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Weaved Plastic Bag Doormat

August 26, 2016 by Nadia van Zyl 5 Comments

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It’s is Project Recycle & Create time and today we are reusing plastic bags! Although I *try* to remember to take shopping bags with me when I go to the shop, I sometimes forget so we do end up with plastic bags. Some I send to school(they use it too) and some I recycle like we did with this cute jelly fish and fun cheering pompoms. Today I’m showing you how to make a doormat!

weaved doormat
I wish I had different colour plastic bags, think it would look nicer. This doormat is used at our backdoor for muddy feet. Something I won’t mind getting dirty, lol!

Here is how it was made:
plastic bags  I used a piece of chicken wire and about 5 bags. (Just make sure all the sharp edges of the wire are cut or turned downwards.) The bags were cut into strips, leaving out the handles.

Then the strips were weaved through the chicken wire. (You can do patterns too.) This did take a while and I needed patience and concentration. Older kids might be able to do this, perhaps not the littlies(although it is great for fine motor practice and hand eye coordination if you are not too worried about getting all the holes filled:)

process
After the chicken wire was filled, I turned it around and weaved some strips over again to help keep it in its place. The ends were knotted.

And that is it! Rather easy and great for reusing some plastic bags! My 7 year old nephew said it was cool, so I suppose he liked it?

plastic bag doormat
Come see what Peakle Pie and The Gingerbread House made with their plastic bags!

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Comments

  1. tanya says

    August 26, 2016 at 8:49 pm

    Your nephew is right! That is pretty cool. How long do you think it would last? I really want to make this now 🙂
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    • Nadia van Zyl says

      August 26, 2016 at 9:02 pm

      Thanks! I have no idea how long it will keep though, will wait and see;)

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  2. Jenny says

    August 27, 2016 at 6:30 pm

    This is such a great idea, I love recycling which is practical too!
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  3. kunas says

    February 2, 2017 at 2:13 pm

    Nice Concept on preparing door mate. Nice idea. thank you.

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