Repurposed plastic net bag
@thebeaddoodler (4262)
Lubbock, Texas
September 10, 2008 9:47am CST
For several years I've kept the plastic net bags that poultry and fruit come in and just wad them up to use for dish scrubbers. They're great because you can scrub anything from fine china and crystal to coated cookware without scratching the surface.
I got crafty and decided to do something a little more creative than just wad the bag up, and came up with this rose bud.
I have another picture of the other end (raw edges) in the pictures for crafts.
What do you thing? What do you use plastic net bags for?
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@thebeaddoodler (4262)
• Lubbock, Texas
10 Sep 08
Thanks. If you need some help making one instructions are here.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4505392_rose-bud-scrubber.html
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@JoyfulOne (6231)
• United States
10 Sep 08
How cute! That rose is pretty neat. I re-use them the same way you do, and I also make up those bath scrubber thingies out of the ones the fruit comes in. Nice way to recycle! I also re-purpose those larger plastic mesh potato bags again. In the winter I cut them a little smaller bag and use it to tack on a tree with some suet for the birds. When they've picked the suet out, I throw it away. In the garage, I use the ones that have the drawstring top for hanging up my garden hand-tools in an out of the way spot. I also use them to bundle up my summer sandals and summer tennis shoes so they're not free floating around the closet and can be tucked away easier. There's lots of good uses for those too.
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@thebeaddoodler (4262)
• Lubbock, Texas
11 Sep 08
OH! Bath scrubbies. I hadn't thought about that. I have a good supply of loofahs and I prefer them, but when I run out that's something to think about. Thanks.
As for feeding the birds I don't! We have those horrible Grackles that eat everything in sight. You know how easily Holly Hock reseed themselves? If I don't pick the seed pods and replant them in the spring they don't reseed because the Grackles eat them all! I envy people that have "nice" birds they want to feed.
The potato bags I get are solid plastic and I cut them in strips to crochet into totes, sun bonnets, etc. I even saw a pattern for sandals made with crocheted plastic bags that I may try next summer.
@JoyfulOne (6231)
• United States
11 Sep 08
Yes, those grackles are a pain in the butt! I live on a farm, so most of them stay back in the fields where oats and stuff like that are planted, although yesterday morning my whole backyard was covered with them lookin for worms after the rain. Luckily my bird feeders, etc, are in the front and they never bothered it.
That's neat about crocheting those potato bags into useable items. I haven't done that with them, but I do use my bread wrappers cut into strips and crocheted into doormats for the back door. I usually get the same kind of bread every week, so they all match and it really makes a colorful doormat. Nice thing too is when everybody scrapes their shoes off (coming in from the garden, whatever) you can just take it outside and hose it off. Great ideas with the sunhats and sandals, have to see if I can come up with a pattern!
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@creationsbyrobin (3071)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Great idea! Anytime you can recycle an item, especially one that many just throw away, and find another use for it, it's great. And I love hearing about them 
I don't often get plastic net bags from produce, but the next time I do, I'll use your tip and make use out of it. Thanks for sharing!!
I don't often get plastic net bags from produce, but the next time I do, I'll use your tip and make use out of it. Thanks for sharing!!2 people like this
