You can make recycled plastic lid crafts for Thanksgiving. Using recycled plastic lids to create Thanksgiving crafts is an inexpensive alternative to holiday crafting. This article will provide you with detailed instructions on creating recycled plastic lid crafts for Thanksgiving.
Turkey
Making a turkey out of plastic lids is a great way to use recycled materials in your Thanksgiving crafts. For this craft you will need 2 brown plastic lids, a red plastic lid, and an orange plastic lid. You will also need scissors, a hot glue gun, hot glue sticks, and wiggly eyes. If you cannot find the lids in the right colors you can use paint to change the colors as needed.
Start by cutting the edge off of a brown, orange, and red lid. Then cut strips from the orange and red lids. Cut a small circle from another brown lid. Then glue the small circle to the top of the large brown lid. Add the wiggly eyes. Cut a small triangle from the orange lid as well. Glue it below the eyes like a beak. Then glue the red and orange strips to the back of the brown circle to create the turkey’s tail feathers. Hang your completed Thanksgiving craft around your home for the holiday.
Pumpkin
A pumpkin is an easy Thanksgiving craft that can be made using plastic lids. For this craft you will need a large plastic lid, orange paint, a green lid, scissors, a marker, and glue. Start by drawing a pumpkin shape on your large lid.
Cut out the pumpkin shape and set it aside. Then cut out a stem from the green lid. Also cut out a leaf to add detail to your Thanksgiving craft. Paint the pumpkin orange and allow drying. Then glue the green stem to the top of the pumpkin and your Thanksgiving craft is ready to be displayed for the holiday.
Banner
A Thanksgiving banner can be made easily using recycled plastic lids. You will also need a hole puncher, scissors, ribbon, paint, and a paintbrush for this craft. Start by laying newspaper on your work surface. Then punch a hole in both sides of several lids.
Then lay all of the lids out on the newspaper and decide what your banner is going to say. Paint each lid with an individual letter for your banner. While the paint is drying, cut several sections of ribbon in 12 inch lengths. Then thread the ribbon through the holes and tie each lid together into a chain. This Thanksgiving craft is a great way to recycle your plastic lids.
Using recycled plastic lids for your craft projects is fun and easy. These craft projects are environmentally and budget friendly. Try these Thanksgiving crafts using recycled plastic lids this holiday season.