1. CRAFTS AND KNITTING PRODUCTS FROM... POLYETHYLENE BAGS
On the site you can find a lot of interesting materials devoted to different methods of making unique crafts and jewelry from scrap materials. . From unnecessary waste material you can create beautiful flowers and feminine DIY hair accessories . Plastic bottles, corks, cotton swabs, old CDs, natural materials can be successfully used to make educational toys and crafts . And your child will be happy to take part in the creative process, helping to create beautiful homemade things.
Use any available means and waste material in collaboration for making crafts. Invite your child to make original toys from plastic bags, which you probably have in large quantities in your home.
From this article you will learn how to make crafts from garbage bags in the form of different animals. You will also find here master classes with photos, diagrams and video lessons with which you will learn how to make... yarn from plastic bags for crocheting useful household items , rugs, women's bags. Knitting from plastic bags is a wonderful way to create useful household items and beautiful women's accessories!
Be sure to involve your children in this interesting work! You can make beautiful decorations for a child's room from unnecessary plastic bags from the store and garbage bags. And girls will be interested in making fashionable accessories for playing with dolls from plastic bags.
One of the most popular women's accessories, which our needlewomen knit with their own hands from polyethylene yarn, is a handbag. . It is very easy to make yarn from bags (we will tell you about the technique for making such yarn below), and bags crocheted from it turn out to be very modern, beautiful and durable!
There are different types of garbage bags. One of the parameters that manufacturers indicate on the packaging is the volume of garbage placed in the bag in liters (20L, 30L, 35L, 60L or 120L). The second parameter is density. Bags with higher density are stronger and rougher to the touch.
The higher the density of a garbage bag, the thinner it is necessary to cut the thread from it to make bags and rugs. With experience, you will learn to quickly select the appropriate hook for knitting items from such homemade yarn. It is advisable to knit a small sample of fabric before starting work. , from which the product will be formed. It is advisable for beginning knitters to choose plastic garbage bags with a capacity of up to 50 liters. Yarn made from this material is softer and easier to crochet. But do not use plastic bags that are too thin for knitting bags - the product will not hold its shape very well.
2. HOW TO MAKE QUALITY YARN FOR CROCHETING FROM POLYETHYLENE GARBAGE BAGS
If you are going to knit a bag or rug from polyethylene with your own hands for the first time, choose soft matte bags for making yarn.
To form threads, you need to cut strips from bags (the width corresponds to the hook number) and connect them into a single thread. Try to cut strips of the same width so that the surface of the crocheted product is uniform;
To speed up the process of making yarn, fold the balls into an even stack (5-7 pieces) and cut the strips with scissors along a ruler, marking the width with a marker;
Having straightened each polyethylene strip, we get a ring;
We connect these rings of strips in one of the following ways:
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The first method is to connect all the elements at once into a ball. To do this, place the segment on another, pass it through the ring, stretch it to the sides, forming a knot. We wind the double thread into a ball of yarn;
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the second method is a little faster. We fasten each thread after knitting the previous one. That is, the next ring must be passed through the remaining tail.
- straighten the plastic bag and carefully fold it so that the fold is even along the entire length;
Then you can cut off the handles of the bag and the bottom. Cut it into rings approximately 2-5 cm thick;
The edge of one ring must be placed under the edge of the second and a knot must be tied. This is how we form yarn for knitting products. We wind this thread into a ball.
3. MASTER CLASSES ON MAKING CRAFTS AND KNITTING BAGS, RUGS AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM POLYETHYLENE BAGS
Master class 1:
HOW TO MAKE CRAFTS IN THE FORM OF ANIMALS FROM POLYETHYLENE DISPOSABLE BAGS. STEP-BY-STEP LESSON WITH PHOTO - HOW TO MAKE A POMPOM AND CONNECT INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS OF BLANKS CUT FROM PACKAGES.
Master class 2:
DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF BAGS FROM WASTE BAGS. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS OF KNITTING PRODUCTS FROM HOMEMADE YARN, DIAGRAMS, TIPS FOR BEGINNER KNITTERS.
Master class 3:
WE KNIT A VERY BEAUTIFUL BEACH BAG FROM GARBAGE BAGS WITH YOUR OWN HANDS. TO WORK YOU WILL NEED MULTI-COLORED GARBAGE BAGS AND A CROTTING HOOK.
Master class 4:
WE CUTE BLANKS IN THE FORM OF SQUARE BAGS, PULL THEM ONTO A WIRE FRAME AND FORM PETALS FOR ELEGANT ROSES. THERE ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL CRAFTS IN THE FORM OF FLOWERS!
