Plastic bag crafts

How to make Plarn What is plarn you may ask? It's short for plastic yarn. How cool! It's a unique way to recycle your plastic shopping bags. Yes, that's right ladies, go round up all your plastic bags shoved in your pantry to make your next crochet or knit project. It's super simple to whip

Don't throw away your old plastic bags. Turn them into something useful and brilliant instead! Use our ideas to get creative

I realized this afternoon that I basically explain this technique to an Etsy Labs visitor at least once a day, but had never put the instru...

Make a Basket Out of Plastic Bags: No knitting or crochet required, just some sewing and braiding. It's not the quickest project - it'll probably take you a couple days to make one, but the results are well worth it, I think! And I already made all the assembly mistakes so you don't…

Even if you use reusable shopping bags, there's a good chance you have some plastic grocery bags somewhere in your home. In addition to using the bags for trash, storage and even picking up after the dog, here are 15 brilliant ways to reuse those plastic grocery bags.

Recycle your plastic by turning it into a useful basket. Not to mention, it looks beautiful as well! Be inspired by this project that hits multiple birds with one stone.

It's Plastic Free July, and we know you've got some plastic bags lying around. Get creative with these amazing ways to reuse plastic bags in your home.

Sewing Tutorial: Fused Plastic Bag Tote

Wonderful community service project to reuse plastic bags and craft the bags into sleeping mats for homeless and those in need.

Helping those who are experiencing homelessness is something 19-year-old Emily Beikman has always been passionate about – and she found a creative way to do it. Emily makes sleep mats. Awesome idea, but it gets even better. Not only do her sleep mats help the homeless, they also help the...