Making Plastic Mats For The Homeless

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags.

Making plastic mats for the homeless.

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. 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. 500 700 plastic shopping bags for a person sized mat but can vary depending on what you re using the mat for 10mm or larger crochet hook.

How to make plarn. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily. 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. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip.

Seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. Make plastic sleeping mats for homeless veterans you can help homeless veterans and benefit the environment at the same time. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the.

The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases.