I was combing the internet this week and I came across a term that I have rarely heard, but am starting to hear more often: Upcycle. This term means to repurpose a waste material into a product of higher quality. Esty, an online community of all things handmade, says “To upcycle all’s you need to do is take ordinary materials, craft left overs or items destined for the trash or recycle bin, and turn them into something new and better.” With the green movement and Recycling becoming more and more apart of life, I thought a post on how to upcycle a reuined shower curtain seemed appropriate.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about ‘how not to clean‘ your plastic shower curtain becuase I ruined mine and wanted to spare our readers from making the same mistake I did. This week, I am sharing some ideas on what to do with that ruined shower curtain or others you may have lying around.
A step by step tutorial on transforming a plastic shower curtain into a rain poncho is found on ThreadBangers Blog. Here is a photo of the finished result:
Also, I saw this upcycled tarp into a dress. This would be cool with a vinyl shower curtain as well.
Another idea is to find old waste products that you could upcycle into a shower curtain. For example, I found a Caution Tape shower curtain on Etsy.
Just as long as you have enough material and it is plastic, you could make very unique shower curtains with just about anything!
The sky is the limit!