How To Make Plastic Bag Sleeping Mats (Where You Live) 

Wow, that is the coolest way to recycle plastic bags I've ever heard of. Bless you lovely ladies.

My father's family were ranchers and used and recycled everything. They grew up doing the depression so nothing was wasted. Wgen bread began coming in plastic wrappers my aunt used to make "throw rugs" out of the bread bags like this. We still use them 60-70 years later ❤️

I live in New Mexico. I currently make 15 gallons of homemade soup for the homeless every Saturday for a Christian motorcycle Ministry called the Hellfighters for the last 4 years. I would love to learn to make these for my brothers and sisters that are enjoying the sites of Albuquerque a little different then we are. I’m sure they would love to enjoy their sandwiches and hot soup on something like that instead of the cold ground. We have t been Blessed with our regular weather this year,it has been crazy colds and even though we need the water out here in the desert 🌵 south west it’s time for it to go away. Thank you for any help you can send my way and God Bless all you young lady’s.

Our church group has been making and donating these mats to homeless people for the last 2 years. The mats have been very well received and sought after. Every mat we make keeps 500-700 recycled plastic bags out of the landfills or out of the waterways and oceans where they are often fatal to marine life. These are soft and comfortable keeping a person off the cold, hard ground and better than sleeping on a piece of cardboard that can get wet and dirty. I have met with other churches, schools, Scout Troops, and other groups to spread the word and get them involved in this very worthwhile project. I've also sent information to organizations out of state so other groups can start their own programs. This is a nationwide and worldwide program that has been going on for 8-10 years or more. It benefits both the homeless and the environment.

There’s so many great things about this video. There’s the lovely ladies . It’s a great way for them to socialise and exercise their hands. Then there’s the fact that this is a great way for there to be less plastic ending up in landfill or in our oceans, killing fish, turtles and so on, and then there’s the mats for homeless people or those in need. I think it’s a wonderful idea and it warms my heart that there IS still good in this world. 💚💚💚💚💚

Wow what a wonderful way to use up plastic bags and to help the homeless. I think you are fabulous and the finished products look great too. May the good Lord love and bless you ladies and keep up the good work 👍❤️👍

This is not only brilliant for the homeless but would be great for nap time at schools

Beats the bags ending up in our landfills and oceans, or worse wrapped around an animals neck. Great video and beautiful bags (no pun intended). Where can we find one of the yarn winders you have? Thanks.

WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA ! GOD BLESS YOU. 💝

My Grandma used to make rugs out of scrap fabric that looked just like this. I love this idea. May God bless all of you abundantly.

Just marvelous to take all these bags out of the waste cycle and would be fun to socialize with all these nice ladies while doing it together! Would be a cool project to bring to nursing homes for patients to try. And there's so much supply of bags!

💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 What a great idea girls 👍👍👍👍👍 plus you keep the oceans clean 👏👏👏👏👏👏 And you help people,who are in need 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 You are angels 🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️💕💕💕💕💕💕💕THANK YOU 🥰😘

This is such a great way to use plastic bags to create such a beautiful mat. God bless you ladies and keep up the good work

This is so wholesome, thank you for your hard work ladies. ❤

I love you selfless ladies. Thank you!💖👍🏽

What a great thing to do not only for the environment but for the homeless, who really need something like this ,,💕💕

Wow it's incredible. . . You people will be the saviors of earth. . . God bless you. . .

That is a really good thing you lady's r doing & they r so cute .God Bless u all .

What a fantastic idea ladies!! I'm going to start saving bags! Thank you for showing us how to do it. Wonderful. 🌫️💜🌫️🙏

Great idea.. I have tried it at my villager and it made more benefit for them

What a great use of a troubling product, which have been causing lots of problems for the environment. Fortunately, they are being used less and less. Meantime, thank you for doing your part to help the homeless find some comfort. My store uses the tan ones. I'm trying to bring my own bags, so that there are less plastic bags being used, but when I forget, I recycle them back to the store.

how wonderful and very proud of are all you bag ladies. would help learn to how to do the bags.

Thank you for caring for our planet I will try this ...love from India 😘

Amazing ladies Bless You

Fabulous idea ladies well done !

Dear Ladies! You are amazing! Thank you for your work :)

This is a truly brilliant idea! More power to your elbows ladies.👍

Approximately, how many bags do you need for one sleeping mat? And approximately how long does it take to make one mat?

Thank you Nanaimo seniors! You're awesome 😊. I'm from Kamloops. My niece and grand-niece live in Nanaimo. I have a love for those close to" the streets". I've seen these beautiful mats. I'm starting to make plan belts... So many people especially guys/ boys have pants that are too big.

