Make A Plastic Mat From Plastic Bags

One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags.

Make a plastic mat from plastic bags. How to make plarn. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. Cast on 72 stitches.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. Plastic bag recycling for making pompoms and creating unique floor mats in two colors you can use thick fabric a piece of floor carpeting or mosquito screen material for decorating it with plastic pompoms. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat.

How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic. To start the rug get the grocery bags which already cut by the way if you live in an apartment and you don t want to be snowed under with bags cut them store them in a simple little box and you can store hundreds and hundreds of bags in a simple box which is good because the box can take 160 to 200 bags. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece.

500 700 plastic shopping bags for a person sized mat but can vary depending on what you re using the mat for 10mm or larger crochet hook. The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches.

Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. See more ideas about plastic bag crafts recycled plastic bags plastic bag crochet. Basic knit sleep mat recipe. 40 large plastic bags create a middle size floor mat.

Stop with the whining about using new bags already. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. So far they have spent at least 100 hours on the project producing 18 mats that have been handed out to the homeless and there are many more to come.