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Recycled Craft Ideas from Paper and Plastic

Recycled craft ideas can come from everything around us, like this one, how to recycled paper.

This recycled craft ideas are actually the same, we use paper for material in the first recycled craft ideas. The first image of  recycled craft ideas is using old newspaper for photo frame. The second recycled craft ideas is using old plastic of product wrapper. The product wrapper, either plastic or paper can be used. The bag from recycled uses the plastic wrapper that well arranged. Then it is covered with transparent plastic sheet. Then the edge is covered with black plastic rope that commonly used in bag product. Read the full story »

Making Strawflower

Strawflower is an excellent business opportunity and suitable for housewives who want to supplement the family income. Consumer interest of flower as a decoration in the room tends to increase. Consumers want their room looks beautiful and exquisite by providing floral arrangements  in every room. The amount of interest that come from consumers flower lovers, is able to provide ideas for business people to create business opportunities from imitation flowers made of plastic, including strawflower.

Strawflower creations can also be strung together, just like the original flower arrangements. By stringing plastic flower pots which are accompanied by beautiful accesories, the appearance of strawflower will be more beautiful than strawflower that are not strung together.

Here we give one example of how making strawflower, the most simple, just use old plastic straws around you.

Tool:
Scissors
Cutter
glue

Material:
Straw
stick or wire (about 2 mm diameter)
crepe paper or ribbon can be replaced with paper
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How to recycled paper

How to recycled paper? It is so easy to make the paper mush or plaited paper. In this tutorial we use the newspaper as the material.

Did you know that recycling newspaper can be utilized to create a unique craft items such as lampshades, vases, towels, magazine holders, fruit baskets, pencil cases, trays, waste baskets, wallets, jewelry containers, container mobile phones, laundry, ashtrays, a decoration items such as statues, trinkets, miniature rickshaws, bicycles, carts, and much more.

Making crafts out of recycling newspaper can be done in a very easy and requires no high capital. There are several methods that can be used to make the craft of the recycling newspaper, including the method of woven and made into porridge.

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How to recycle paper

First: begins with a piece of newspaper, you can cut them, then immerse it in water. After drying, the paper was twisted and woven in accordance with the desired shape. For example a bag, tissue holder, fruit baskets and purses. To beautify the accents, this craft can be given various colors. Read the full story »

How to Draw a Leaf

How to draw a leaf, this may sound easy to you. But see how interesting this as you can get the original shape of the leaf thru the easy way. You can use this paper craft as various purpose. For example are wall hanging, gift wrapper, book decoration and more. This craft is very interesting and suitable for all ages. This can be done by your kids too. Your kids can pick various leaves to be printed in their paper. Let us go, learn how to draw a leaf. Read the full story »

Crepe Paper Flowers

This crepe paper flowers craft is so easy, maybe your kids can do this.

Materials and Equipment
Crepe paper (tissue)
pipe cleaners

Cut several pieces (approximately 4-6) tissue paper (crepe paper) about 8 x 10 inches (exact size depending on taste). Place the paper in a pile and fold like an accordion. Read the full story »

Recycled Bottle into Pencil Case

Recycled bottle can be changed into vase or pencil case by your kids.

Let’s encourage our children to play while utilizing the junk that can still be used. This time we use the old plastic bottle.

Ingredients:

1) Wood Glue
2) The beads or white sand
3) Scissors
4) additional decorations such as dried leaves, seeds, or colored paper.
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[Felt Craft] Keropi Key Hanger

Do you look for a felt craft ideas? This look good, a keropi key hanger.

Method to make this felt craft:

1. Make a pattern from paper and then cut it.

2. Cut out the flannel according to the pattern.

3. Set the eyes and make shapes on the flannel for keropi mouth. You can attach the eyes use a glue gun. Make the mouth using hand stitch. Read the full story »