Master class 5:
HOW TO KNIT A BEAUTIFUL BOX (BOX) FOR VARIOUS SMALL ITEMS FROM POLYETHYLENE BAGS. STEP-BY-STEP PHOTO LESSON IN KNITTING PRODUCTS USING A HOOK.
Master class 6:
HOW TO KNIT A FASHIONABLE HANDBAG WITH A FLOWER FROM POLYETHYLENE BAGS. DESCRIPTION OF WORK STEPS AND DIAGRAM.
Master class 7:
HOW TO KNIT BEAUTIFUL RUGS FROM GARBAGE BAGS. WE MAKE SEPARATE ELEMENTS (SQUARE MODULES) AND STITCH FROM TOGETHER.
Master class 8:
A BEAUTIFUL RUG FOR THE HALLWAY FROM GARBAGE BAGS. PRODUCT DIAGRAM AND DESCRIPTION OF CROCHETING STEPS.
Master class 9:
HOW TO KNIT A FASHIONABLE PENALTY CASE
Original rug for interior
Items made with your own hands are a budget-friendly and original way to decorate your interior, breathe new life, and add bright colors. The most valuable products are those made from the most unusual materials, for example, plastic bags. It would seem, what so unusual and useful can be made from the simplest recyclable materials? The imagination of creatively gifted people is limitless.
One of the most sensational and creative handicraft techniques is weaving crafts from garbage bags. In order to understand the basics of non-trivial modern art, we suggest weaving rugs from plastic bags with your own hands using the example of detailed master classes.
A stylish, bright, original rug is not only a decoration for a home, apartment, or cottage, but also a very functional thing. One of the main advantages is moisture resistance; the mat can be used in rooms with high humidity. Wear resistance, ease of care, a successful tandem of stylish aesthetics and minimal costs - all these are the indisputable advantages of such a useful hand made item. Needless to say, knitting will bring true pleasure and will help you pass the time profitably. Before knitting a rug from bags, you will need yarn. We will make knitting threads directly from the bags. The task is not complicated, rather primitive, even a child can do the job.
Bright rugs from bags
To make the threads strong and elastic, experienced craftswomen advise choosing soft matte plastic bags.
If you decide to use milk bags, then on the packaging you can find a designation of the density of the material. To make a mat made from milk bags pleasant to the touch, soft enough and wear-resistant, you should choose bags with medium density. The times of boring, monotonous packages are far behind us; today housewives are offered a bright, cheerful palette of any possible shades to choose from, so such a distinctive rug will certainly decorate any interior. How to make multi-colored yarn?
First of all, cut the bag into strips. Since we will be crocheting, the width of the plastic tape should correspond to the hook number. It is advisable to cut the workpieces of the same width, so the surface of the product will be uniform. To make the preparatory process more fun and faster, you can fold the bags into an even stack, use a ruler or marker to draw stripes and carefully cut the ribbons. From the resulting blanks it is necessary to form balls. We tie the ends of the ribbons together with knots, forming yarn for knitting future crafts.
Making yarn from bags
Before you start knitting a rug, you need to knit a test section, this will help determine the density of the future product. The color scheme, shape, and pattern are chosen individually, but to streamline the creative process, you can use ready-made diagrams and drawings.
Even a beginner can make a beautiful round rug with his own hands; the main thing is to add loops in time and follow the diagrams, otherwise the product risks turning not into a rug, but into something resembling a cup. For work, you can use several colors or make the product monochromatic with a contrasting edging, the choice is up to the master. We will crochet using several shades of yarn alternately.
Stages of work:
Advice! At this stage, there is a little secret in the work: to make the circles larger, add 5-6 loops, knit single crochets.
Thus, the rug “grows in breadth” from the center of the weave without curling.
Rugs for children's rooms
A stylish, original, cozy rug is ready to delight the eyes of household members with its cheerful diversity. In a similar way, you can crochet rugs of any shape, using ready-made patterns or inventing your own patterns.
Making a round rug
You can knit a stylish rug not only with crochet. For craftswomen who do not master the art of crocheting, there is an original and simple way to make a beautiful product. We suggest making an unusually functional fluffy rug from garbage bags. The main thing is to choose the right base for the yarn; the bags should have a soft structure. To work, you will need several garbage bags, cut into identical strips, thick cardboard, thread, and scissors.
Let's get started:
Advice! Pompoms can be made multi-colored by alternating colors in the product. It is important to ensure that the bags are the same in texture so that the surface of the rug is uniform.
