The pollution problem is very serious, more than we think, and it is very important to learn to take. Every day tons of garbage is thrown away and that, over time, harms the flora, fauna, air, water and soil. Fortunately, it is possible to contribute our grain of sand and reduce, even a little, the amount of waste that is thrown away.
One way to do this is to recycle things you already have around the house for reuse and avoid waste. We can make very nice things and even start our own business with some of them. we bring you some decorative ideas to recycle objects that you have at home and that you do not use, things that you surely had thought of throwing away. Look!
7 great ideas to recycle things you have at home
Pots with tin cans
Before getting rid of canned peach or tomato preserves when preparing a delicious recipe, you can try transforming them into small pots and planting aromatic or whatever you like best there.
What will you need?
- A dog
- A sandpaper for metal
- Spray or acrylic paint in the color of your choice
- A nail
- A hammer
- Stickers, buttons, threads or whatever you want to decorate (optional)
How to proceed:
- The first thing you should do is wash and dries the can that you are going to transform into a pot very well. Later, sand the edges so that they are even. Next, in the lower part of the can, make some holes with the help of the nail and the hammer.
- Paint the can in the tone that you like the most. Try to give it two or three coats to ensure that the color covers the entire surface well.
- Note: you can also transform them into pencil holders. The only difference is that you won’t need to drill holes in the bottom.
Organizer with toilet paper tubes
The organizers that we can buy in any store are usually expensive; there is no doubt about that! However, you can use something as simple to get as cardboard toilet paper tubes to assemble one with and place our pencils, jewelry or whatever you want there.
What will you need?
- Toilet paper cardboard tubes, the amount you need
- Paint like best
- Glue gun
- Scissors
How to proceed:
Cut the cardboard tubes the size you want. Next, paint them with two coats of acrylic that can be different colors or all the same. Let them dry very well and stick them together in the way you like best, it can be a pyramid, square or circle, and that is left to your imagination!
Lantern with a jar
It has become very fashionable, lately, to place strips of lights inside a jar to decorate and thus be able to illuminate. It is something very simple that even the least skilled person with crafts can do.
What do you need?
- A wide-mouthed glass jar with a screw-top lid
- A strip of battery led lights
How to proceed:
Wash the jar very well to remove the label and dry it. Once it’s dry, put the red light strip inside, turn it on, close the lid and that’s it!
Ice blocks with milk cartons
If there is something that takes up a lot of space in the trash can, it. A good solution to reuse them is to wash them very well, fill them with water and put them in the freezer to get a big block of ice. It is an economical way to cool, for example, portable refrigerators on very hot days and always have fresh drinks on hand.
Furniture with fruit wood drawers
Surely more than once you have found these types of vegetable boxes on the street but you did not take them home because you did not know what to do with them. When you realize how easy it is to recycle them, you will start looking for these boxes when you go shopping.
What will you need?
- A crate
- Sandpaper for wood
- Paint the color you like best
- Brush or roller
- hammer _
- Nails or screws
How to proceed:
- Sand the surface of the drawer until it is completely smooth. Next, very carefully paint the surface of the drawer inside and out with two or three coats of paint to ensure that the entire surface is covered.
- Once it is dry, hang it on a wall with the help of nails or screws or put it on the ground to store your books or place. You can also stack two or three drawers or place them side by side. Start your imagination and you will see what beautiful furniture you can design!
Decorative bottles
Beer bottles will stop being a nuisance to become part of the decoration, especially if you like to paint. You can even turn this into a small business and earn some money.
What will you need?
- 1 glass beer bottle of 240 cubic centimeters (you can use the one you have at home, but that is the ideal size)
- White acrylic paint for glass (to paint the background)
- Acrylic paint for glass of different colors
- Clear varnish
- Brushes of different widths
- Stickers
- Paper tape
How to proceed:
- First of all, wash and dry the bottle very well, remove the labels and glue. Remember to wash it inside too. Next, cover the entire bottle with to hide the glass. Keep in mind that you should give it two or three coats of paint.
- Finally, make the design that you like the most, let your imagination fly and the artistic vein that was dormant until now awakens in you! To help you with the designs, you can place paper tape where you don’t want to paint and stickers to complete the decoration. Once the paint is completely dry, add a coat of clear varnish to protect your artwork.
Piggy bank with plastic bottle
Saving can be a lot of fun and even more so if you transform a plastic bottle into a pretty piggy bank.
What will you need?
- A small plastic bottle
- Pink cardboard
- White
- black marker
- Cold silicone
- Pink paint
- A cutter
How to proceed:
- Clean the bottle well and make a cut, with the help of the cutter, in what will later be the pig’s back. Keep in mind that the size should allow you to pass coins and also bills.
- Paint the bottle very well. Try to give it two or three coats to make sure you cover the entire surface well. While the paint dries, cut two circles of white Eva rubber as little eyes and paint a black dot in the center. Stick them in the piggy bank.
- On the bottle cap, which you will have also painted pink, draw two black dots that will simulate the holes of the nose. Cut out two triangles of pink cardboard and glue them simulating the ears. Finally, cut four strips of pink cardboard, shape wheels and glue them to the bottom as little legs. You can also paint four bottle caps and glue them in place of the construction paper.
