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a person holding a plastic water bottle in their right hand, with the other hand on top of it

Most of us simply toss empty plastic bottles away without a second thought. However, learning to melt and mold them is an inexpensive hobby that will let you explore your creative side while also giving those bottles a brand new existence. You can make a myriad of different things, from jewelry to figurines to holiday decorations, and are limited only by what your mind can conceive.

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there are many different colored cups and lids on the table

Making crafts out of laundry detergent lids helps keep garbage out of landfills, creates something useful and/or attractive from essentially free material and educates other people on the importance of recycling. Once clean, these deep caps, which often aren't accepted in curbside recycling, have numerous uses.

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a pile of blue and white plastic bottles

Most of us simply toss empty plastic bottles away without a second thought. However, learning to melt and mold them is an inexpensive hobby that will let you explore your creative side while also giving those bottles a brand new existence. You can make a myriad of different things, from jewelry to figurines to holiday decorations, and are limited...

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a glass vase sitting on top of a wooden table

When I first heard that HomeRight made heat guns quite a while back, I didn't really think I would ever use one. But one day I had an idea for a project that would require something hot to melt it. I have to tell you that once I use used it I was hooked! One...Read More

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a person holding a plastic bag over a pot on the stove with water in it

Plastic Smithing: How to Make Your Own HDPE Plastic Anything (DIY Plastic Lumber): How to make really good hard plastic while reusing and recycling plastic bags at home! Via this method, you can make ANYTHING you want to, out of hard, lightweight, real plastic that's astoundingly durable. It comes out very similar in texture to re…

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