How to make Useful Pretty Things for Home/Office from Used Recycled Plastic Bags

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By suncat

recycled plastic bags used to make a pretty new handbag
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recycled plastic bags used to make a pretty new handbag
recycled plastic bags used to make pretty new coasters or dishwashing scrabbers
recycled plastic bags used to make pretty new coasters or dishwashing scrabbers

It can be called recycling or upcycling and it's a pretty good way to reuse those plastic bags and make new stuff for different uses.

Way too much plastic gets in our hands and ends up being trashed when it actually has lots of potential.

You can make lots of things without hard work or the need for any special talents. One thing that you have to have besides the used plastic bags itself is the desire to create something out of almost nothing and the other is the knowledge of some very basic craft techniques that are not much more difficult than using household scissors.

So with all that in place you're well equipped and all good to go.

Not very much time is needed to make this creations to introduce them into your home or office environment.

As the pictures show a bag of used grocery bags was used to make a cute handbag that will last for quite a long time and is washable and fashionable.

The cup or glass coasters are another clever creation which can also serve as dish-washing scrubbers should you not need the coasters.

To make the handbag and coasters you'll need to cut your used plastic bags into longest possible strips and use knitting needles or a crochet hook.

The Holiday wreath is another useful thing to make, you'll have to cut a bunch of bags into oval or rectangular/square shape strips of similar sizes and tie them around a wire frame which can also be a recycled product of a wire hanger or a new wire wreath frame can be used.

The home or office door will be a nice display for it.

The bracelets are also a very simple thing to make by cutting longer strips of plastic and wrapping them around plain undecorated bracelets.

 

recycled plastic bags used to make a pretty new holiday wreath
recycled plastic bags used to make a pretty new holiday wreath
recycled wire hanger frame  used to make plastic bags holiday wreath
recycled wire hanger frame used to make plastic bags holiday wreath
store bought wire frame used to make plastic bags holiday wreath
store bought wire frame used to make plastic bags holiday wreath
recycled plastic bags used to make pretty new bracelets
recycled plastic bags used to make pretty new bracelets

What do you think about these creations?

Is it something you'd want to do to give those one time use bags a longer lasting beauty treatment?

 

make recycled cards
make recycled cards

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suncat Hub Author 16 months ago

Looking forward to your comments

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OldBoonie 16 months ago

Will you be posting a how-to on the bracelets? My daughter loves to do stuff like that.

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suncat Hub Author 16 months ago

Dear OldBoonie,

I will definitely post more things about this and other ways to recycle different items

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Lady Guinevere Level 6 Commenter 16 months ago

Thqnk you for answering my question with a great hub. I bookmarked it vote it us useful and awesome.

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Painter Penfield 15 months ago

Fantastic! I love sustainable art. I am making beautiful paper earrings and brooches out of my junk mail these days ;)

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suncat Hub Author 15 months ago

Thank you all for coming over to read and comment!

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irenemaria Level 1 Commenter 14 months ago

Such a lovely hub!

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