ive been thinken of doing some recycled crafts i dunno what yet .. for those of u who use stuff around the house what kind of things do you use and what do you use them for?
recycled craftsStarted September 29, 2009 01:51
Let's see....
Cardboard packaging for bookmarks
Magazing bits for collage/decoupage, etc
Old furniture to decoupage or revamp
Old clothes into pet toys or new types of clothes
Plastic medicine bottles for beads or tiny craft items
Food cans for mini plant pots or pencil holders, etc
Fuse Platic Bags for puches, purses, etc
I'm sure there's lots more!! ^.^
You could use the cans for putting cookies/candies in and decorate the outside with some wraping paper or something else christmasy.
On a previous post somewhere else you had said you have a 2 year old girl.. I would save the scoops for digging in the dirt or in the sand box.. my 3 year old this summer, was diging in dirt when ever she got the chance. I saved some cherry pits and let her pretend she was gardening.
Cereal boxes make great magazine holders.. I collage a lot so I find them handy.
Hope that helped :D
I've got a great book called the Crafty Minx and its all about using easy to find second hand or things you already have items like old clothes
and what not. It's for beginners and I just love it I made a purse using an old scarf and old denim shorts I can't fit into anymore lol I'll post a picture
of it too later but the author is Kelly Doust.
I reuse nearly all of the cardboard packaging I get, I have a big plastic storage box full of it. It's good for making into embellishments for cards and scrapbooking too instead of forking out for chipboard ones.
I also keep the acetate bits too.
I use cereal boxes to make hardback notebooks and little hanging signs (got pics in my projects). Round cardboard containers that have held cocoa powder etc I make into pen/brush pots.
You can reuse old game pieces and jigsaws too. Magazines can be made into bowls, collages and stuff.
Its easy to do if you have a sewing machine...cut the squares al the same size, make a row by sewing them side to side, then sew the long strips of patches together ( hope this is clear, I'm not very good at explaining! but I can send you a diagram if you like)
The inside of the quilt my mum made was a slightly worn out cot blanket! so it was all recycled stuff, although that was done for economy reasons, rather than ecological
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i use absolutely everything. lately weve been buying a lot of things that are packaged in that thick, pliable clear plastic that SHOULDNT be disposable because its so durable and great for other stuff...... so i save it all in my craft cupboard. idk if hes figured that out yet or not.... ;)
anyway, i tend to use recycled things a lot of the time in my general crafting; you can check out my stuff and see if anything appeals, or if you get any ideas of unusual things to use. :) i find that it works out best if i decide what to make and then what to use to make it, rather than the other way around. for example, my little witch hat: i decided to make it, couldnt find felt in this town, and ended up using a cheap shammy and an old tshirt that had been turned into a rag instead. :)
hope i helped! :-D
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