Thank you for all you do🙏🏼💜

you done a very great job... it's really amazing 👍👌

Wow, amazing idea. To make them for the homeless even better.

maravilloso !!! muchas gracias por compartirlo !!! thank you very very much !!!

Wow ma'am our young generation should try and learn to make plastic Mats from you all elders, thank you

I love the plastic bags mat what a fantastic idea thanks for sharing

Fantastic projects for schools! Thank you ladies for this helpful tips... Beautiful mind and soul. God bless you all..

Maravilloso, una gran idea. Gracias

That would be great for the beach. And I'll suggest that to my weekly meetings with my ladies. Great idea making them for the homeless. I'm from Germany by the way.

No! Don't cut the strips like that! Cut the top off and cut round and round from the top in a spiral. Then you don't have loads of joins. I've knitted and crocheted with bags. My grandma made hats from them.

This is a fantastic idea! And best of all, they're waterproof, so they will be perfect for the homeless!

Amassing! Great work. i tried it, it is very hard on hands.

Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Joseph Michigan has been making these for years. Have friends save colorful plastic tablecloths so they can be cut up to make the mats even more colorful! I get 10 cents each plastic tablecloths

Can we buy these as possibly yoga mats? The money could also go to the homeless...❤️🧚🏻‍♀️

The use of plastic bags has been banned in our area and I've been looking for some videos to get the ideas to recycle the plastic bags at my home and so far that is the best and the most useful way to recycle the plastic bags..i'm so thankful to these women....❤ Continue to keep up the good work..God bless you all

Great idea..too many plastic bags r wasting every day.. this transformation technic is really appreciated..thanks for sharing

OMG. This is so cool.

FANTASTIC !!

Such a brilliant idea and at the same time we are saving our widelife too!😃

Omg ❤️❤️❤️thank you for your service

Very good idea to recycling of plastic bags. Thanks for great idea. 👌🙏

I'm making baskets from plastic carrier bags but your idea is fab. I plan to find the nearest Shelter and donate some of the mats and some knitted hats too. X

I love the ladies, blessed you guys😘

Amazing

Amazing!

that is awesome!

This is a wonderful project that I would love to try but I never learned to crochet.

Wow awesome idea how to convert waste to useful objects, first of all I would like to congratulate u for using your precious time to educate people round the globe God bless you all and the involved in this wonderful mission 👍👍👍👍 love you so much ❤️❤️❤️

Great project ladies

WOW THANK YOU!!!

Good idea for my new students !🙋‍♀️🙏👑❤👏thank u for sharing beautiful lady!God bless u all🙏👏

Here in Connecticut they are now charging 10 cents a bag for plastic bags at ALL retail stores and grocery stores. So that's one EXPENSIVE bed!!!

So beautiful . Iam making mine now

Our group that donates crocheted items tried to do this it was just killing our hands and wrists and we used large crochet hooks.

Awesome , it' s the best thing in free time to use every moment useful and some young people have to use their free time with this handmade , I love handmade , but I always sew something when l have free time l got very good impresions , also got more new practice , and l have been never use plastic pocets.One day l'll use plastic pocets🥰🥰🥰

Wow you all are amazing god bless you all

great

I love you guys!

Wonderful idea! Wish I could crochet. Could this be done knitting?

I want to make some of that mats too, but im not sure if hooks large enough to make one already available here in the Philippines though.. 😮

I love the way you cut these instead of other ways I've seen. I love your video too.

How awesome 👏

I live in Homerville Georgia between Valdosta and Waycross Georgia...are there any classes there

Wonderful! A homeless camp just popped up in the neighboring county, and I want to do something to help them out (I'm very poor myself, so sadly I can't donate much in the way of money)

Great ideaaaaaaaa!

So nice 😍😍😍

Pearl Bubbles here's another one for the blankets/mats

Hat off to you all!

I'm in the UK could you give me any idea where I could source a large amount of plastic bags?

Suuuuuuuperb

This is my 1st time even trying to do this kind of project, how do I tie up the ends of my plastic bags rug

Good job 👍👍👍

This is brilliant!

Most of the bags, nearly all really in Uk, are biodegradable so my mat would crumble away after a year or so! I might try this with strips of tarpaulins

very nice

I imagine you could probably weave with the plarn too.

Greeeeaaaat! :)

we make the strap as a separate infinite loop and wrap over the roll is much easier for both the maker and user of the mat.

Nice

Its a grt job

I want to learn to make

Great

I have found that plastic bags in the UK start to break down after a few years, what do you have in place for when this happens?

Omg that is BRILLIANT!

I wonder how many bags it takes to make one.

GREAT IDEA! One question: won't they tear easily, like if it gets caught on something?

How many bags are needed to make a mat?

I wanna try this 👆

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What state are you in? I've made a few of these in the past. And your right there warm and keep you dry.

its waterproof!