The Reclaim series is all about turning discarded old things into beautiful new things. It’s about making treasure from trash, reducing our waste and saving a little money along the way. Each episode features an everyday object and a variety of inspiring ways that object can be reclaimed.

This time, we’re playing with egg cartons!

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• Decorate for Easter with egg carton flowers, egg carton table decor and egg carton fairy lights (so amazing!)
• Use egg cartons to package mini cupcakes or muffins.
• Make a cute egg carton sewing kit.
• Use an egg carton to organise your craft supplies or desk drawer.
• Create an egg carton caterpillar or some egg carton chicks.
• Make some pretty egg carton bells.
• Plant seeds in an egg carton or make an egg carton herb garden kit for a gift.
• If there are special little people in your life, use egg cartons to paint autumn trees or make a nature sorting game.
• Create a tiny, adorable egg carton succulent display!
• Use egg cartons to make some of these sweet bunnies and chickens for Easter.
• Make an egg carton bouquet or floral display.

Have you got any other clever ideas for recycling egg cartons? If so, please share!

Katie x

PS You can find previous episodes of the reclaim series here.

The Reclaim series is all about turning discarded old things into beautiful new things. It’s about making treasure from trash, reducing our waste and saving a little money along the way. Each episode features an everyday object and a variety of inspiring ways that object can be reclaimed.

This edition features plastic bottles!

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• Use plastic bottles to make melted vases, painted vases or glitter vases.
• Create some pretty plastic bottle cuffs.
• If you’re feeling very ambitious, build a plastic bottle greenhouse! Or use the top of one plastic bottle over a seedling, to create a miniature version.
• Make plastic bottle bowling pins.
• Invite native wildlife into your backyard with a plastic bottle bird feeder like this one or this one.
• Make your own lava lamp.
• Use plastic bottles to make a desk organiser.
• Create festive plastic bottle ornaments.
• Decorate your space with plastic bottle flowers like these or these.
• Make a plastic bottle pet food dispenser.
• Cut a plastic bottle in half and use the top as a funnel.
• Recycle plastic bottles for cupcake or cookie packaging.
• Make pretty plastic bottle drinking glasses.
• Use plastic bottles to create cute apple-shaped boxes!
• Turn a plastic bottle into a plastic bag keeper.

Have you got any other clever ideas for recycling plastic bottles? If so, please share!

Katie x

PS You can find previous episodes of the reclaim series here.

The Reclaim series is all about turning discarded old things into beautiful new things. It’s about making treasure from trash, reducing our waste and saving a little money along the way. Each episode features an everyday object and a variety of inspiring ways that object can be reclaimed.

Today, it’s all about doilies!

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• String doilies together to create a pretty garland/bunting.
• Use doilies to embellish cushion covers, curtains, quilts and anything else you can think of!
• Make a doily wreath like this one or this one.
• Stiffen doilies (with hairspray, glue or fabric stiffener) and suspend them on strings, as festive snowflake decorations
• Make a doily table runner.
• Use doilies in gift wrapping and card making. They look especially beautiful decorating packages wrapped in plain brown paper.
• Create a doily lamp or doily lanterns.
• Add a chain and use a doily as the centrepiece for a vintage inspired necklace.
• Turn doilies into dreamcatchers.
• Sew a doily to plain top to make it a little bit special or restyle a comfy sweatshirt.
• Use doilies as stencils for DIY home decor.
• Frame doilies or sew them to embroidery hoops, to create simple and lovely wall hangings.
• Bake doily cookies.

Have you got any other clever ideas for recycling doilies? If so, please share!

Katie x