Plastic Bag Mats For Homeless Tutorial

Start by folding your plastic bag in half vertically.

Plastic bag mats for homeless tutorial. Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you re left with a rectangle. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. Now for a plastic grocery bag that s standard in size and in thickness cut each bag into 4 rings. Do this two more times then cut off the top handles and the bottom seam to create a flat open plastic tube.

Plastic bag sleeping mats. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. So far they have spent at least 100 hours on the project producing 18 mats that have been handed out to the homeless and there are many more to come. Make a portion and send it to us.

Here are some links to tutorials and instructions on making mats. There are still two other ways to create a mat from plastic bags. Affiliate links may be used in this post. We ll stitch them together to create a full mat.

Home crafts diy turning plastic bags into sleep mats for homeless turning plastic bags into sleep mats for homeless. If you think that might feel too much like a job than fun but would like to actually make a mat there is hope. As an amazon associate i earn from qualifying purchases. Cut off the plastic bag handles and the bottom of the bag.

John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. From here you cut these into strips. I am using a size q17 crochet hook 15 75 mm also please make sure you are using recycled plastic bags to complete the mat as that it the whole effort of the project. 500 700 plastic shopping bags for a person sized mat but can vary depending on what you re using the mat for 10mm or larger crochet hook.

Start with about 10 plastic bags at a time. The thicker the strips the thicker your mat. Weaving with a loom. Plarn sleeping mat by rose fine arts.

Weaving on drinking straws.