Plastic mat

Plastic bags are very useful for everyday tasks, but they often seem to be everywhere in the kitchen. Before you throw them all away, think of their impact on the environment. Plastic bags are piling up on the streets and

I have been saving my grocery bags to make rugs or pads to sit on aluminum bleachers. They work great for insulating the bottom. I got my idea from a you tube video by Mom Eberhard. You I cut the tops and bottoms off the bags and loop them together. I did a 4 string braid. I made one for a friend and she uses to sit on aluminum bleachers and said it works great.

Helping those who are experiencing homelessness is something 19-year-old Emily Beikman has always been passionate about – and she found a creative way to do it. Emily makes sleep mats. Awesome idea, but it gets even better. Not only do her sleep mats help the homeless, they also help the...

A Fredericton environmental group is making sleeping mats out of old plastic bags for the city's homeless population.

Lisbon and I have been busy in our free time making sleeping mats from plastic grocery bags for a charity that distributes them to the homeless. Being home from school for months and with plenty of time on her hands, Lisbon became an expert at weaving these mats.

This video describes the process of creating a basket out of plastic bags. This is an easy and simple method, with just a few materials required. This item i...

Instructions for weaving prepared plastic grocery bags into a sleeping mat.

I've been giddy about this board - finally excited to show it off to you!! Voila - my Plywood Rug:I have two rolling chairs in my craft room - I roll from one spot to

Wonderful community service project to reuse plastic bags and craft the bags into sleeping mats for homeless and those in need.

“Known as 'The Bag Ladies', a group of older women from British Columbia, Canada, are using single-use plastic bags that would have otherwise been thrown away to crochet tight, water-proof sleeping mats for homeless people #womensart”