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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![DIY Christmas Gift Card Holder from Recycled Toilet Paper Rolls]()
Recycle toilet paper rolls to make DIY Christmas gift card holders that look professionally made. Use this gift card holder for the next holiday gift!
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![Felt Scraps]()
The best project ideas for using scrap felt. This includes felt sewing ideas and other easy crafts with felt. See all of the things to do with felt scraps!
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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 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 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 make a Yarn Coil Basket from Clothesline]()
Older Kids will love to make these coil baskets. Made by wrapping yarn around a cord, these budget friendly baskets use up scrap yarn.
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![How to Make Fabric Yo-yo Santa Ornaments]()
Make some cute fabric yo-yo Santa ornaments to decorate a Christmas tree or to give as gifts.
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![No-Sew T-Shirt for 18-inch Doll Clothes Pattern]()
Learn how to make an easy, no-sew T shirt for an 18" doll. No doll clothes pattern is required!
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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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![Recycle Old Greeting Cards into Homemade Gift Tags]()
Make Christmas gift tags out of recycled holiday cards. This is the perfect recycled craft and a real money-saver!
Trending this Week
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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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![T-SHIRT YARN CRAFTS]()
Learn how to make T-shirt yarn! We show you how to make T-shirt yarn, what to make with T-shirt yarn, and many T-shirt yarn projects to create!
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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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![DIY Glass Garden Flowers Tutorial (Garden Art)]()
Glass garden art dish flowers are popping up in gardens everywhere. Learn to recycle vintage dishes into beautiful garden glass plate flowers.
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![Plastic Bag Crafts]()
A great way to us plastic bags for recycling is to learn how to make plarn! Here are plenty of plarn projects where you crochet with yarn made from plastic bags.
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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..
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![How to Sew A Fabric Bookmark]()
Learn how to make a simple fabric bookmark with this video tutorial and written step-by-step instructions.
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![FREE RECYCLING CRAFT IDEAS]()
Hundreds of recycling craft ideas for Earth Day and everyday. Reuse and Repurpose the common items in your home to turn trash into treasures!
Free Items of the Week
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This post shows you how to create an adorable DIY succulent teacup planter for your own or as a gift.
It's perfect for Mother’s Day, end of the year teacher gift, a hostess gift, thank you gift…you name it. And don’t forget Grandma!
From
Needlepointers.com Associate
New Stuff
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An article about knitting with cassette tape.
From
Crafting A Green World
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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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Fun ideas...
From
Wisebread.com
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How to make decorative dipped pine cones.
From
Crafting A Green World
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An article on ways cassette tapes are recycled.
From
Recycle Scene
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Information on recycling sweaters with a link to Ashley's Recycling Yarn Tutorial.
From
Crafting A Green World
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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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Ideas on re-purposing old sweaters scraps into embellishments on t-shirts.
From
Make It & Love It
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Whether from concerts, sports teams, or other events, create a keepsake by turning favorite T-shirts into a memory-filled quilt. Sometimes t-shirt logos are different sizes. This t-shirt quilt top is assembled in seven vertical rows - four narrow and three wide.
From
All People Quilt
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If you have accumulated a lot of washi tape, here is a storage idea.
From
Samantha Kamilos