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Plastic Earrings from Recycled Milk Bottles

Last updated on: February 10, 2015 By Kaylene Filed Under: Craft, DIY, How To, Jewellery 6 Comments

Cute Plastic Earrings made form a used milk bottle! - thelinkssite.comMaking jewellery from recycled stuff is really popular at the moment and I can see why. These cute plastic earrings are cheap, look beautiful and no one would ever guess that they were made from old milk bottles!

I have been interested in having a go at making some of my own jewellery for a few years now but it was only recently that I gave it a try. In particular I wanted to make some of my own earrings because I tend to wear earrings more than necklaces, bracelets, or rings. I like earrings that are casual and cute, stuff that you can wear during the day when you are going to work or to the shops.

I have had a bit of a go at making some earrings from bought beads but I wanted to make some more unique ones. Recently I was looking at uses for milk bottles (when I was doing a post on plastic plant markers) and I saw these cool plastic earrings. I thought that they looked so cute and they didn’t look recycled at all.

I already had some earring hooks and jump rings so I thought that I would have a go at making some myself. I was half expecting them to turn out looking a bit tacky and unprofessional but they turned out surprisingly well.

 

I couldn’t believe how easy and quick it was to make them and thought that I would have a go at doing a tutorial so that you can make your own. So here goes …

 

What you need to make cute Plastic Earrings - thelinkssite.comPlastic Earrings from Milk Bottles

 

 

What you’ll need:

 

  • Earring hooks
  • Jump rings
  • Old Milk Bottle
  • Scissors
  • Compass
  • Small pliers

 

 

Method:

1. Cut a piece of plastic from a used milk bottle. The piece needs to be at least 7.5 cm (3 inches) wide along one of the sides. If you need to remove the label here is a good tip.

2. Cut six strips from the piece of plastic so that you end up with 6 thin strips that are 4 or 5 mm wide and 7.5 cm long.

3. Now you need to make the different sizes for the loops.

  •  Keep two of your thin strips as 7.5 cm long.
  • Cut two of the thin strips to 6 cm long.
  •  Cut the remaining two thin strips to 4.5 cm long.

4.  Use something with a sharp point (I used a compass) to make a small hole in both ends of each of the plastic strips. Make the holes approximately 2 mm in from the ends of each strip.

Preparing strips for Plastic Earrings - thelinkssite.com

 

5. To make one earring:

  • Start by threading one of the 4.5 cm strips onto a jump ring so that it forms a loop.
  • Then add one of the 6 cm strips to the jump ring so that it makes a bigger loop around the first one.
  • Add one of the 7.5 cm strips in the same way so that you now have three loops increasing in size.
  • Add an earring hook to the jump ring and use some small pliers to close the jump ring.

6. Repeat step 5 to make the other earring!

Adding the loops to make the Plastic Earrings - thelinkssite.com

Add the earring hook and close the jump ring to finish these cute Plastic Earrings! - thelinkssite.com

 

I think they look super cute!

Cute Plastic Earrings made from Milk Bottles - thelinkssite.com

 

 

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Comments

  1. Vickie says

    February 12, 2015 at 1:47 am

    These are so cute and would go with just about any outfit! Thank you so much for the inspiration and tutorial!

    Reply
    • Kaylene says

      February 12, 2015 at 10:48 am

      Yes they turned out better than I had hoped. Now I look at other items bound for the recycle and wonder what I could make out of them!

      Reply
  2. Joy @ Joy Love Food says

    February 15, 2015 at 10:01 am

    This is such a great idea! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend? I hope you will join us again this Monday morning 🙂

    Reply
    • Kaylene says

      February 15, 2015 at 2:51 pm

      Thanks Joy, yes I’m looking forward to heading over for a look on Monday!

      Reply
  3. swathi says

    February 24, 2015 at 2:43 am

    Very nice, idea, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop, pinning and tweeting.

    Reply
    • Kaylene says

      February 24, 2015 at 10:33 am

      Thank you Swathi, and thanks for stopping by!

      Reply

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