Dish & Pottery Creative Reuse
If you are cleaning out your unwanted or chipped dishes, inspired by the show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, get lots of ideas of what to do with ceramic, porcelain, clay or glass dishes. Read more ›
Bojagi or Pojagi – Korean Patchwork
Bojagi are Korean wrapping cloths and they are a great way to creatively reuse fabric remnants in more delicate fabrics like silk, ramie and organza. Read more ›
Inner Tubes Creative Reuse
Some artisans call inner tubes vegan leather because they can be cut and sewn together like leather, so come get ideas for what you can do with recycled inner tubes. Read more ›
Holiday & Greeting Card Reuse
You put most holiday or greeting cards in paper recycling, but some require more creative reuse. Get tips on where you can send used holiday and greeting cards to help others, or get inspired to make holiday decorations from them. Read more ›
Sweaters, Wool and Yarn – Creative Reuse
From shrunken felted sweaters to tiny balls of leftover yarn, get ideas for ways to creatively reuse your sweaters, wool and yarn. Read more ›
Memory Keepsakes
Memory keepsakes are items made from clothing when someone passes away. Read more ›
Gift Wrapping from Recycled Materials
Many people wrap gifts in brown paper bags or fabric, but that is only the start of ways you can wrap gifts without creating trash. Read more ›
Make a Reusable Gift Tag and Bow
Make a beautiful and reusable gift tag and bow from recycled plastic materials to reduce holiday packaging waste. Read more ›
Halloween Decorations from Recycled Materials
Avoid buying more plastic and make spooky decorations from recycled materials this Halloween! Read more ›
Minimalism and Creative Reuse
Get strategies to help you achieve your goals of minimalism AND creative reuse! Read more ›
Chewing Gum and Wrapper Creative Reuse
An innovative designer is recycling chewed-up gum into plastic products, and many artists incorporate gum and wrappers into their work. Read more ›
Bicycle Parts Creative Reuse
Make jewelry, home decor and even musical instruments from bicycle parts such as chains, spokes, rims, gears, brake cables, handlebars, pedals, seats and frames. Read more ›
CDs, DVDs, Jewel Cases & Spindles Creative Reuse
You can make mosaic tiles, toy hover crafts and hand weights from discarded CDs and DVDs, and that’s just the start of the many beautiful and useful items you can make Read more ›
Glass Bottles and Jars Creative Reuse
How many plastic containers in your home could you replace with glass containers? Read more ›
Cigarettes, Lighters and Old Vending Machines
Art and crafts from cigarette butts? Disgusting! Get amazed by what people have made from thousands of cigarette butts, plastic lighters, cigarette packaging, cigar boxes and cigarette vending machines.
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Broken Tents and Shampoo Bottles
Trashmagination is working on a prototype of giant flowers, and I need your tent poles and colorful plastic bottles. Read more ›
Denim Jeans Recycling
What can you make with jeans that are out-of-style, ripped beyond repair or painted, or with the leftovers when you make a quilt from jeans? Read more ›
Playgrounds from Recycled Materials
Even if you don’t have kids, playgrounds can be a great case study in creative reuse. Come learn about playgrounds made from recycled tires, wood, metal, plastic, cardboard and fabric. Read more ›
Clementine Boxes
I designed a clementine box craft called a lenticular photo display using the triangular wood shapes from clementine boxes. Read more ›
Bread Tags or Clips
Bread tags or clips may seem like a small item, but when you realize that there are millions of them in the world, it adds up to a lot of plastic that is challenging to recycle. Read more ›