Recycling crafts with Washi tape

Recycling Crafts with Washi tape

Recycling crafts

Dear friends it feels wonderful to be back to blogland! I was so thrilled that so many of you missed me enough to email ,comment ,message and even call me up to see if I was alright !Thank you so much ....I was so touched!!

Well we had bought a huge new house and all my time went into caring for it so I couldn't craft or blog!!Now things are settling down and hopefully I will get snatches of crafting time!

My blog friend Priya owns an awesome craft shop and she sent me some Washi tape to use in a recycling craft.This is the first time I tried washi tape and boy it was so quick and easy to use washi to recycle some plastic containers into what else but a DIY washi tape/ ribbon holder!

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My ribbon/tape holder looks like a little lamp shade [My inspiration is the gorgeous wine glass lamp shade made by the super talented Daksha] .The hood comes off and you can place the ribbon/washi tape on the shaft [which is actually an used pen wrapped in washi tape] of this DIY ribbon holder.

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The picture below shows the washi tape on the shaft and the under surface of the hood with a central plastic rim which snugly fits the shaft of the DIY ribbon holder

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The pic shows all the washi tape I own but even if you have a huge collection you can easily and quickly make any number of these ribbon holders as its a super simple inexpensive recycling craft.

Recycling crafts

DIY Ribbon/Washi Tape holder tutorial
Here are the items I used to make my Lampshade Ribbon/Tape holder

• Gems container- I used one hemispherical half of it.Alternately use a jar lid or even a Styrofoam hemisphere
• Goodnight mosquito repellent bottle- or any small glass/plastic bottle with a small neck
• Used pen- wrap in washi tape
• Washi tape--makes beautifying plastic super easy and quick as the pretty tape as its own strong adhesive!
• Glue gun - optional-I used it to stick the pom pom lace and the plastic rim on the hood of the DIY washi tape holder

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1. Make the Base of the Lampshade-I recycled a mosquito repellent bottle to form the base of the lampshade. I removed the pink stick and rinsed the bottle to get rid of all the residual insecticide.The plastic rim inside this bottle snugly fits a pen or pencil.You can use any small necked bottle as an alternative and if your bottle neck is large ,make it small enough to fit your pen with clay/sponge/paper/any other crazy thing you can think of!
   

   

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2. Make the Shaft of the lampshade-Use an used pen or any rod like structure you wish to recycle and cover it with washi tape
3. Make the Dome of the lampshade-Cover the hemispherical dome of the plastic container with washi tape.Stick the inner plastic rim from another goodnight bottle on the center of the inside of the dome using a glue gun /double sided foam tape /other strong adhesive.Alternately fashion this central stopper using clay or mseal wrapped around your shaft so as to form a snugly fitting stopper for your DIY Ribbon holder.

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I used sticker rhinestones,plastic butterflies,glitter strips, pom pom lace,pearls ,feathers and a ribbon flower to embellish my DIY Ribbon/Washi tape organizer.

Recycling crafts

I made this ribbon/tape holder as a Guest DT project for Priya's "recycling with washi tape" challenge this month .If you have some gorgeous washi tape do drop by the color conceptions challenge blog and for my Indian readers who want to get their hands on washi tape do drop by Priya's shop The Craft Shop.In

Eagerly awaiting your comments on how you like this super easy project.
If you like this recycling craft do have a look at my compilation on Recycling Crafts