How To Make A Floor Mat Out Of Plastic Bags

Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects.

How to make a floor mat 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. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge.

40 large plastic bags create a middle size floor mat. To make creating the colored rings in the rug easier i took my bags of bags and sorted the various bags into separate colors. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. Gather the plastic bags.

Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. You can use thick fabric a piece of floor carpeting or mosquito screen material for decorating it with plastic pompoms. Mary ann derryberry shows how she and a group of volunteers make sleeping mats out of plastic bags. While the blue or yellow bags can be mostly sorted together the white bags tend to have accent colors that can come out in the finished rug.

How to make plarn. Cast on 72 stitches. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose. Basic knit sleep mat recipe.

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. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases.