Tag: Recycling

Paper and Plastic Bottle Baskets

redsemillaroja Paper and Plastic Bottle Baskets

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I have here already a lot of tutorials and inspirations for items from plastic bottles and from recycled paper, but I think that this is the first combining both ;-)
Anyway, I found an inspiration where they make baskets from recycled paper and plastic stripes.
They are made similarly to the basket coiling but with different materials.
I find some of these baskets most beautiful!

If that’s not your cup of tea check here whether you find other baskets that you like ;-)


Links:
Paper and Plastic Bottle Baskets (Spanish and English)

Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the word ‘plastic bottle’
Entries with the tags ‘paper’ and ‘recycling’
Coil a Basket
Entries containing the word ‘basket’

Simple Napkin Holders

Ordinary Miracles of Life Simple Napkin Holders

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Do you still have some cardboard tubes?
What about some simple yet really beautiful napkin holders?

The flower that looks like a rose (Satin Flower) is made in the same technique than the textile roses here, by the way.

Apart from that you can of course use different yarns instead of cord, perhaps even funky yarns?!
Possibly it was fun to use coloured yarns and little plastic toys or Lego pieces as decoration.
And it would look beautiful to make the napkin holders more in the way of the string decorated ornaments, you need less cord then ;-)
But you must paint more ;-))

And then you can always come back to my knitted/crocheted napkin rings ;-), they can be made on a cardboard tube, too, of course.


Links:
Simple and Very cool Napkin Holders
via: yine tuvalet kağıdı rulosu

Here at unikatissima:
Textile Roses
String Decorated Ornaments
Knitted/Crocheted Bangles (and Napkin Rings)
Entries containing the word ‘cardboard tube’

Cord Holder

recyclart Cord Holder

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Do the cords lie around everywhere? Simply cram them into a toilet paper cardboard roll on the wall ;-)))
I find this idea simply amazing!
And as creative as we are we surely can embellish the tube ;-))

By the way, I have more things that can be done with cardboard tubes ;-))


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Cord roll

Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the word ‘cardboard tube’

Sweater Trophies

recyclart Sweater Trophies

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I’m completely amazed by these ‘trophies’! ;-)
I’m sure that you can make the shape yourself, e.g. from recycled cardboard and tape or even plaster.

If you don’t like this so much, you still can make sweater boots, a scarf from your old sweater or you can unravel it for the yarn ;-)

 


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Sweater Trophies (Deer trophies)

Here at unikatissima:
Upcycled Sweater Boots
Sweater Scarf
Recycled Yarns

Crocheted Plastic Wind Chime

Kristinas Welt Crocheted Plastic Wind Chime

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I wrote a couple of entries already that should help to prettify a garden (although I don’t have any ;-)) (see links below).
And I have several entries for making stuff from plastic bags, mostly bags.
So I like the idea of taking yarn from plastic bags and making plastic bag garden decorations quasi twice as much ;-))

 


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Crocheted Plastic Wind Chime (Die ersten Windspiele) (German)
The automatic translation isn’t very convincing but I think that it doesn’t matter: simply crochet items from plastic yarn, connect them and hang them in the garden as wind chimes.

Here at unikatissima:
Garden Decorations
Tomato Tube Leaves
Jewelry for the Garden
Faux Rocks
Can Plant Markers
Entries containing the word ‘plastic bag’
Entries with the tag ‘bag/purse/tote’

Oil Lamp From Orange

recyclart Oil Lamp From Orange

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I’ve seen the oil lamp from an orange and a little oil before, but I’ve completely forgotten about it.
Unfortunately the time for oranges here is nearly over, I will have to come back to the other oil lamp which works with cotton for a certain time.
And I don’t know whether I will prefer to make embellished oranges, then ;-)


Links:
Oil Lamp From Orange (DIY: oil lamp with an orange)

Here at unikatissima:
Oil Lamp
Embellished Oranges

Plastic Bottle Chandelier

PS I made this Plastic Bottle Chandelier

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If you have eaten already the flowery pudding from the bottom of a plastic bottle, you can still make a chandelier from the ‘pudding mould’ ;-))

And if you don’t like it, simply make another lampshade ;-)


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Plastic Bottle Chandelier (P.S.-I made this…chandelier)

Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the word ‘plastic bottle’
Entries with the tag ‘lampshade’

Flowery Pudding

eye candy Flowery Pudding

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Again a really good idea: cut off the bottom of a plastic bottle and let set the pudding in there.
And soon you have a flowery pudding :))

But of course you can do muuuch more with plastic bottles ;-)

Addendum: In my German entry somebody commented saying the following (translation by me):
“Plastic bottles emit softening agents, environmental hormones and bisphenol-A from into their content. All not exactly good for your health. The warmer the content the more they emit. So not a good idea!

If you really want to do this let the pudding at least nearly completely cool down.”


Links:
Flowery Pudding (PET Bottle Mold Strawberry Panna Cotta)

Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the word ‘plastic bottle’