Plastic bag crafts

Don't throw away your old plastic bags. Turn them into something useful and brilliant instead! Use our ideas to get creative

How to make Plarn What is plarn you may ask? It's short for plastic yarn. How cool! It's a unique way to recycle your plastic shopping bags. Yes, that's right ladies, go round up all your plastic bags shoved in your pantry to make your next crochet or knit project. It's super simple to whip

Even if you use reusable shopping bags, there's a good chance you have some plastic grocery bags somewhere in your home. In addition to using the bags for trash, storage and even picking up after the dog, here are 15 brilliant ways to reuse those plastic grocery bags.

A plastic bag is cut into strips to create this plastic bag bow - a green way to wrap a gift. Ready for giving - a bottle of wine is placed in a simple linen

Try this simple plastic grocery bag craft idea and make plastic flowers for your spring tablescape, budget friendly decor idea!

Make a Basket Out of Plastic Bags: No knitting or crochet required, just some sewing and braiding. It's not the quickest project - it'll probably take you a couple days to make one, but the results are well worth it, I think! And I already made all the assembly mistakes so you don't…

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Make these fun recycled plastic bag friendship bracelets. This is a great craft for teens. Add a few beads and charms to add your own touch!

Matt & Jonny on Instagram: "We wanted to find a way to use other forms of plastic pollution, such as the dreaded single-use plastic carrier bag. These things are a nightmare for the planet - they never break down and animals mistake them for food. We've all seen the videos of hungry turtles mistaking a plastic bag for a jellyfish. So we wanted to show you how you can take plastic bags and turn them into a tough flexible fabric-like sheet. The beauty of this technique is that you don't need…

How to Turn Plastic Bags Into a Sleeping Mat: Do you have a pile of plastic bags in your home and don't know what to do with them? Plastic bags aren't accepted in our home recycling bins because they jam up machines at recycling plants and according to the Oceans Campaign Director for Greenpeac…