Plastic bag crafts
After a day of sickness and unsuccessful attempts to write a coherent post, PassiFlora blog is back with cool plastic recycling ideas.
Although plastic bags are becoming (hopefully) less and less popular and more shoppers opt for fabric totes we still end up with some plastic in the apartment. Joanne from Craft Passion came up with a method of upcycling those bags into durable funky totes
Image: Joanne
The method of fusing plastic bags is described and illustrated in her tutorial. It is a fairly easy project as long as you have:
- a pair of scissors,
- 2 sheets of blank white paper,
- a thick towel,
- iron,
- plenty of thin grocery plastic bags, and
- a well ventilated room
Joanne dedicated her tote bag to Earth Day since it is made of 100% recycled material (old jeans, old curtains, rice bag, and fused plastic).
Following a similar technique of plastic fusing Simone upcycled plastic bags into beautiful beads.
Image: Simone
Beads-making tutorial is available on The {NewNew} blog
a place for independent artists and crafters of the Metro NY area.
You can also visit Simone’s Etsy store here.
Another cool idea of reusing plastic bags comes from
If you have any interesting upcycling ideas using plastic bags, leave a comment or email us at passifloramag@gmail.com
Have a green weekend!
Links
Plastic bag fusing tutorial:
http://www.craftpassion.com/2009/04/recycle-your-grocery-plastic-bag.html
Plastic beads tutorial:
http://thenewnew.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-turn-bags-into-beads.html
Dog leash tutorial:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/328037/recycle_craft_make_a_dog_leash_from.html
Recycled tote bag:
http://www.craftpassion.com/2009/04/tote-bag-made-from-recycled-material.html
Craft Passion:
http://www.craftpassion.com/
Simone’s Etsy store:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5059326
The {NewNew} blog:
http://thenewnew.blogspot.com/
