Plastic Shopping Bag Mats

One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags.

Plastic shopping bag mats. If you use reusable shopping bags gathering bags might be quite difficult. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. Basic knit sleep mat recipe. Old plastic shopping bags get new life.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you re left with a rectangle. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch.

Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose. This article demonstrates how to create the ribbon of plastic. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat.

Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. It takes about 500 bags to make a two and a half feet by six foot mat. The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily.

If you have decided to knit or crochet a bag from plastic bags you ll need to know how to prepare the plastic bag first. 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. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. If you want a multi colored rug you must collect bags of different colors.

Nancy mozeleski second from left and volunteers from the village at orchard ridge in winchester va hold sleeping mats they crocheted from disposable. Cast on 72 stitches. The easiest way to do this is to shop at different places. You simply save your plastic bags after you go shopping.

Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.