How To Weave A Mat Out Of Plastic Bags

Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects.

How to weave a mat out of plastic bags.

Cutting the bags is just the first step in the process of turning plastic bags into sleeping mats. 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. One quarter to one third of the bags that are used to make a mat have to be strung on the loom before the weaver can start weaving. Bags and a big piece of cardboard to shape the rug are the only supplies you ll need.

Weave a rug out of plastic bags for an inexpensive and creative custom look. Kids should then weave the bag in and out of the frame adding new bags as they go. To make creating the colored rings in the rug easier i took my bags of bags and sorted the various bags into separate colors. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose.

The next thing is that they need to be loop together to string up the looms. While the blue or yellow bags can be mostly sorted together the white bags tend to have accent colors that can come out in the finished rug. When the kids get to the end of the frame ensure the last plastic bag is secured and prepare to remove the mat from the frame. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags.

Gather the plastic bags. A word of forewarning when putting out the call to action for collecting plastic bags be prepared for an avalanche of plastic bags.