How To Make A Floor Mat From Plastic Bags

Mary ann derryberry shows how she and a group of volunteers make sleeping mats out of plastic bags.

How to make a floor mat from plastic bags.

If you don t want your rug to follow a pattern you can skip sorting. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. With just some waste plastic bags tyre tube this floor mat is made its very sturdy and should last long please follow the video for step by step procedure of this easy craft bestoutofwaste. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. While the blue or yellow bags can be mostly sorted together the white bags tend to have accent colors that can come out in the finished rug. To make creating the colored rings in the rug easier i took my bags of bags and sorted the various bags into separate colors.

The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat. Plastic bag mats in small sizes look gorgeous on a craft table or home office shelf large floor rugs made with plastic bags make beautiful home decorations for kitchens bathrooms mud rooms or entryways.