Here are some fun and creative ideas to reuse plastic bottles and turn them into amazing crafts, all while helping the environment! From home decor to fun toys, there’s something for everyone in this list of easy plastic bottle crafts.
It is hard to avoid purchasing items that are in plastic containers. So why not reuse them? Below I have a list of over 30 craft projects that use plastic bottles and they are quite creative! But before we get to that, here are some benefits of using plastic containers in both adult and kid crafts:
Environmental sustainability: By recycling plastic bottles, you help reduce the amount of plastic waste that enters landfills and the environment, promoting environmental protection and conservation.
Cost-effective: Crafting with plastic bottles is inexpensive and budget-friendly. Instead of spending your money on new materials, you can reuse plastic bottles.
Educational value: Crafting with plastic bottles can be an educational activity, particularly for children. They can learn about recycling, environmental protection, and the benefits of reusing materials to reduce waste.
If you walk around your home, you will start to notice all of the plastic bottles you have. In the bathroom you have shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and lotion bottles.
The kitchen and pantry have condiment bottles, cleaning supplies, drinks (water, soda, milk, juice) and more. Plus you have laundry detergent, pill containers, motor oil . . and on and on.
So, if you can’t avoid purchasing items in plastic bottles (which would be best), use up the product and then reuse the container in crafting! Here is a list of ideas to help inspire you:
For Kids
Here you'll find plastic bottle crafts that kids can make or use!
Adults should cut or supervise the cutting of the plastic bottles. Make sure to sand them down so there aren't any sharp edges before allowing children to play.
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Cat Containers
Upcycle your plastic shampoo bottles into cute little cat containers! Kids can brainstorm uses for this cat craft.
Love this!! This craft reused 10 plastic bottles to make a robot. Not only is it fun to look at and play with, it lights up! The torso has LED lights in it and it makes a fun night light.
In her post with 10+ ways to play with a spray bottle, Michelle shows how to turn a cleaning spray bottle into a helicopter. Look at it flying above the clouds!
Turn a plastic bottle, ribbon and tissue paper into a colorful windsock! Kids can learn about the wind and directions while watching the pretty colors.
Get the kids into recycling with this Christmas tree craft. This Christmas tree water bottle craft is the ideal way to recycle empty bottles and have as many trees on display as you like!
Now this is an amazing upcycle idea and super thrifty! When Janice had a pendant light shade break, she replaced all 3 shades using 2 liter plastic juice bottles. Genius!
I can think of so many fun ideas for these owls! The original tutorial is for a night light, but it could be a vase, or a grown up version of the dinosaur planter from earlier. If you don't have the artistic talent for these, you could download a design to trace and paint. Note: this site is in Vietnamese but you can just right click to translate it.
Turn plastic iced tea bottles into cute decorative vases by decoupaging them with napkins. Mary takes you through her trial and error process so you don't make the same mistakes!
I wanted to include this idea because it uses an amazing number of plastic bottles — 1500! This site has more examples in varying sizes plus it links to detailed downloadable instructions.
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