Plastic Mats For Homeless

The purpose of this group is to use the plastic bag strips to crochet into 30 inch by 70 inch roughly 2 5 feet by 6 feet sleeping mats for the homeless.

Plastic mats for homeless.

After a month of crocheting interspersed with stopping to cut bags into thin strips. See more ideas about plastic bag crochet recycled plastic bags plastic bag crafts. Home crafts diy turning plastic bags into sleep mats for homeless turning plastic bags into sleep mats for homeless. We ll stitch them together to create a full mat.

Seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. Make a portion and send it to us. As an amazon associate i earn from qualifying purchases. By collecting plastic bags and crocheting them in to sleeping mats you can give a homeless veteran a soft place to lay his or her head and help keep plastic bags out of oceans and landfills.

Atlanta christian church is the scene every friday morning of members folding and cutting the plastic bags brought home from the store. Plarn is plastic yarn strips which are then crocheted into useful products including the mats pillows and bags. Maria mendez young and other american legion auxiliary members in california are part of an initiative to create and provide these sleeping mats to homeless veterans in their community. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip.

Every child was busy helping prepare hundreds of bags. Don t want to make a full mat. Plarn sleeping mat by rose fine arts. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st.

These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to. So far they have spent at least 100 hours on the project producing 18 mats that have been handed out to the homeless and there are many more to come. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together. Affiliate links may be used in this post.

John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Plastic bag sleeping mats. Mar 23 2019 explore yrussell1 s board crochet plastic bags into mats for homeless on pinterest.