22 Upcycled DIY Christmas Ornaments

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, How shall I decorate thee!? (in a way that's Eco-friendly of course)...

1. Cookie Cutters

2. Pop Tab Wreath by PopTopTastic

3. Coca Cola Can Curls by brandyfisher

4. Music Sheet Cut-outs

5. Soda Can Stars by LizardSkins

6. Button Mini Wreath

7. Penguin Light Bulbs

8. Map Paper Stars by HullStreetGreen

9. Vintage Spools by Cattales

10. Bike Chain Star

11. Terrarium/Planter

12. Wine Cork Angel by PineywoodsPickle

13. Stained Glass Poinsettias (out of paper towel cardboard rolls)

14. Wire wrapped Key

15. Toilet Paper Roll Owls

16. Circuit Board Cut-outs

17. Beer Bottle Caps by GetsiGypsyGifts

18. Recycled Newspaper Holiday Shapes

19. Upcycled Wool, stitched by ADKnits

20. Aluminum Can Angels

21. Curled Aluminum Cans

22. Scrabble Tiles

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DIY Upcycled Plastic Bottle Cap Pincushion Ring

For this little project, I re-used a small gatorade bottle cap. In my opinion it's the perfect size for a pincushion ring. The regular size gatorade bottle cap is probably perfect for a pincushion bracelet.

I referenced the tutorials below, they were super helpful. One thing I did different though, was use a leather hole punch to make the holes in the cap for the elastic. As long as the plastic isn't too thick it should do it, it did the gatorade cap.

Basically all you do is take a thin elastic and run it through the holes. Make it loop and your size then knot the ends in place. I made my fabric circle 4 inches in diameter (using some leftover cotton from this previous refashion of mine). Gathered it, stuffed it and hot glued it into place. Lastly, I took a 3/4 inch cotton lace trim and wrapped it around the lid edge for embellishment.

Pincushion Ring (with elastic) Tutorial by Trish Preston

Stickable Bottle Cap Pincushion tutorial by Tea Rose Home

Make a Pincushion Ring from a Plastic Bottle Cap from Wikihow

Handmade pincushion ring (available for purchase) by BunteReGelWerke

Or maybe you don't want a ring and would rather take a candlestick holder and upcycle it into a multiple pincushions holder like this one:

Or create whole new apparatus with old silver and have space for just not pins but other sewing notions as well, like this one by Todolwen: 

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