r/upcycling • u/catschimeras • 5h ago
r/upcycling • u/Mx_Yellow • 1d ago
Completed Upcycling Project making little containers from soda bottle tops
I love making these little things (even though I still haven't found a good use for them 😅)
r/upcycling • u/SciFiCrafts • 23h ago
Upcycling Work in Progress The dock for my shampoo bottle spaceship (everything made from scratch/trash) now has primer and base-colors on! Story is, cap of the ship wants to buy cat food for his babies but the clerk is not an ambitious one! Chilling on the roof...
The ship was made from shampoo bottles, the dock/store was made from an old boom box, various lids, spray can caps and so on!
r/upcycling • u/bumblebeetatu18 • 1d ago
Completed Upcycling Project Scrap wraps, fairy skirt from recycled fabric scraps
100% recycled materials, every scrap came from a local seamstress (I help recycle fabric from all over, scraps are the hardest to find something to do with) can't wait for the Ren faire!!!!! (This particular skirt was made in a mermaid theme)
r/upcycling • u/TheKingOfDissasster • 1d ago
Completed Upcycling Project Know what? My pet birds literally don't care that their toys are ugly
They might be smart, but they definitely don't understand the concept of DIY vs store bought.
This one is a shredding toy, calcium supplement and foraging toy, custom made for his foraging level, favorite textures and interests. If i can make it, why not?
r/upcycling • u/_get_off_your_phone_ • 1d ago
Completed Upcycling Project Garbage art
Bicycle parts salvaged from FreeCycles in Missoula (nothing functional enough from bicycle construction). Cordage from Giving Art to Missoula, both salvage materials nonprofits.
r/upcycling • u/_homestead_honey_ • 1d ago
Completed Upcycling Project Denim Upcycle Projects
My son and his friends work in construction, and they give me their old jeans when they replace them with new ones…. I know my projects look a bit trashy, but I am happy anyway lol 😆 I love making aprons, skirts and whatever else strikes my fancy. Denim is so useful, it’s my favorite Upcycle source.
r/upcycling • u/NightcrawlingStag • 2d ago
Ideas Needed! Does anyone know where I could even start to make my own version of this skirt as a pair of wide leg jeans??
Hi, I am very new to this skill/trade. I know this would be very difficult to replicate, but I refuse to pay like 1k on a sketchy website for this 🥲 the 2nd image is just what style of pant i would format the scalloped pattern onto
r/upcycling • u/fairycorsetsewing • 2d ago
Completed Upcycling Project My jeans' second life
Second life for my favorite jeans! They were worn out and torn near the pocket, so I upcycled them into this corset top.
r/upcycling • u/Lancelot_the_unicorn • 2d ago
Ideas Needed! How to alter this top to be more fitted and have pleats at the bottom?
Just thrifted this cute button up that I'd like to alter to be more fitted. I picked the inspo pics specifically because I like the slightly gathered bust area (the mostly white shirt), and I really would like to add pleats or something similar on the bottom edge of the shirt to add some volume at the bottom. Anyone have tips for how to cut and sew the shirt to get the pleats and gathered bust? Or links to patterns, tutorials, whatever?
r/upcycling • u/Naive-Shallot2417 • 2d ago
Ideas Needed! What should i do with this old art case?
Im getting rid of the plastic bits, but idk what to do with the case. It's really pretty & the set was a gift from my grandma so I wanna keep using it despite having used the supplies inside.
Anyways, any and all advice is appreciated, thanks!
r/upcycling • u/IllustriousSky8696 • 2d ago
Ideas Needed! I'm trying to make sculptures from old wire and cover them in tape. Has anybody found a tape which looks nice, stays stuck and can take paint? Thanks
r/upcycling • u/FruitsBasketFosters • 3d ago
Completed Upcycling Project More art made from bulk Pokemon cards I was gifted! Sprigatito and some love balls ❤️
Still doing my best to use up all the bulk cards I’ve been recently gifted! I love how cute these all came out ❤️ will definitely keep making more!!
r/upcycling • u/AntiqueMountain4473 • 2d ago
Ideas Needed! What should I do with this piece of scrap fabric??
