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We all know how obsessed I am by thinking of pretty ways to reuse plastic and so it's only natural that I came up with these fabric cuff bracelets. Cut a selection of strips of fabric. I used pieces about 1.5 cm thick and to get the maximum length out of the sample I had I cut as the per the picture below. Once pulled out in length and wrapped around the base the edge pieces should be hidden. Cut a piece of plastic from a milk carton and tape to appropriate wrist size with duck tape or similar. With the first strip of fabric knot around the base then begin to wrap, overlapping as you go all the way around. Once the entire bracelet is wrapped you can knot to finish and trim off any excess ends and wotnot.
If there's one thing we like to do at Ribbons and Rings it's think about ways to reuse everyday items that will otherwise go to landfill. Council's here in the UK recycle milk cartons but I love the fact that the plastic from them is pliable and a blank canvas, of sorts!! You can cut them with everyday scissors and the cut edges don't tend to be too rough. Making them ideal for all sorts of crafts. So, I've challenged myself (or the kids) to craft an item a day from milk carton plastic for seven days! Let's see what beauties we can make...... Garden Butterfly Sticks: Difficulty level: Kids can colour, Grown ups need to use sharp things. I've been super keen to make something to pretty up the jungle that is our garden so here's a really simple way to get the kids colouring and out in the garden. You'll need... 1. sharpies (invest in a set when reduced in supermarket or pound shops sometimes sell them - for a £1!!), 2. a tack (scrabble around in the mysterious cavern that is the tool box), 3. a button or bead to stopper the tack from falling out of hole in butterfly, 4. a cork, 5. barbeque skewer or something similar. Cut a butterfly or flower shape out of well washed milk carton. Get the kids to colour it in. Sharpies are best but make sure they don't get it everywhere cos it's permanent. While they are doing that you can be putting the non-pointed end of the skewer into the base of cork. Once the butterfly is delightfully patterned, add a hole with fork prong or similar in centre. Mind those fingers!! Take tack and put through button and butterfly and insert firmly into side of cork. One Butterfly Beauty! You can make all sorts of creatures for your garden. I'll post the flower we made too soon. |
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