Plastic Mats For Homeless

Every child was busy helping prepare hundreds of bags.

Plastic mats for homeless.

The purpose of this group is to use the plastic bag strips to crochet into 30 inch by 70 inch roughly 2 5 feet by 6 feet sleeping mats for the homeless. Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip. Plarn is plastic yarn strips which are then crocheted into useful products including the mats pillows and bags.

See more ideas about plastic bag crochet recycled plastic bags plastic bag crafts. Make a portion and send it to us. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. How to make mats for the homeless by joni staples.

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. These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to. Don t want to make a full mat. After a month of crocheting interspersed with stopping to cut bags into thin strips.

As an amazon associate i earn from qualifying purchases. Affiliate links may be used in this post. Plarn sleeping mat by rose fine arts. Plastic bag sleeping mats.

Maria mendez young and other american legion auxiliary members in california are part of an initiative to create and provide these sleeping mats to homeless veterans in their community. Mar 23 2019 explore yrussell1 s board crochet plastic bags into mats for homeless on pinterest. Seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. 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.

We ll stitch them together to create a full mat. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece.