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15 Fun and Easy Recycled DIY Projects
Herb garden using recycled milk jugs cut open and hung on a fence with herbs growing inside

Turn plastic jugs into a hanging herb garden

DIY tin can planters painted in bright pink, yellow and teal with succulents inside

Transform tin cans into planters

How to make flowers out of plastic bottles: white, yellow and pink bottle-bottom flowers on a brick wall

Cut plastic bottles into cute flower decorations

DIY recycled T-shirt potholder woven from colorful fabric loops

Make your old t-shirts into crafty potholders

Holiday Gift Guides

Funny gifts people will actually fight over in a white elephant swap

Plastic bag basket crocheted from strips of white grocery bags

Weave plastic bags into a useable basket

Plastic grocery bag pillow insert, step by step stuffing bags into a pillow form

Or use your plastic bags as an outdoor pillow stuffing

Recycled coin purse made from fused Target plastic bags with a zipper, plus the supplies

You can even make plastic bags into coin purses

Make jump ropes from old T-shirts: braided colorful fabric ropes with handmade tags

T-shirts can be made into jump ropes

Old cable-knit sweater with arrows showing how to upcycle it into pillows, jar cozies and a scarf

An old sweater can be several craft projects

DIY recycled Shrinky Dinks made from a clear plastic takeout container, from this to this

Turn plastic takeout boxes into fun shinky dinks

Turn an old album cover into a folder, with vintage record sleeves made into file folders

Scratched record? Salvage the album cover by making it into a folder

Kid holding a toy camera made from a cardboard box and plastic bottle parts

An old wipes bin can be made into a cute toy camera

Awesome crystal terrarium with small cacti next to a collection of seashells

CD cases don’t need to be clutter…they can be made into an amazing crystal terrarium

DIY table made from plastic bottle capsPlastic bottle caps? No, now they’re a table!

Necklace made from stacked blue plastic bottle rings on a silver chain

Plastic bottles can even be made into adorable bangles and bracelets

 

 

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