Did you know that the Cambridge English Dictionary named “upcycling” the word of the year in 2019? In a world literally choking on the overabundance of trash, household and industrial waste, this was very timely. Using waste to create something useful, recycling, and always aspiring to zero waste.
However, you can create things from trash that are not only useful but also beautiful! For example, the Internet nowadays is full of photos of true works of art created by people who one day decided to apply their creative approach to recycling. And they created something truly amazing - just take a look!
#21 Stephanie's Hedgehog - Made Out Of A Book Someone Had Thrown Away! So Impressed By All The Recycled Art Creators
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59points
#24 I Made This 10ft Scarf Out Of Yarn Waste
I took the last remnants of yarn from other projects and upcycled them into a nice wearable scarf. I made this as a birthday present for myself 2 years ago and it'll probably last me for the rest of my life. Very durable. I get all my yarn secondhand to not contribute to the way it's mass produced. It's very easy to find most yarn secondhand because a lot of it goes unused. Anyway, I Love my scarf, making things out of scrap yarn also creates super unique one of a kind color schemes.
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52points
#25 Skyscraper (The Bruges Whale) - Studio KCA. Plastic Sculpture Of A Whale In The Utrecht Canal Catharijnesingel, The Netherlands
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50points
#28 I Made This Years Gift Wrapping With Paper Aldi Bags, A Magazine I Found For Free, And Old Ribbon From My Craft Stash
Also, all the gifts I got were secondhand, free, or made by me. I hate the consumerist stuff that happens during Christmas time and it’s feels really good to go against that. It feels freeing and I’m actually excited to celebrate this year. I’m also going to be making everyone’s Christmas cards with things I already have.
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47points
#29 Reclaiming My Kids Old Toys Into Art
Just a bunch of odds and ends of my kids toys arranged onto thrifted frames. Covered in epoxy resin.
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#32 Christmas Decorations Made From A Tomato Puree Tube
First time making anything like this but I think it came out really well! The puree tube worked really well, not so mutch with the other stuff I tried: a hand cream tube (too slippery, cut my hands A Lot), and some tea light cases (too small, not a great shape). The edges are also pretty sharp so this is not a craft for kids.
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46points
#33 Sparkly Party Confetti
Box is holographic so as long as I’m careful about placement you can’t even tell it’s a toothpaste box. I was going to use a circle hole punch to make the confetti but I couldn’t find it. Not that I’m complaining, the butterfly is cute too.
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45points
#34 Can't Afford LEGO
I can't afford the big house sets from Lego, so as an alternative I started making some out of recycled boxes. Still a work in progress but here's some pics of what I have so far. Me for size reference.
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44points
#35 Couldn’t Resist, Not Very Often You Get A Big Box To Play With
…but sometimes you’re better off just throwing it away, lots of mistakes made but I love to experiment - Lost nothing - All free, recycled materials, left over paints etc. Ps. I accidentally broke my cranes neck, it’s in a temporary cast atm but expected to make a full recovery.
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