for more color. 17. 18. 19. 20. (via Distractify)
untitled We all know how bad plastic grocery bags are for the environment. Research suggests that 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. The city of San Francisco will be first city in the U.S. to take a stand and ban plastic bags in large markets and pharmacies. But what can a crafter do to help the cause? HOW-TO – Make Plastic Bag Yarn Helle of Gooseflesh who makes amazing crochet sea creatures has a tutorial up on how to make your own yarn from plastic bags. – Link. Plastic Grocery Bags into Knit 1950’s Outfit Cathy Kasdan of Clevland, OH and I were emailing back and forth a bit yesterday afternoon regarding my post on the knitting machines. Knit Plastic Tote BagMagKnits has a pattern by Katherine Vaughan showing you how to knit up this handy tote. Knit Plastic Bag By cutting up strips of plastic, MelGiggles on Craftster knit up this handy tote bag that’s perfect for the beach or pool.
untitled Ten things you can make from old plastic bags. Even though we always bring reusable shopping bags to the store, somehow we always find ourselves with an overflowing stash of plastic bags under the kitchen sink. Recognize that? The good news is that you can use them to make things. Here are ten of our favorite DIY projects that you can make from old plastic bags. 1. image: She 2. image: Plastic Bag Crafts 3. image: the 3 R’s blog 4. image: radmegan 5. image: the 3 R’s blog 6. image: In My Own Style 7. image: Homestead Weaving Studio 8. image: Etsy’s New York Street Team 9. image: Recylart 10. image: Instructables Happy Crafting! untitled Plastic bags. We all have them right? I am not the only person who collects them by the dozen. While shopping with reusable shopping bags is best, it is not always practical. As you know, we love recycling and upcycling things around the house. Wrap up a stinky Diaper. Keep up after your dog while taking a walk. Pack your shoes in them while traveling to protect your other clothes. Plastic bags make terrific stuffing for an outdoor pillow. Put inside out-of-season shoes so they don’t lose their form. Stuffing for a toddler crinkle toy. Crochet a water-proof bag from your plastic bags. Wrap glassware and other breakables while moving. Weave to make a trashcan. Line paint tray to make clean up a breeze later. Store them in an empty Lysol wipes container to reuse later. Braid the plastic bags into a jump rope for hours of fun! Clean your shower head, pour some vinegar and dish soap into the bag and wrap around your shower nozzel. Small trash can liners. Create a basket from plastic bags.