Reclaim: Plastic Bottles

by KATIE on MARCH 9, 2012 in CRAFT, RECLAIM

The Reclaim series is all about turning discarded old things into beautiful new things. It’s about making treasure from trash, reducing our waste and saving a little money along the way. Each episode features an everyday object and a variety of inspiring ways that object can be reclaimed.

This edition features plastic bottles!

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• Use plastic bottles to make melted vases, painted vases or glitter vases.
• Create some pretty plastic bottle cuffs.
• If you’re feeling very ambitious, build a plastic bottle greenhouse! Or use the top of one plastic bottle over a seedling, to create a miniature version.
• Make plastic bottle bowling pins.
• Invite native wildlife into your backyard with a plastic bottle bird feeder like this one or this one.
• Make your own lava lamp.
• Use plastic bottles to make a desk organiser.
• Create festive plastic bottle ornaments.
• Decorate your space with plastic bottle flowers like these or these.
• Make a plastic bottle pet food dispenser.
• Cut a plastic bottle in half and use the top as a funnel.
• Recycle plastic bottles for cupcake or cookie packaging.
• Make pretty plastic bottle drinking glasses.
• Use plastic bottles to create cute apple-shaped boxes!
• Turn a plastic bottle into a plastic bag keeper.

Have you got any other clever ideas for recycling plastic bottles? If so, please share!