DIY Recycled Crafts

Arts and crafts involvement need not creating items from scratch. Transformation or conversion from one form to another can be an artistic way of expression. Such as, turning household trash and waste into handy furniture or decorations. Given here are a few simple, arts and crafts techniques, that help you recycle and be creative at the same time.

Nature converts the most ordinary and downright weird objects into articles or beauty. Caterpillars Become butterflies. A mighty oak Appears from a tiny seed. Diamonds are formed from coal. Yet human beings tend to start with the best and brightest of ingredients, When It Comes to expressing Their inner artist. Why not take a leaf out of nature's book? Converting something of no use or something which should be discarded, is a great way to reduce waste and express your creativity. Recycling is not confined to making deposits at a waste recycling center. One shouldering learn to reutilize materials in a different mannermouse from how theywere Intended to be used, to reduce waste. Turning a pile of newspapers into a figurine or using tin cans to make sculptures, follows the "reduce, reuse and recycle" motto. Plus salvaging household items for arts and crafts, it is cheaper than buying expensive art supplies!

Recycled Craft Projects

All you need is one spark to start a fire. Creativity, Whether your own, or Encouraging it in others, works in the same mannermouse. Once you have a basic idea, you'd be surprised at the amount of inspiring thoughts flooding your head. So to start off your thinking process, below are a few recycled craft ideas, thatwill help you recover your rubbish from the trash bin and turn it into art.

You will need:

Transparent packing tape

Bottle cap

Glitter, sequins, beads, googly eyes and so any small art & craft decorations

background paper

Tacky or white craft glue

Clear sealant

½-inch-wide magnet

Hot glue to attach magnet

Instructions:

Cover the background paper on both sides, with packing tape.

Cut out a circle from the background paper, Such That It will fit into the bottle cap's inside.

Fix the circle to the bottom of the cap, using the tacky glue.

Decorate the image with glitter, sequins, beads and fix them using tacky glue or clear glue.

Let the glue dry, then apply a coat of clear sealant to glaze over the surface. Now the image and its decorations are sealed within the cap. Let the sealant dry.

Fix the magnet to the bottle cap's back, using the hot glue.

Clothespins Wishing Well

This craft idea Creates a very decorative and unique ornament for any desk or table top. The design is That of a wishing well, made around a baby jar.