How To Make A Floor Mat Out Of Plastic Bags

Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge.

How to make a floor mat out of plastic bags.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. To make creating the colored rings in the rug easier i took my bags of bags and sorted the various bags into separate colors. How to make plarn. A word of forewarning when putting out the call to action for collecting plastic bags be prepared for an avalanche of plastic bags.

Mary ann derryberry shows how she and a group of volunteers make sleeping mats out of plastic bags. Plastic bag recycling for making pompoms and creating unique floor mats in two colors. 40 large plastic bags create a middle size floor mat. 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.

Gather the plastic bags. You can use thick fabric a piece of floor carpeting or mosquito screen material for decorating it with plastic pompoms. Cast on 72 stitches. 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.

Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. If you don t want your rug to follow a pattern you can skip sorting. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors.

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