Crochet rug made from bags, part 1
Crochet bag rug, part 2
Crochet rug made from bags, part 3
Such an unusual and cheerful rug can be laid in the nursery, hallway and even in the living room in the country. After experimenting with the material for pompoms, using dense polyethylene, you can make a massage mat with your own hands. Such an extraordinary hand made gift will certainly be appreciated by your family and friends.
Handicraft is a world of experimentation. Thanks to the creativity and imagination of skilled craftswomen, we have a unique opportunity to surround ourselves with interesting, useful items. You can make rugs, bags, hats, and other beautiful and functional accessories from polyethylene yarn. Don’t neglect the opportunity to decorate your home or stylish image, surprise your friends with your talents, and creative and simple ideas will help you!
Rug made of pompoms
Valentina Adler
Manufacturing funny toys« rustlers» We have been teaching our students for more than 12 years.
The idea of converting polyethylene packagesinto fun crafts was the start of a long-term environmental project: "I can toys trash turn» .
By maintaining our children's interest in this topic, we have prepared advisory materials for their parents as well: « Merry« rustling creatures» or what to do with a child on a day off.” Now the mothers and fathers of our next pupils have been full participants in this project for several years.
Making such work for a child nka this: development of fine motor skills, attention, thinking; nurturing perseverance, accuracy, and the ability to bring the work started to its logical conclusion; these are always positive emotions, flights of fancy, aesthetic pleasure and pride from the knowledge that these packages could pollute our city, and we, like real wizards, turn them into beauty.
Stages of magical transformation:
1. Cut out several pairs of rings of different sizes from cardboard. Place the rings of each pair one on top of the other.
2. Made of polyethylene packages cut out strips of different widths. We will wrap the rings folded in pairs with these strips until the ribbons fill the hole in the ring. Therefore, it is better to cut narrow strips for small rings, and wide ones for large ones.
3. Then we cut the resulting polyethylene winding along the edge of the ring with scissors and pull the product along the formed groove with a strong thread. Let's remove the cardboards. (Pompoms are made from wool threads using exactly the same principle).
4. Before us is a finished pom-pom - « rustle» . It can serve on its own toy, but you don’t have to stop there and give free rein to your imagination
Of multi-colored « rustlers» , various sizes, you can collect various funny toys. « Rustlers» fastened together with thread or wire. They are supplemented with small details and elements made of paper, fabric, natural materials, etc. And then a fluffy rabbit with rustling fur, funny snowman,birds, a bright flower or a cute snake.
Such funny toys Children are happy to give them, made with their own hands, to friends for their birthdays, to their mother on March 8th, decorate a New Year tree, a group or a room at home and use them in games.
To create together with your child, you can use any material at hand. A mother can invite her child to make crafts from plastic bags, of which there are sufficient quantities in any apartment.
At first glance, it seems that making crafts from garbage bags is easy, but this is not so. A 3-year-old child may not be able to do everything, for example, knitted crafts from garbage bags. Therefore, it is most preferable to offer this type of creativity to a child over 7 years old. Younger children can create animal crafts using garbage bags.
To create a rabbit, you need to prepare the following materials:
You can make other animals in a similar way by varying the color scheme of the bags.
Method for creating balls from plastic bagsTo make it easier to make crafts from bags, you must first make skeins.
There are a huge number of ways to cut plastic bags: spirally, diagonally, lengthwise, crosswise, etc.
Crafts from cellophane bags: master classOn the eve of the New Year, you can invite your child to create a Christmas tree as a craft from bags with their own hands, which can be given to someone close to you, for example, to a grandmother. It is necessary to prepare the following materials:
If you take several multi-colored garbage bags, you can make a Christmas tree like this:
By creating crafts from bags, you develop not only creative thinking, but also creative abilities. This kind of crafts can be done together with older children. This will teach them that a work of art can be created from any available and, at first glance, seemingly unnecessary material.
DIY interior decoration for the New Year.
DIY Christmas tree. Master class with step-by-step photos
Author: Elena Yuryevna Koroleva, teacher of vocational training, OGKOU Nikolskaya boarding school of VII - VIII type, Kostroma region, district.For work we will need the following materials and tools:
5-6 bags of green and one white;
- Sheet of cardboard 30*30;
- Cardboard;
- Threads with a needle;
- Glue moment crystal
-Pencil, ruler, compass, scissors;
Progress:
In this case, for work, I found green bags that are super durable. They have welded side seams. Previously, I used “T-shirt” type packaging bags for work.
Cut off the handles and bottom of the bag. It turns out to be a pipe.