Hangers Creative Reuse
Plastic, metal and wooden hangers can all be creatively reused to make furniture, costumes and other art. Read more ›
Plastic, metal and wooden hangers can all be creatively reused to make furniture, costumes and other art. Read more ›
Learn about the incredible ways artists work with buttons and get ideas for creatively reusing your own buttons. Read more ›
If you are staying close to home due to social distancing, you can do these creative reuse activities with items that you likely already have at home so you don’t need to go to the store. Read more ›
When you see furniture curbside, do you wish you knew a way to bring it back to life? Read more ›
If you want unlimited art supplies, one option is to do an artist residency at a landfill or transfer station. Read more ›
Would you like to attract people to your town to enjoy nature and art? You could organize a recycled art sculpture trail. Read more ›
You likely have a pile of broken skateboards if you love skateboarding but the good news is that many artists creatively reuse skateboards to make awesome stuff. And if you are into woodworking, get inspired to source material from the skate park. Read more ›
Avoid buying more plastic and make spooky decorations from recycled materials this Halloween! Read more ›
I designed a clementine box craft called a lenticular photo display using the triangular wood shapes from clementine boxes. Read more ›
Global demand for disposable chopsticks has been increasing so remember to carry your own, and get ideas on creatively reusing your old disposable ones. Read more ›
The Sixth International Marine Debris Conference is taking place, people are heading out on spring break, and people are figuring out that plastic straws are terrible – it’s time to make art from beach trash! Read more ›
Let’s make presents for our pets from recycled materials! Read more ›
A suitcase can be a cat tree and a backpack can be a giant puppet – get creative ideas to make with unwanted or broken luggage. Read more ›
Did you know you can make Christmas trees from scrap wood, cardboard, plastic, metal and fabric? There are so many more choices than chopping down a tree or buying a plastic one. Read more ›
Making an Advent or countdown calendars from recycled materials is a perfect project for creative reuse enthusiasts because it involves 24 little containers arranged in a beautiful way. Read more ›
After natural disasters, there are piles of trash as people clean out their ruined homes and possessions. Some artists transform those discarded items into art. Read more ›
Wood makes up about 6 percent of the waste stream in the United States – so get inspired to make simple projects from scrap wood. Read more ›
Many Nova Scotian folk artists are doing creative reuse – from rug hooking, to wood carving and beyond. Read more ›
My two hobbies – creative reuse of trash and playing taiko – actually have a lot in common. Learn how creative reuse is part of taiko. Read more ›
There are better options for creative reuse of mattresses and box springs than ever before. Read more ›
Wood carving artist Isaiah Fraser is my brother-in-law and we love creative reuse of wood scraps! Read more ›
I love that my family was doing creative recycling in all our various corners of the globe – from recycling yarn, to wood to upholstery samples. Read more ›
I helped my sister cut up two damaged rowing shells into lengths that can be made into bookshelves, lamps or art pieces for rowing enthusiasts. Read more ›
Dale Hoffmeyer saves scraps of wood and glues them together into beautiful cutting boards. Read more ›
Our family takes apart our broken treadmill to learn what was inside and to make it easier to recycle. Read more ›