The Art Of Creating Recycled Crafts

By Author: Vikram Kumar
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Awareness about the environment is increasing and people are learning and looking for alternative ways of making and gifting articles. Today, schools are also laying a lot of stress on recycling and saving the environment. Finding trash and reusable items in your home, altering them, reshaping and adorning them and converting them into handmade recycled gifts is not an uncommon occurrence.

Not only are these gifts unique but they also tell the receiver that you have put effort and time into making them and in a way, that makes them more appreciated and valuable. You can take the simplest of waste material from your home and make recycled crafts that are attractive and practical as well. These gift articles can be used in various areas of the house. Here are some ideas.

Kitchen

You can make stylish and unique recycled gifts for the kitchen. For those who love vinyl or PVC, collect all the vinyl records you can find, fish out old plastic dinner plates or lids off plastic containers and jars. Make funky kitchen accessories out of them or window hangings. You can also make handmade recycled gifts like small ...
... window planters that are adorned with plastic caps, corks and bottle covers. These are generally of varying colors and can make very bright and attractive adornments. You can also get creative and make a serving tray.

Home décor

Glassware can be recycled very easily and somehow there seems to be so much of it that we use and throw away. The bigger bottles or jars can be painted or stained and you can make attractive vases out of them. If you have sheets of glass from home redecorating projects lying around in the garage, turn them into picture frames. As a matter of fact, frames can be made out of virtually any product that is lying around the house. Decorative bottles, decanters and oddly shaped bottles all can be reused and turned into works of art. They can also be used as lamp shade bases.

Garden

The look of outdoor spaces can be spruced up amazingly well with any recycled crafts made of old pieces of wood, metal, glass or porcelain. Garden benches can be easily put together with a little bit of ingenuity and skill using pieces of wood that are lying around. Trellis’ and birdhouses are an additional adornment that lends character to any open space. Garden fountains can be made out of old PVC piping and an old cut up tire can serve as a swing for the kids.

Jewelry

You can take almost any piece of junk and transform it into art or something that can be put to practical use. You can use recycled paper and strips of silver to make stylish bracelets. You can stick colorful beads onto old metal coins and turn them into attractive pendants and gift them to your friends. These have a special charm and sentimental value attached to them.

When it comes to recycling material that is in your home the sky is the limit. All you need is a little bit of imagination, some glue, a few tools maybe, some acrylic colors and you are good to go.

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The NDI Gallery is the best place to showcase your handmade recycled gifts . Recycled Crafts can be the focal point of any room in any home.