April 17, 2008...10:19 am
Celebrate Earth Day - Craft & Recycle!
Earth Day is just around the corner (April 22nd). In honor of Earth Day, I thought I’d highlight some of the crafts you can make from used material. Craft something that’s earth friendly today!
PAPER CRAFT IDEAS
Tealight Decoration using recycled cardboard tubing.
Magazine Bowl - a bowl made of magazine pages. Amazing!
Make your own Paper - Use up your paper scraps and make new paper.
Handbag made from books - This is the coolest! Refashion an old book into a cool purse.
FABRIC & YARN IDEAS
Peasant top - Cute shirt made from a thrift store muumuu.
T-shirt into Tube Top - It even has cute pockets.
Refashioned T-shirt - Make an oversized shirt fit you.
Field Bag - Use your old clothing to make this cool field bag.
Denim Potholder - Cute way to reuse your old jeans.
Knit Tea Cozy - Use up your leftover yarn stash!
PLASTIC IDEAS
Crocheted Plastic Bag Tote - Cute bag made from plastic bags.
Messenger Bag - Another crocheted bag using plastic bags.
Fusing plastic bags - This tutorial teaches you how to fuse plastic bags together, which can then be used to make all kinds of cool stuff!
VCR Tape Evening Bag - Have a bunch of old VHS tapes you don’t need? Crochet the tape into this fabulous bag!
METAL IDEAS
Aluminum Can Jewelry - A beautiful way to reuse an aluminum can. And it’s wearable.
Just thought that I would let everyone know that Craft Tutorials has moved to crafttutorials.net
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