Art from recycled materials

Do your bit for the environment—and your wallet—by making your own Christmas crafts from recycled materials instead of going out to buy something new. Sure, it is the season to be jolly, but it’s also the season to be frugal and mindful of all the trash we create!

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From Trash to Fine Art: We Explore Recycled Material Art at 2 Museums and get inspired! :: PragmaticMom

Tutorial on how to recycle trash and turn them into a fairy house lamp.

In this amazing Girl with A Pearl Earring made with buttons, the artist has used a collection of buttons to replicate Vermeer's classic.

Best Out Of Waste | Plastic bottle cap craft | bonsai wall hanging idea. How To Make Cool Bonsai Tree Using recycled plastic bottle cap.

Found recyclable materials become art in the 3rd annual Recyclable Art Competition.

A broken CD isn't much good to anyone. Unless you're Sean Avery that is. Because while most of us would just throw them in the trash, the South Africa-born, Australia-based artist turns them into various dazzling animal sculptures. He makes them by gluing CD shards to wire mesh frames shaped like different animals, and as you can see from his iridescent animal kingdom, there seems to be no limit to the types of creatures he can create.