One of the things that can help both your life and the world around you is the upcycling of things that may be broken or that you no longer have a need for. Upcycling can be a lot of fun and the more you do it the more you will find creative ideas and ways to use things will come to you.
What’s the difference between recycling and upcycling. When you recycle you send material to be broken down like plastic or paper so that it can make a new object like recycled paper or plastic. When you upcycle you find a use for something that you have in a completely different way. For instance did you know that you can find pages upon pages of ideas on how to upcycle something simple like a toilet paper tube? I’m sure many of you remember making crafts from them when you were in grade school. I use them today to make amazing toys for the cats and the birds.
Earl was outside this afternoon working on making a tiller from some leftover scrap metal and coil springs that he cut. He did a really good job! It’s incredible what you can build with leftover resources. He is routinely coming in to show me things that he has built from things that we have around. I keep telling him that he should start a blog for the stuff that he creates. It’s really incredible.
If you go to Pinterest and enter in Upcycling you will see so many ideas. One of my favorites was a ladder done up with lights and branches meant to be hung. You can find so many ideas for art like beautiful pottery pieces made into mosaics and I saw some really amazing art done with old magazines. The possibilities are really endless. See how creative you can get. It can be a lot of fun! <3
Before I could finish this article my daughter came out and asked for an empty paper towel roll to hold all of her bracelets! Just perfect right? Have an amazing day!
Much Love and Many Blessings,
Jasmeine Moonsong
Upcycling to Make Treasures
