Spring Upcycle Projects
Bring spring into your home by infusing your creativity into these upcycle projects.
Wind Chime
What you need:
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fishing line
empty essential oil bottles
beads
hot glue
twine
Directions:
1. Wrap twine around both ends of a stick to use
as your hanger.
2. Assemble the items you want on your wind
chime.
Note: We chose to use empty essential oil
bottles and beads that were lying around.
3. Using fishing line, hang the objects from the
stick.
Tip: Using hot glue to apply the fishing line to your
objects is easier and less time consuming than tying
knots.
Note: Make sure your objects are made from glass or
metal so they will make some sort of sound in the
wind.
4. Use your imagination.
Flower Pot
Pot
What you need:
• empty supplement bottle
• twine
Directions:
1. Spray paint your supplement bottle.
Note: Get creative; it doesn’t have to be plain
white. Paint a design or write some words.
2. Wrap twine around the top of the bottle.
Note: The twine will hide the fact that it’s a
supplement bottle.
Flowers
What you need:
• paper
• scissors
• glue stick
Directions:
1. Draw a ¼ of an inch line down your paper and cut.
This will be the center of your flower.
2. From another color, draw a 1 inch line down your
paper and cut.
3. Take the 1 inch strip and cut ¾ inch lines down the
length of the strip, making it resemble fringe.
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4. Glue the two strips together, overlapping by about a
half of an inch.
5. Place glue all the way down the two strips that are
now glued together and roll.
6. Once dry, push your thumb down to the center, spreading
the fringe to look like a flower.
Note: You can cut more strips of paper to use as
stems and leaves.
Beehive
What you need:
• empty supplement bottle
• 50 feet of rope or twine
• hot glue
Directions:
1. Take your supplement bottle and drill 1-inch hole, an
inch from the bottom of the bottle.
Note: This step is optional.
2. Glue a loop of rope at the top in the center of your
bottle.
Tip: Keep the cap on your supplement bottle.
3. Take your rope and start wrapping it around the loop
and down, cutting around the hole.
4. Once your first layer is done, start wrapping again
about 2 inches below your starting point.
5. Once you finish your second layer, start another layer
an inch below your second layer.
6. Repeat step 5 for your other layers until you get your
desired look.
7. Take a 2–3 inch strip of rope, dependin