Upcycle A Carton Into A Basket Recycling Have you got a lot of milk or juice cartons? Stop! No need to throw them out. Instead, you can make beautiful baskets with them. These baskets can be used for organization. Do you want to know how to upcycle cartons? Then keep reading. Materials needed: Milk Carton Lollipop sticks Scrap fabric/Thread Glue gun or craft glue recycle, organization, easy diy Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 104 DIY Braided T-Shirt Rug Recycling Have you got a lot of old clothes? Clothes you can’t give out to charity? Yes, I feel you. I have a couple of clothes with holes and are extremely old. Well, I have good news for you! Did you know, that old t-shirts can be made into braided rugs? Stay tuned! Materials needed: A variety of old jersey t-shirts and/or tank tops Scissors Rotary cutter(optional) Fusible interfacing (optional) recycle, rug, easy craft Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 132 DIY Recycled Bottle Planters Recycling Do you have a lot of empty plastic bottles? Don’t know what to do with them? Then it’s time for us to do some recycling. I usually have a lot of plastic bottles at home and once in a while I recycle them. So friends let’s come together and do some recycling. Materials needed: Paint – for best results, use a paint for glass or other non-porous surfaces. Scissors ruler Adhesive Remover recycling, recycle, easy diy Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 128 Cool Bowl from PET Bottle Recycling I always thought that it`s impossible to make something beautiful from plastic, but when I managed to make this super easy project, I understood that it was a big mistake to have such thoughts. These plastic bowls are like gorgeous pieces of modern art. Our bottles are made of thermoplastic polymer and that`s why they can be reformed by heating. Create just one bowl and you will understand what I mean. Things you need: bottle cutter or scissors soldering iron flame plastic, recycle, easy diy Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 168 Use Drinking Straws to Make Drink Coasters Recycling I usually use drinking straws for serving drinks during parties. I must say that I have a full pack of them in one of my kitchen drawers. Now I really try to be eco-friendly and avoid plastic that`s why I have decided to get rid of this pack. Throwing it away is a silly idea, so I will try to reuse them and make drink coasters. Let`s follow this nice tutorial together. Things you need: Drinking straws 5/16″, 30 pcs. * Hot Glue Gun and sticks Thick cardboard (for making templates) Scissors Tweeze... eco-friendly, coaster, recycle Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 368 Cute Ping Pong Ball Lights Home Projects We get used to decorate our homes with garlands on Christmas holidays, but frankly speaking I like them a lot and don`t want to put away again for the whole year. That`s why I decided to transform my garland into another one, which can be used the whole year. I want to hang it in my bedroom, above my bed. It will help to create a magic atmosphere before sleeping. Things you need: String of Christmas lights Ping pong balls Xacto knife light, decor, recycle Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 170 How To Make A Nice Lamp From Your Old Books Recycling I have already published a few ideas how you can recycle your old books. Today I`m going to share one more. This is a nice lamp to create. It looks like a piece of furniture from the Middle Ages, so make sure that this lamp will fit your decor. For this diy you`ll need not only one book, but a few. Please, choose the books, you are not going to read any more. Let`s get started. Things you need: old hardbacks, about 8 lamp kit lamp shade spray paint drill 1/2" drill bit razor blade or box cutter... recycle, book, lamp Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 294 How To Make A T-Shirt Yarn Unsorted In the last few days I have published a few recycling projects connected with t-shirts. There`s one more, but today we`re not going to do anything specific, we`re going to make just a material for your future projects. Let`s try to make a t-shirt yarn from your old piece of clothes. We need a whole t-shirt for it. Please, share in comments what you are going to do with this yarn. Things you need: 1 t-shirt scissors seam ripper yarn, knitting, recycle Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 387 Colourful Flowers From Bottle Caps Recycling The season af gardening is quite soon and it`s hugh time now to prepare for it. Let`s make bright flowers from bottle caps! Flowers will be a nice decoration for your garden. Thus project is not only fun, but also eco- and money-friendly) So everything is as I like: useful and beautiful. These flowers can also be signs showing what kind of greenery is growing in a certain place. Please, be creative and let`s start! Things you need: 7 metal bottle caps per flower 1 wooden skewer per flower... flowers, garden, recycle Like!5 Add to bookmarksAssign tags 434 DIY Brilliant Bath Mat Unsorted Every year I throw away some towels, but this time I have found one brilliant idea how to reuse them. We`re going to make a nice absorbent bath mat from your old towels. I think that it`s also possible to add some old t-shirts. Try to find matching colours for your rug. Let`s get started! Things you need: old towels fabric of matching colours scissors thread and needles bathroom, recycle, sewing Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 272 Make Unique Door Handles From Paintbrushes Recycling As I have already told you some small details like door handles, for example, can make the difference and show the uniqueness of your space. Of course,this idea is not so perfect to use at home, I mean kitchen or bedroom, butit will be fine to use it in the garage or in your workshop. I have some old paintbrushes that I don`t use any more. So, I think it`s a good idea to redecorate them and give them the second life. Let`s get started! Things you need: 2 – 2″ paint brushes 4 – 3″ threaded bolts 4 ... recycle, decor Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 152 Paper Fern From Book Pages Recycling A few days ago I have shown you how to repurpose old book covers. But what can we do with the pages? They also can be a nice piece of rustic decor in your space. We`ll make with you hanging paper fern from book pages. As you see the project is absolutely budget friendly and everybody can refresh the room just having an old book and some time for it. Things you need: An old book Cardboard Contact paper Twine or Ribbon Scissors Glue stick or craft glue book, recycle, decor, rustic Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 249 Cool Tray From A Wine Bottle Recycling Sometimes wine bottles are just like a piece of art and it will be a crime to throw them away. Fortunately, there`re a lot of ideas how we can repurpose them. One of such projects offers us to make a nica tray for serving some appetizers. We need to flatten a wine bottle for it and now I`m going to show you how to do it. Things you need: Empty glass wine bottle Large bowl Dish soap Steel wool Electric glass kiln Jewelry wire, 14-gauge and 16-gauge (optional) Wire cutters Beads (optional) kitchen, tray, recycle, bottle Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 260 Floor Cleaning Mop From Your Old T-Shirt Recycling T-shirts are such a piece of clothes which you usually change every year. What to do with your old ones? There are many recycling projects. Following one of them you can make a mop to clean the floor in your home. This project will be especially useful if your old mop head isn`t functional anymore. Let`s start! Things you need: old t-shirt scissors needle and thread stick recycle, t-shirt Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 228 Adorable Sloth For Your Socks Unsorted Sloths usually remind me of one cartoon. It`s called "Zootopia", if I`m not mistaken. So they are really funny there. This diy will help you to recycle your old socks and make a nice tou for your kids or just a fun piece of furniture. Our sloth will be very flexible, slow and lazy) Let`s enjoy sewing him and maybe then you`ll make a whole family of these animals. Things you need: Microfiber chenille sock, brown stripes, 1 pair Button eye 9 mm, black, 2; or equivalent button (eyes) Button eye 15 mm... recycle, sock, toys, kids Like! Add to bookmarksAssign tags 128 ← Previous Next → 1 2 Items 1-15 of 26
