How To Make Plastic Mats Out Of Plastic Bags

These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.

How to make plastic mats out of plastic bags.

This is a great way to involve your local church group knitting or crochet group youth group or scout organization with collecting and sorting the bags. How to make plarn. Gather the plastic bags. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects.

Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. A word of forewarning when putting out the call to action for collecting plastic bags be prepared for an avalanche of plastic bags.

Stop with the whining about using new bags already. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose. 500 700 plastic shopping bags for a person sized mat but can vary depending on what you re using the mat for 10mm or larger crochet hook. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat.