Plastic Tubs Creative Reuse
Laundry soap and cooking oil come in heavy-duty plastic tubs or jugs that are tough to recycle – but you can creative reuse them at home and to make art.
Hangers Creative Reuse
Plastic, metal and wooden hangers can all be creatively reused to make furniture, costumes and other art.
Bread and Grains Creative Reuse
Artists and entrepreneurs around the world find creative ways to make beautiful and useful things from bread and grains.
Tin Containers Creative Reuse
How can you creatively reuse your cookie, biscuit, candy or tea tin containers that make you feel sentimental?
Fluffy Rug Course
When I shared my new fluffy rug method made from recycled t-shirts, the social media posts went viral, so I have now made an online course so you can make your own!
Umbrellas Creative Reuse
You can make so many useful items from a broken umbrella, using just the fabric, just the frame, or both!
Hub Caps Creative Reuse
You can paint and sculpt plastic hub caps to make exquisite works of art – you’ll never look at a hub cap the same way again!
Envelopes, Newspapers, Magazines and Junk Mail
Learn how to make your own paper and get inspired by artists who creatively reuse paper into clothing, sculptures and collages.
Dried Paint, Brushes, Cans Creative Reuse
Many paints are made with plastic so let’s find way to reduce our impact, and learn about ways to creatively reuse paint, brushes, graffiti, spray paint cans and more.
Weaving Recycled T-Shirt Rugs
You can make very cute woven rugs from recycled t-shirts without spending much on equipment.
Fish Scales, Skin and Bones Creative Reuse
Learn how artists and scientists are creatively reusing fish scales, skin and bones – from jewelry, to paintings, to even a replacement for petroleum-based plastic.
Yoga Mats Creative Reuse
Get lots of ideas for how to use your old yoga mats, plus learn about a type of yoga mat made from recycled neoprene wetsuits!
Visible Mending
There is a creative reuse trend to mend your clothes with decorative stitches, making the item stronger and also more beautiful.
Leather Creative Reuse
What can you make from that leather couch on the curb, your old leather jacket or even the leather labels on your jeans?
DIY Plastic Recycling
Designers around the world are building machines that allow people to DIY their plastic recycling.
Inflatable Floats and Decorations Creative Reuse
Inflatables made from vinyl, rubber and nylon are very difficult to recycle but they are extremely popular during hot summer months and as holiday decorations.
Buttons Creative Reuse
Learn about the incredible ways artists work with buttons and get ideas for creatively reusing your own buttons.
Polystyrene Foam or Styrofoam
Polystyrene foam (more commonly called styrofoam) is notoriously difficult to recycle and awful for the environment, but you can avoid it and reuse it with creative thinking.
Insects and Creative Reuse Art
Creative reuse artists make insect sculptures from recycled materials, while others actually work with live insects to make art.
Fairy Gardens from Recycled Materials
Most fairy gardens are made from garden center statuettes or items removed from nature but you can make your own fairy garden from recycled materials.
Robot Sculptures from Recycled Materials
Folk artists around the world make robots from recycled materials – and you can too!
Toilet Paper Rolls and Other Cardboard Tubes
You can make just about anything from toilet paper rolls or tubes – get fun activities for younger children, older children and adults.
Weighted Blankets
Most weighted blankets get their heft by containing plastic or glass pellets but I made one with recycled denim blue jeans.
Tissue Paper Creative Reuse
Most municipal recycling programs do not want your tissue paper – so what can you make with it?
Fundraising with Scrap Quilts
You can fundraise for a cause AND build community if you make scrap quilts that include messages from your supporters.