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HOW-TO: Resin Hairclip

Materials: UV resin, hairclip mold, hairclip base, colorful recycled material (candy wrappers)

1. 1st layer: Pour resin onto the mold.

2. 2nd layer: Place recycled material (I used colorful candy wrappers).

3. 3rd layer: Pour more resin.

4. Cure under UV ray lamp. With a small lamp, I leave it for 24 hours.

5. When fully cured, stick hairclip base onto the resin.

6. Wear your new cute hairclip!

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HOW-TO: Resin Earrings

Prepare the following materials: UV resin, UV lamp (optional), silicone mold, recycled foil/ any recycled material that will fit into the mold, earring studs, metal glue, popsicle stick, and wooden stick.

1.    First, pour the resin onto the mold halfway.

2.    Place the recycled material on top of the resin in the mold. You can use your wooden stick to place the design properly. Just don’t press it too much because it may sink deeper into the resin.

3.    When you are happy with the design, pour more resin onto the mold until the full. Be careful with pouring because it may overflow.

4.    Flatten the resin using a popsicle stick.

5.    Place the mold under a UV lamp or under the sun until it cures. To make sure it cures properly, it is best to leave it overnight/ for a day.

Tips: To remove the bubbles in the resin, you can use a lighter to heat the surface of the resin.

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HOW-TO: Recycled Paper Bags

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HOW-TO: Recycled Organizer

Materials: box (any size you like), masking tape, glue, scissors, cutter, spray paint/ colored paper, designs

     How I did my storage box:

1.    I used a medium-size box at home. I cut from the bottom to the middle side, leaving 5” of the box.

2.    I then trimmed uneven sides.

3.    I used masking tape to make the edges neater.

Small:

1.    I took a small box at home and cut the side flaps.

2.    Using masking tape, I taped the bottom flaps to make another sturdy side.

3.    I cut the side flaps to make dividers.

4.    I stick the partition using masking tape.

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HOW-TO: Bottle Cap Earrings

Materials: 2 bottle caps, 2 earring hooks, 2 eye pins, beads, pliers, sharp object that can pierce through bottle cap

1. Attach the earring hook and eye pin.

2. Place beads in the eye pin.

3. Pierce a hole through the top part of the bottle cap. (I used an old dart pin)

4. Attach the hook and pin with beads to the bottle cap.

5. Flaunt your new bottle cap earrings!

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HOW-TO: Bottle Cap Mirror

Materials: bottle caps, sturdy material (like cardboard), mirror, ruler, pencil, scissor, cutter, glue gun with glue stick

1. Draw your wanted mirror design (make this bigger than the mirror).

Optional: flatten the bottle caps to make a different look.

3. Arrange the bottle caps based on the design you did in Step 1.

4. Stick the bottle caps and mirror.

5. Use your newly designed mirror!

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HOW-TO: Plastic Pots

Make your own plastic pots that can house smol plants! 

Grab a pair of scissors, a marker, and a plastic bottle (of 1.5L or 2L). Mark where you want to cut the bottle, then cut. You can either use only the bottom part, or both!

More specific instructions: 

Materials: 1.5L plastic bottle, cutter, scissors, marker 1.    Mark the plastic bottles near the middle part, make sure to make the top part a little longer than the bottom one. 2.    Cut the plastic bottles using a cutter, follow the marker. 3.    Use a pair of scissors to straighten the cut.

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HOW-TO: Bottle Cap Coaster

Like drinking beverages but hate the marks they leave on the table? Make your own coaster using bottle caps (plastic or metal)! 

Form the caps into any shape you want, and use a glue gun to stick them to each other. Afterwards, glue them to any cardboard or sturdy material you have (I recycled an old cardboard box). Keep it simple, or add designs. 

More specific instructions: 

Materials: metal caps, glue gun, glue sticks, cardboard or cork board, scissors

1.    Pick a design or shape you want your coaster.

2.    Choose the metal caps you want to use.

3.    Glue the metal caps to each other using the glue gun and sticks.

4.    Stick the glued metal caps onto the cardboard or cork board.

5.    Cut out the design/ shape of the glued metal caps.

6.    You can leave it as is or color in the cardboard/ cork board.

And voila! Your very own coaster! Never again to coffee marks in the morning.

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