Do you have plastic bags at home taking up space? While we use canvas bags most of the time, sometimes, we do forget them. I use quite a few to line the smaller trash cans we have around the house. But, sometimes, there are extra What to do?
Well, you can recycle them various stores, or, you can make something out of them!
Use yours, or get them from friends and family, and make a floor mat out of your used plastic bags!
If you have a loom, you can make a really amazing rug with these online instructions. Even if you don’t though, you can make a really cool plastic bag rug by following these other directions; all you need are your plastic bags and some cardboard and you’re all set!
Making a floor mat by reusing your plastic bags is a great project for kids; its fun, easy, and teaches kids about reusing items that otherwise pose quite a big problem for the earth. Adults will find they enjoy the process too though; making something useful in the end isn’t bad either!
You’ll find the fact that this cool mat is a conversation starter as well! Which gives you the opportunity to help even more plastic bags stay out of the land fill by sharing the easy process and helping someone else make one of these unique and very cool plastic bag rugs.