How To Make Plastic Mats Out Of Plastic Bags

A word of forewarning when putting out the call to action for collecting plastic bags be prepared for an avalanche of plastic bags.

How to make plastic mats out of plastic bags.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. 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. How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic.

Stop with the whining about using new bags already. How to make plarn. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. This is a great way to involve your local church group knitting or crochet group youth group or scout organization with collecting and sorting the bags.

Gather the plastic bags. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. 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.

John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose.