If you’re anything

like me, you probably return home from shopping with at least 5 to 8 plastic shopping bags (ideally holding the items you bought to sustain your family for the next 7 days). And yes, you can certainly recycle them….but! What if your kids are of a creative bent and want to experiment in high fashion plastic shopping bag design?

Glad you asked! Enter LifeHacker with this gem:

… Crafter Amanda turns simple plastic grocery bags into tote bags, wallets, floor cushions, and waterproof liners for beach bags—by fusing them together with an iron. Cut, flatten and layer six to eight bags on the ironing board, place parchment paper over them, and iron the whole stack to meld it into a useful, reusable thicker plastic for sewing together every which way ….MORE….

The original post can be found at Long Overdue Fusing Plastic Bag tutorial. It’s quite creative and let me tell you, will probably end up as a Camp Ling activity this summer.

Enjoy,

Owlbert

ps - speaking about plastic bags:

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PLASTIC ORANGE HANGER BAGS (400 - POLY } 10"x 21"

Game Dice 1 2-LB. Chessex Bag Dice+Plastic Box+More

NEW Frosted Plastic Beach Bag with Snap Closure

LOT 2 VINTAGE PURSE HAND BAGS PLASTIC CLUTCH RHINESTONE

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Plastic grocery bag holder storage doll kitchen decor

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