Recycled Family Fun

I am always on the lookout for new ways to recycle things. Don’t get me wrong, I throw away more than my share of trash without using the recycling systems that are available to me. But when it comes to old lace, linens, crocheted pieces, and quilts I just can’t bring myself to throw them away. Even the smallest pieces are attractive to me.

The photo above shows old pieces of crochet and linen being used to cover different sizes of rock. Wouldn’t this be a wonderful project to do with your kids or grand kids. They could help pick out the rocks. Then match the right size crochet piece to the rock. Since a couple of simple hand stitches would hold the piece closed around the rock, an older child could help with that. With younger children, tacky glue would probably work just fine. The rocks could be placed in a basket for decoration on a table or shelf.

Another recycling family idea is recycling spools to make a wind chime.  As many of you know, I use Aurifil 100% cotton thread for everything that I sew or quilt. I always hated throwing away those colorful orange spools. My grand daughters come. up with the idea of making wind chimes for the trees in our back yard. We used leftover strips of fabric to slide through the spools and tie on one end. The other end was tied to a coat hanger and placed in the tree. We spent a wonderful afternoon making these chimes. We also made beautiful memories together.

These are only two ideas of ways to use every day items for recycled fun. For more ideas, do a simple Google search. I was amazed at how many unique ideas that people come up with. Please feel free to share your recycling ideas with me. Send me an email or comment below. I enjoy seeing news ways to use old things.

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