Most of us simply toss empty plastic bottles away without a second thought. However, learning to melt and mold them is an inexpensive hobby that will let you explore your creative side while also giving those bottles a brand new existence. You can make a myriad of different things, from jewelry to figurines to holiday decorations, and are limited only by what your mind can conceive.

Making crafts out of laundry detergent lids helps keep garbage out of landfills, creates something useful and/or attractive from essentially free material and educates other people on the importance of recycling. Once clean, these deep caps, which often aren't accepted in curbside recycling, have numerous uses.

Most of us simply toss empty plastic bottles away without a second thought. However, learning to melt and mold them is an inexpensive hobby that will let you explore your creative side while also giving those bottles a brand new existence. You can make a myriad of different things, from jewelry to figurines to holiday decorations, and are limited...

There are a variety of times when you may need to melt plastic. Whatever the reason, it's easiest to use direct heat or chemicals when melting plastic at home, as these are generally safe and accessible ways of heating. With some care and...

Back in the summer my nieces & I made these super easy, very pretty suncatchers. I made these with a non-stop talking, bubbly 7 year old fashionista & a 10 year old whos creative brain is busting at...

Plastic Smithing: How to Make Your Own HDPE Plastic Anything (DIY Plastic Lumber): How to make really good hard plastic while reusing and recycling plastic bags at home! Via this method, you can make ANYTHING you want to, out of hard, lightweight, real plastic that's astoundingly durable. It comes out very similar in texture to re…

Most of us simply toss empty plastic bottles away without a second thought. However, learning to melt and mold them is an inexpensive hobby that will let you explore your creative side while also giving those bottles a brand new existence. You can make a myriad of different things, from jewelry to figurines to holiday decorations, and are limited only by what your mind can conceive.

Melted plastic spoon flower

blorgggg melted and upcycled bits of plastic into sheets that could be used to make a Pride Flag, box, and more. #Instructables #reuse #crafts #rainbow #recycle