Wine Corks into the Bulletin Board

If I ever knew you could do so many useful and awesome things using wine corks, I would have never thrown away a single one!

Today's idea is fun and useful: create a Bulletin Board for your in-family communication or for your to-do list using wine corks!

You will need is glue, canvas to keep the whole thing today and about 40 wine corks! Super easy DIY!

Here are more fun DIY ideas with wine corks:  bath mat out of wine corks, wine cork serving tray, wine bottle corks armchair as well as one of these 3 eco-friendly DIY Christmas wreaths. Also, read about being an eco-friendly parent here. Get greener and more creative!

Mason Jars into Elegant Garden Lanterns

Mason jars work great as upcycling material: they look pretty (no need for extra decor) and are rather thick and reliable (they aren't even afraid of open fire).

Here's a detailed tutorial on creating stylish mason jar lanterns to decorate your garden.

You will need:

• 1 pint or ½ pint mason jars
• 2-2 ½ feet of bailing wire per lantern
• Sand
• Votive or tea light candles

Tools:

• Pencil
• Wire cutters
• Needle Nose Pliers

More cool DIY ideas for garden lanterns

• DIY Metal Cans Garden Laterns
• How to Make Recycled Wine Bottle Torch

Plastic Bottle into a Bird Feeder

Bird feeders are always fun to make as you can easily enroll your kids into the process. It is awesome to watch birds coming and it also teaches your children to care for the Nature (which, in turn, makes them kinder, more responsible and eco-conscious).

Here are a couple of nice-looking useful and smart ways to re-use your old plastic bottles into bird-feeders:

1) For this one, apart from a large plastic bottle, you will also need two wooden spoons that work as actual feeders. The wholes above the spoons will let bird seeds out, but not too much:

2) I fell in love with this one: the roof looks fantastic! And your kids will love the idea of "Welcome home" message. It must really feel at home there:

Recycle Old-Fashioned Belts into a Garden Chair

If you have an old lawn chair that is already too old to offer your barbecue guests to sit on it, here's a great idea to renovate it: use your old forgotten western belts as webbing for the tired chair.



Breathe new life into your backyard chair!

Plastic Bottles into Upside Down Herb Planters

If you love planting and adore original designs and ideas, you will find this idea simply awesome! Plant herbs upside down and use old plastic bottles for this!

• These save plenty of space;
• They look amazing and fun (your guests and friends will love it!)
• That's an awesome way to reuse old plastic bottles.

Here's the detailed instruction as well as another way to implement the idea.

More ways to re-use those plastic bottles:

• Recycle a Plastic Bottle into a Box
• Plastic Bottle Sand Watch
• Build a Greenhouse of Plastic Bottles
• Plastic Bottle Candle Holder
• Sandals for the Beach Made of Plastic Bottles