I love finding uses for stuff that usually end up
in the garbage dump!
When a TV show called up
asking for a tutorial for
Christmas Decor
from recycled materials,
I thought of the ubiquitous water bottle.
Plastic water bottles comes in
different shapes and sizes.
This one has rings all around
and I decided to cut along the ridges.
First you have to use a cutter to make a slit
and then you can cut around with a pair of scissors.
When I was done cutting up
making sure that it was a continuous "garland",
I cut out some stars from another water bottle
that did not have those ridges and other designs on it.
To make uniform stars, I made a pattern then
cut up the stars with the pattern underneath
the plastic. Easy!
Then with a needle and thread,
I attached the stars to the garland.
Then comes the messy part.
I forgot to take a picture because
my desk was full of glitter!
You need white glue, a brush
and glitter of your choice.
I chose gold,
but you may prefer silver, red,
blue, etc.
First you brush glue on the plastic,
then pour glitter over it.
It's a lot messy but the results are
well worth your time
and the cost is minimal!
There are a lot of designs you can make-
this one is a square
which you can even put a picture in,
if you like!
This one is like an earring-
I cut out 3 squares of different sizes
and sewed them together,
putting a knot between the squares
to make sure it
doesn't scrunch up together.
This one is from a ring of a large bottle,
rolled up twice and sewn on top.
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