I fortunately don't have many holes in my clothes or clothes that need repair, but I'm into crafty stuff and can do basic hand sewing. I'm thinking I could maybe sew it into a blanket or something using my other large pieces of fabric I have in my scrap bag?
r/upcycling • u/Malkina • 2d ago
Ideas Needed! Can anyone help with ideas for table made by grandfather?
r/upcycling • u/fammm_moas0180306 • 3d ago
Ideas Needed! Cam anyone help me upcycled this hand mirror
My cousin gave me this little mirror as a birthday gift and someone ended up shattering kt. For now the pieces are still held together inside but are ratteling. I know it can't be the same as before but is there anything I could do to make it less of an eye sore /cute.
r/upcycling • u/docricky • 3d ago
Ideas Needed! Upcycling junkmail
So I am getting a lot of junk mail recently, a lot from political flyers on pretty good cardstock. I'd like to reuse the card stock for various other art projects, but I'd like to cover up the print. I've tried painting it over with cheap white acrylic paint - doesn't work well on glossy cards, and isn't opaque enough. Regular printer paper is too thin, so if I glue it on top of the cards, the print also shows through. Would love ideas on how to cover up old print - ideally with a substrate that lets me use gel pens or markers on it, but opaque and flat enough to cover the previous print. Will experiment with black paint.
r/upcycling • u/OakRows • 4d ago
Completed Upcycling Project Hoodie + upcycled pants & denim = this thing
Wrapped in distressed denim with pants for sleeves. Is it too much or not enough 🤔
r/upcycling • u/Different-Present110 • 3d ago
Ideas Needed! Ideas for a Moana themed dolls house
Found this for £10 in my local charity shop, planning to turn it into a Moana style dolls house for my Moana mad 2yo niece 🥰 Ideas welcome, I'm going to start with a plain base coat of white paint so it's a blank canvas. Might need to actually watch Moana as well as I am not 100% of the plot / characters other than Moana, Maui and the chicken 😅
r/upcycling • u/CryptographerLost357 • 3d ago
Ideas Needed! Any ideas for covering up the degrading pleather?
This is my most used purse. Unfortunately I bought it before I switched over to only buying natural materials so it is made of pleather, and predictably it has started to degrade. Normally I’d just replace it, but I love this purse so much because it’s the perfect size and shape! The inside is still in perfect condition, it’s just the outer pleather that’s peeling. I can replace the strap, but now the body is also starting to peel. Does anyone have any ideas on covering up the outside so I can give this bag a second life?
r/upcycling • u/SporadicEmoter • 4d ago
Ideas Needed! Repurposing peeling faux leather trousers
I have a pair of faux leather trousers that have beeb damaged and started to peel from being the dryer too long.
The peeling is mainly around the belt area, with patches around the legs.
I'm not a seamstress, but I've had the idea to replace the material around the belt, and put applique on the patches on the legs. I know plastic leather deteriorates over time, so idk if that will hold for a time?
Thoughts and recs would be super helpful, I'm not ready to give these up yet 🙏🏿
r/upcycling • u/Objetosdecuero • 6d ago
Completed Upcycling Project Reciclado de cajones.
Consegui cajones de varios tamaños y los converti en estantes en mí taller.
r/upcycling • u/Georges_h16 • 5d ago
Completed Upcycling Project DRONE DE COMBAT OREO EXTRA CORE
- Six independent « Twist » profile rotors
- Invisibility mode
- Pressurized Extra Core™ cream reactor
- Dual-layer chocolate armor plating
- 360° cookie sensor array
- Twist-Lick-Dunk separation protocol
- High-velocity crumb launcher
r/upcycling • u/catschimeras • 6d ago
Completed Upcycling Project it's Strange Plush Saturday! meet Hubcap the Kiwi Griffin frankenplushie
r/upcycling • u/dourrose • 7d ago
Completed Upcycling Project Before and After
Found this broken on side of the road with a free sign. I removed the legs for it to fit in my car and ended up replacing some hardware. Got a lead test, all clear. Cleaned and fixed it up for my toddler as a craft station that was short enough :)

