Fruits holder out of plastic bottle

I used the bottom of a plastic bottle to make this.I cut the top in petal shapes.As the bottle was a light blue I thought of giving it a darker blue finishing touches.

I drew shapes using a marker and filled it up with acrylic.I dint use any specific pattern,just used some random shapes that came to mind.

Paper Vase

wastebins out of plastic bottles

PET plastic is the most common for single-use bottled beverages, because it is inexpensive, lightweight and easy to recycle. It poses low risk of leaching breakdown products. Recycling rates remain relatively low (around 20%), though the material is in high demand by remanufacturers. This is very easy to make waste bins.What I did is I cut off the top of the bottle.I poked a hole witt a knife and used scissors to cut the remaining area.I made one bin for each room. I just played with paint on this bottle...without any specific design or pattern.

Plastic bottle flowers-bottom

We live in the middle east and my hubby doesnt trust the big water gallons which is refilled.

So we buy water bottles.As a result, I always have an enormous collection of plastic water bottles.Initially I used to throw them.Then the idea of recyclying stuck me.Then the next thing was browsing www.These bottles can be turned into funnels, weights, bowling sets, pencil cups, drawer organizers, vases and even board game pieces. I’m always on the lookout for crafty ways to reuse my bottles.

The first thing which I made is plastic bottle flowers.Its a very easy and fun to make.Cut the base off a plastic bottle. This might be a bit tough so what i did is make a cut with a knife then use scissors. Be careful not to stab yourself!! Cut within the grooves of the bottle. This will form the petals of the flower.As I used a big bottle it has lots of petals.

But i guess with different bottle designs there will be a different number of grooves. Just experiment!

Then I painted each flower with acrylic paint.I wanted to try metalic shades..would be doing it in metalic next.I joined all the three flowers together on a string using a needle and attached 2 leaves in between.The leaves too has been made out of the same bottles.I used the middle of the bottle to make them.Drew a outline on the bottle using a marker and cut it out using scissors.

Paper beads

Making paper beads is a great way to recycle all sorts of papers ... newspapers, or magazines and it's the most inexpensive way to make beads. To either make beads from pre-designed paper or to design your own using white paper and markers. Once i started making these...it was so much fun..cudnt stop..i kept experimenting on various papers..and on various shapes.Planning to make a curtain out of it..Once that is done ..would post it here. Its very easy to make..u just have to cut stips out of paper and roll them onto a toothpick.. Newspaper beads

Out of gift wraps