The Woman Today team celebrates Earth Day with DIY project

By Megan Keller

Do you ever look in your pantry and see plastic bags bursting out of something that is supposed to cleanly contain them? Do you ever feel it isn’t the best thing to have such an abundance of plastic bags? Now, let's move on to your closet. How many of you look at a stack of old T-shirts and think, “I should donate these,” but you

Directions: simply cannot part with them? Well no more worries! We have a great solution for you for both these dilemmas. You can help us celebrate Earth Day by cutting back on plastic waste, recycling those old classic shirts and making yourself a customized shopping bag! Go green, in style with some of your old favorites.

The Woman Today team came together to show you how you can make these simple totes with just two items: a shirt and scissors!! Gather up your friends or coworkers to celebrate Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22, and kick those plastic bag habits and replace them with a customized tote of your own! D

1. Cut off the sleeves.

2. Cut around the neck - you can do a round, rectangle or rounded rectangle cut.

3. Make a series of 3-inch cuts along the bottom, about 1 to 1-½ inches wide.

4. Tie one fringe from the back to one fringe from the front. Repeat across the bottom.

5. Turn right side out and it's ready to take shopping!

The Woman Today staff members show off their new DIY recycled totes: Ali Carlson, Kathleen Pennington, Kim Quinones and Megan Keller.

Tips from the team:

“The larger the shirt, the bigger the tote! You can make yourself a cute little beach style tote or an actual shopping bag based on the size you choose.”

“I did a large shirt and wasn’t pleased with how big it was. So I followed the cut and tie pattern we did on the bottom and did it on each side. It took the bag down a few inches off each side! Perfect solution to make the bag smaller.”

“To assist with cutting a level fringe, place a ruler across the width of the shirt 3-4 inches up from the bottom and draw a line all the way across. When cutting the fringe, stop at the line.”

“ I ended up triple tying some of the fringe. This helped with closing the small holes at the bottom of your tote. “ Have fun with it, super easy!

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