Make A Plastic Mat From Plastic Bags

Stop with the whining about using new bags already.

Make a plastic mat from plastic bags.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. Basic knit sleep mat recipe.

Cast on 72 stitches. 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. All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat. 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.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. See more ideas about plastic bag crafts recycled plastic bags plastic bag crochet. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st.

Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch.

The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat. 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. How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic. 40 large plastic bags create a middle size floor mat.

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. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose.