Plastic Bags For Homeless Mats

So when i considered making mats for the homeless out of plastic bags and saw that crocheting was the method most widely used to achieve that goal here in america that is where i started.

Plastic bags for homeless mats.

Home crafts diy turning plastic bags into sleep mats for homeless turning plastic bags into sleep mats for homeless. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip. See more ideas about plastic bag crochet recycled plastic bags plastic bag crafts. Diy crochet plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.

Plastic bags are one of the worst offenders of the wasteful products that are polluting the earth s oceans and occupying the limited space of landfills. By collecting plastic bags and crocheting them in to sleeping mats you can give a homeless veteran a soft place to lay his or her head and help keep plastic bags out of oceans and landfills. Stop with the whining about using new bags already. Mar 23 2019 explore yrussell1 s board crochet plastic bags into mats for homeless on pinterest.

All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. After a month of crocheting interspersed with stopping to cut bags into thin strips. Every child was busy helping prepare hundreds of bags.

Affiliate links may be used in this post. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together. Try crocheting plastic bags into sleeping mats for those sleeping rough.

These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to. How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic. So far they have spent at least 100 hours on the project producing 18 mats that have been handed out to the homeless and there are many more to come.