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14 Creative Crafts Made from Recycled Household Items
These recycled craft ideas will cost you next to nothing, whether you want to build something out of what you already have or transform a treasure you find. Create a homemade cake stand or attempt one of our other recycled-material crafts. The whole family will enjoy and benefit from these simple recycled projects!
1. Seashell Rainbows
For these adorable rainbows, reuse cardboard from boxes or discarded food containers. Cut an arch from the cardboard to create this kid-friendly project using recycled materials. With acrylic craft paint, draw stripes of different colours on the arch. Hot-glue flat shells ($7; Michaels) to the rainbow once the paint has dried.
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2. Visible Mending
Don’t throw away the soiled jean jacket or the torn sheets. All it takes to give them new life is visible mending; all you need are a few quick embroidery stitches and some colourful fabric scraps.
3. Fabric Scrap Balls
These fabric-wrapped balls are a simple project that can be made from leftover scraps from your stockpile and displayed in a nice bowl. Foam balls are covered in pieces of complementing fabric that have been cut and glued. To add further interest, pick a range of fabric designs and use both little and large balls.
4. Desk Accessories Holder
Make an old tin can look nice so it can sit on a desk. Can is cleaned and labels removed. Trim the textured ornamental paper to the can’s height and width. With decoupage medium, wrap the paper piece around the can. Cut a piece of matching ribbon to length. Tie it after wrapping the can in it.
5. Bottle Cap Magnets
Magnets made from bottle caps will give your kitchen a recycled-chic appeal. A little magnet, available at craft stores, can be hot-glued inside vintage caps that you find at flea markets or thrift stores.
6. Business Card Holder
Here’s a novel way to recycle common garden rocks. Create vibrant patterns using acrylic craft paint. When the painted pebbles are dry, use them as garden markers or leave them outside to promote happiness as people pass by.
Purchase this 16-color value pack of matte acrylic paint from Michaels for $12.
7. Mod Mosaic Table
Covering an old tabletop with vibrant glass, stone, or tile will give it new vitality. Create your own mosaic patterns in three easy steps. We discovered that a table with a tray top, like this Gladom Tray Table ($25, Ikea), made it the simplest to make the pattern.
8. Patterned-Paper Book Covers
Use leftover fabric scraps to make these environmentally friendly beeswax wraps. Each wrap can last up to a year and substitutes single-use plastics. To clean them, merely wipe them off with warm, soapy water.
9. Metallic Vase
With a few plastic spoons, you can give a plain vase a new lease on life! Simply remove the spoons’ bottoms and spray-paint them with metallic paint right away. After it has dried, glue the spoons to the vase and show off your recycled DIY project.
10. Newspaper Holder
Utilising recycled cardboard and toilet paper tubes, quickly create a stylish cake stand. That is correct! We’ll walk you through putting the stand together and giving it a fresh coat of paint. Add the last trim by using an edge punch.
Purchase Daisy Border Punch at Joann for $17.
11. Recycled Jewlery Holder
You’ll start saving those cardboard paper towel tubes if you use this simple craft idea. Combine them with some colourful ribbon and felt to create a DIY jewellery holder. Add holes to your holder to exhibit necklaces and bracelets or to hold earrings.
12. DIY Evelope Pillow
Use a favourite sweatshirt, college t-shirt, or sports jersey to sew an envelope pillow cover. There are only a few basic sewing techniques needed for this handmade pillow cover. To match your decor, give the pillow a patterned backing.
13. Fabric Storage Bins
Use unused fat quarters or scraps of fabric to create a set of square fabric containers. Make your own storage containers with our free template. Use the bins to corral jewellery or scrunchies or to hold bottles on your bathroom vanity thanks to the stiff interfacing that gives them durability.
14. Paint Cans Turned Organizer
For storage of your art and craft items, make this cool organiser. Scrapbooking, wallpaper or wrapping paper remnants can be used to line quart paint cans. To attach the paper to the cans, use spray adhesive or double-stick tape. The cans can be stacked on their sides and joined with glue to form a display. Use gallon cans and the same concept to store larger items.