The following are items and ideas about fun and useful recycled crafts presented at Richmond, Indiana's recent Earth Day celebration.
Plastic Bag Crochet and Knit Projects:
How to cut plastic bags to make "plarn"
Recycled Plastic Shopping Bag Tote by Victoria Woodcock
Nezumiworld.com's Plastic Bag Crochet
My Recycled Bags .com
Marlo's Crochet Corner (plastic bag tote)
Paper Bead Jewelry
The Paper Bead Site
Bella Online Paper Bead How-to
Potato Chip Bag Crafts
Potato Chip Bag Handbag
Potato Chip bag Bracelet
Other Jewelery
Pop Tab Bracelet
Sim Card Earrings
Bottle Cap Earrings
I have a great document I prepared on how to cut plastic bags into strips for knitting or crocheting..but I am having trouble turning it into a PDF...I'll have to try something else...
Friday, April 25, 2008
Go Green! Recycle!
Welcome to IdhunnaKnits....I also crochet, bead, Letterbox, sew, carve my own stamps, scrapbook, and teach.
I have had it on my to do list for quite some time now....saved dozens of plastic grocery bags (not very difficult, I am not good about remembering to take my canvas bags on short, impromptu grocery store runs), cut several dozen bags into long strips and balled them for use later, and even sorted plastic bags by color.
And here it is, just past Earth Day.
The town in which I live has an Earth Day celebration every year. The first few years I was just a volunteer. I helped out at a booth each year...enjoyed interacting with my community. I also got a free tree each year, and a neat-o canvas goody bag...I now try to remember to use THOSE for my grocery shopping trips.
Last year was different. I had a few of my students who wanted to volunteer, too. So we met at one of the trailheads for the Cardinal Greenway, a rails-to trails pathway that runs through our town. We hiked along the trail, picking up garbage and enjoying the morning. Then we headed on over to where the Earth Day celebrations were being held for our scheduled stint as volunteers for one of the games there.
This year we got a table of our own. We have planned several neat projects to show people that recycling can be more than just making sure to sort your papers and plastics.
Jewelry made with recycled magazines, sturdier plastic bags of old plastic grocery bags, a potato chip bag purse, and a game are just a few of the things we have planned to display. You know, something nice that people will want to keep for a while instead of little crafty projects that just end up in the garbage in two months anyhow.
We brainstormed and several of the students decided to go to Goodwill and check out what they could get for under $15. Recycled clothes, anyone? Another student created a great tree costume just from what he had around the house (including a cute little owl buddy in the pocket of his shirt).
So this brings me to my point. I am going to post a document I made showing how to cut plastic bags (two different ways) into strips for use in crochet or knit projects. Then I am going to post links to lots of neat projects using recycled materials. So I am off to find out how to post a document...or PDF file to my blog...if possible.
I have had it on my to do list for quite some time now....saved dozens of plastic grocery bags (not very difficult, I am not good about remembering to take my canvas bags on short, impromptu grocery store runs), cut several dozen bags into long strips and balled them for use later, and even sorted plastic bags by color.
And here it is, just past Earth Day.
The town in which I live has an Earth Day celebration every year. The first few years I was just a volunteer. I helped out at a booth each year...enjoyed interacting with my community. I also got a free tree each year, and a neat-o canvas goody bag...I now try to remember to use THOSE for my grocery shopping trips.
Last year was different. I had a few of my students who wanted to volunteer, too. So we met at one of the trailheads for the Cardinal Greenway, a rails-to trails pathway that runs through our town. We hiked along the trail, picking up garbage and enjoying the morning. Then we headed on over to where the Earth Day celebrations were being held for our scheduled stint as volunteers for one of the games there.
This year we got a table of our own. We have planned several neat projects to show people that recycling can be more than just making sure to sort your papers and plastics.
Jewelry made with recycled magazines, sturdier plastic bags of old plastic grocery bags, a potato chip bag purse, and a game are just a few of the things we have planned to display. You know, something nice that people will want to keep for a while instead of little crafty projects that just end up in the garbage in two months anyhow.
We brainstormed and several of the students decided to go to Goodwill and check out what they could get for under $15. Recycled clothes, anyone? Another student created a great tree costume just from what he had around the house (including a cute little owl buddy in the pocket of his shirt).
So this brings me to my point. I am going to post a document I made showing how to cut plastic bags (two different ways) into strips for use in crochet or knit projects. Then I am going to post links to lots of neat projects using recycled materials. So I am off to find out how to post a document...or PDF file to my blog...if possible.
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