Plastic water bottle art

Make flowers or sea creatures out of plastic bottles! Use them to decorate; make a mobile, chandelier or hanging curtain. I made sea anemone ornaments for my ocean themed Christmas tree! You can use them for "bows" on a pretty gift packages or even make jewelry! A fun craft project for kids with adult supervision and maybe a little help. *** I guess in today's age we must also include basic common sense warnings like open a window, use a fan, have a bowl of water in case things get hot and…

"Earth tear", by Marta thoma.

So... I'm currently exploring the use of plastic bottles in my craft projects. And this is one of them: Plastic Bottle Jelly Fish. I really love how it turned out and my 3 year old daughter has already decided that for her 4th birthday, she wants to have a magical under the sea themed party with lots of these jellyfish hanging everywhere. Well... not sure what a 'magical' under the sea party is but I'm glad she finally made up her mind about the theme of her party.To make this plastic bottle…

Three Plastic Bottles of differing sizes, cut out and peirced hung with an assortment of crystal beads and silver chains ( from broken necklaces) . Not the best photograph of this as when the sunlight hits it the colours really shine arround the room like rainbow droplets, but it give the general idea

I have quickly discovered it does not take a lot of my energy to get students motivated to begin a Dale Chihuly inspired project, his work truly speaks for itself! Every grade level is exploring his style of glassblowing and loving every minute of it. I have seen a lot of different projects on blogs and through search engines, chandeliers in particular, and almost all have really impressive results. Below I have posted a 2nd grade project that was created in once class period using permanent…

Images Curtesy of Sometimes the things people create, are so beautiful, so absolutely magical, and lovely that you can’t even imagine what the creation is even made out of. It’s even mo…

Don't throw away your plastic bottles! Try some of these DIY upcycling projects instead to help organize and spruce up your home décor.

Make plastic bottle butterflies with this easy recycled art activity and learn about Monarch butterfly migration.

This project is a great way to reuse those many empty plastic water bottles we all end up with. Having recently explored Pinterest for water bottle crafts, and not really seeing anything I liked, …