42 Easy Water Bottle Crafts
If you love recycling, and you're looking for easy water bottle crafts, this collection is for you!
Water bottle crafts are excellent for recycled crafting. There are so many ideas for crafts made from recycled items, it's sometimes hard to decide which ones to try. We've rounded up Easy Water Bottle Crafts that are so fashionable, handy, and fun, you'd never guess they're plastic bottle crafts! Read on to find great ideas for what to make with empty plastic bottles!
From trendy water bottle bracelets to bottle cap wall art, this collection of easy water bottle crafts offers ideas for recycled bottles that you can use in your everyday life. So if you're going green and want suggestions for bottle cap crafts, take a look at these easy projects, empty your recycling bin, and get to work on one of these eco-friendly projects!
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In addition to water bottle projects, you'll find ways to use scrap fabric, Mason jars and more in"Trash to Treasure: 28 Recycled Crafts" Free eBook
Plastic Bottle Decorating Ideas
Secretly Cheap DIY Flower Vase
Reader Favorite! Check out this plastic bottle craft to learn how to make a DIY vase that looks like a million bucks.
This super cute craft is wonderful for those who love fairy gardens! With a bit of paint and a little LED tealight, this cute recycled craft will add a bit of whimsy to your interior decor!
Soothe your soul when you create a lovely, glittery creation from a recycled bottle and your favorite glitter! Use a variety of thicknesses and colors when you incorporate glitter into your project. This can also be used as a timeout jar. Check out our video tutorial to learn how to make a "time out jar" for kids using an old water bottle!
This craft will brighten up your home, and you never have to worry about watering your bottle flowers!
Recycled Plastic Bottle Bird Feeder
Invite the birds to gather in your yard this season with an adorable DIY bird feeder! No need to invest in an expensive option. With this tutorial, you can turn trash into treasure!
Upcycled Plastic Bottle Decor Items
These whimsical trash-to-treasure decoration tutorial will show you how to recycle your way to one of a kind home decor!
Turn a plastic bottle into a beautiful flower! This poinsettia is made by shaping a plastic tea jug into the beautiful petals and painting them.
These simple vases are so pretty, you'll forget they used to be water bottles!
Plastic Bottle Crafts for Organizing
This easy project will take you just a couple minutes to create and it's a great storage solution for those little odds and ends on your desk! A bit of washi tape is all you need to decorate them.
Charging Station Recycled Craft
Use an empty plastic bottle to create a charging station! By creating a small container you can plop your phone in while it charges, you'll save space and it'll be so convenient!
Select colorful water bottles or even a different type of plastic bottle to make these bright organizers! Use them for your office or put them in the bathroom as another storage option.
Recycled Snack Box with Zipper
Isn't it amazing that you can turn a soda bottle into a fantastic storage solution? Learn how to attach a zipper to your plastic bottle to make an easy-to-open case.
If you need more ideas for how to recycle the whole bottle, check out these35 Bottle Cap Crafts
Water Bottle Games and Toys
This incredible kayak recycling project is perfect for anyone with a huge collection of empty bottles!
More Water Bottle Craft Ideas (From Our Readers!)
- Cut the bottoms off of bottles that have 5 or 6 bumps on the bottom and paint them to look like snowflakes.
- Use the 5-6 bump bottle bottoms to store small items, like jewelry and beads.
- Cut the top off of liter bottles and use them as greenhouses by placing them over sprouting seedlings.
- Use them to make birdfeeders.
- Cut the bottoms off of water bottles and dip the bottle into soapy water. Blow through the hole where you would drink the water to create your own bubble blower!
- Turn water bottles into a piggy bank. Cut a small slit in the top to place the coins and simply unscrew the top to remove the change inside.
- Make your own lava lamps! Fill the water bottle about ¾ full with vegetable oil then add water. Add 10 drops of food coloring. Break an Alka-Seltzer tab into four pieces and drop one in at a time and wait for each to dissolve.
- Decoupage some tissue paper on water bottles to create luminaries! You can cut the top or bottom of the bottle off and put a fake tealight inside for great outdoor décor for all kinds of parties.
- Fill empty bottles with sand and place them in your knee high boots to keep them from falling over in your closet! This is a great way to prevent creases from forming in your shoes.
- Make your own I Spy game by filling an empty bottle with rice, beads, buttons, small toys, and more. Shake the bottle and see how many things you can find in five minutes! This is a great game for road trips.
- Use empty water bottles to store all your beads. This is storage and decoration all in one, since the colors of the beads shows through the plastic bottles. Group your beads by color and arrange on a shelf for practical and decorative storage!
While you're in the reduce-reuse-recycle mood, check out these awesome62 Toilet Paper Roll Crafts