DIY Trash-to-Treasure Crafts Department
Reuse! Repurpose! Recycle! Upcycle Ideas!
Here it’s all about eco-friendly, recycled, upcycled, repurposed DIY crafts. It’s good for the environment and at the same time, puts some green back into your wallet.
As a thrifty crafter, one of my favorite, quickest and easiest source of free craft materials suitable for kids crafts as well as adult-oriented projects happens to be right at my fingertips.
Let our Trash to Treasure Craft department show you how to upcycle stuff around the house or heading for the garbage bin and turn them in fantastic crafts – turning trash into treasure. The Trash-to-Treasure Crafts departments motto is to Reuse! Repurpose! Recycle! Upcycle! Give it a try and take a look around.
New Tutorials and Pages
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![How to Fuse Plastic Bags into a Fabric]()
Give new life to plastic bags by fusing them together and making waterproof fabric which can be used to make cosmetic bags, wallets, lunch sacks and more.
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![How to Join Strips of T-shirt Yarn by Sewing]()
Use a needle and thread to join strips of T-shirt yarn using the sewing method.
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![How to Join T-shirt Yarn Without Sewing]()
Learn how to join lengths of T-shirt yarn without sewing. This is huge time saver so crafters can get to their projects faster!
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![How to Make a Braided Headband for an 18 inch Doll]()
Recycle plastic newspaper bags to braid a cute headband for an 18" doll.
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![How to Make a Quilted Pocket Potholder with Old Towel]()
Learn how to make eco-friendly quilted pocket potholders from old towels in this DIY tutorial. Upcycle and create useful kitchen accessories!
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![How to make a Scrappy Quilt Binding]()
Learn how to make a scrappy quilt binding for your next quilting project! Get ready to add some pizzaz!
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![How to make a Washcloth from Old Towels]()
Wondering what to do with old towels? Watch this video to learn how to make washcloths from recycled old towels.
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![How to Sew a Simple Pillow from a T-Shirt]()
Using an old t-shirt with a cute design or one embroidered with an embroidery machine, make a keepsake pillow!
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![Penny Rug Christmas Ornament]()
Penny rug ornaments will brighten any Christmas tree, wreath or gift! Here found a free Christmas ornament pattern using penny circles. It's economical project.
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![Santa Baby Food Jar Craft Tutorial (Upcycle Craft)]()
Learn how to make adorable Santa baby good jar crafts! This easy DIY craft is kid-friendly using pom-poms, felt and other household supplies.
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![How to Join Quilt Batting Pieces Together]()
What to do with leftover batting? Learn how to join batting pieces together with sewing machine.
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![Recycle Old Christmas Greeting Cards into a Basket]()
Learn how to upcycle old greeting cards by making a greeting card basket that will look attractive anywhere in the home. Also Gift Idea!
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![How to Make a Fabric Pocket Tissue Holder]()
Our pocket tissue holder pattern is super easy to make (under 15 minutes) with scrap fabric and basic sewing skills, straight machine stitching. Learn how here
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![T-shirt Recycling]()
Recycle those old T-shirts! There are many T-shirt recycling and upcycling ideas. Find things to do with old T-shirts!
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![How to Make Fidget Quilts for Alzheimer's Patients]()
Learn how to make a fidget quilt with our free video and photo tutorial. A fidget quilt is a lap quilt which helps provide stimulation for the fidgeting hands.
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![DIY Glass Garden Flowers Tutorial (Garden Art)]()
Glass garden flowers are popping up in gardens everywhere. Learn to recycle vintage dishes into beautiful, affordable garden glass plate flowers.
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![How to make a Dish Drying Mat from an Old Towel]()
Make a DIY dish drying mat from a repurposed old towel. With a pretty binding, the dish drying pad will look so nice on the counter!
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![How to make T-shirt yarn Tutorial (T-Yarn)]()
This tutorial will show how to make t-shirt yarn. T-shirt yarn is made from cutting up old t-shirts and can be used to crochet and knit..
New Stuff
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Bottle caps can be used for the classic memory matching game to the flicking game, these five games are both entertaining and fun.
From
Life Over C's
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How to recycle audio cassette tapes.
From
My Zero Waste
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An article about knitting with cassette tape.
From
Crafting A Green World
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This rug is the perfect accent piece to use as a bedside mat or in the bathroom. It measures approx. 29" x 21" and is made with t-shirt yarn and a 12 mm hook.
From
My Poppet
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This video shows and explains how to make an adorable holiday party dress for an 18" doll.
From
Needlepointers.com
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Illustrated step-by-step instructions on how to make paper.
From
HubPages
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How to make decorative dipped pine cones.
From
Crafting A Green World
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This t-shirt rag rug project is a great one to start with when using homemade t-yarn from old t-shirts. It has a rustic look.
From
My Poppet Makes
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Repurpose your mayonnaise jars into pretty craft supply storage containers for free with a little paint, glue, and pretty paper.
From
Intelligent Domestications
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If you have accumulated a lot of washi tape, here is a storage idea.
From
Samantha Kamilos