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How to Upcycle Plastic Bottle into Phone Holder or Phone Stand

April 21, 2018 9 Comments

OK you have to try this DIY on How to Upcycle Plastic Bottle into Phone Holder or Phone Stand. It’s functional, very straight forward, and gives another life to something you would recycle. This is a good activity for tweens/teens or for you to do with you kids. In less than 15 minutes you can upcycle a plastic bottle into something you can use every day…

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Upcycle Plastic Bottle into Phone Holder or Phone Stand

You can use this upcycled phone stand for your desk. Or you can use it to amplify the sound on your phone when you play music (my kids do this with their phones and empty cups all the time — the music amplifies as if you have a speaker).

You will need:
  • clean plastic bottle
  • scissors
  • paper towel
  • duct tape
Instructions:
  1. Clean plastic bottle by rinsing out liquid or lotion.
  2. Discard the pump (you don’t need it for this DIY)
  3. Using scissors, carefully cut off the top of the bottle. This is an adult job if you are making this DIY with kids. I opened up the scissors and punctured the bottle with one scissor tip – then – I used the scissors (starting at the hole I created) to cut around the bottle).
  4. Discard the top (you can recycle this).
  5. Using scissors, cut down along the front of the plastic bottle (about 2/3 down) – then cut across – cut down across the other side so that you remove a rectangle.
  6. Now that the interior of the plastic bottle is open – give it a really good rinse with water to eliminate any left-over lotion/soap.
  7. Pat dry with paper towel.
  8. Using duct tape, cover over label at front of bottle. You can decorate the whole bottle with duct tape if you like.
  9. Done.

Think of this activity for Earth Day, Earth Hour, Eco-Clubs and any time you want to do a low-cost boredom buster.

It also reminds the whole family to look at what you use every day — and consider other uses for it. What about other plastics (straws? dish soap containers? yogurt containers?). Brainstorm how you can upcycle these items into something creative.

Choose eco-minded products

Choose eco-minded products like those from AVEENO®, which are made using the finest ingredients from nature and packaged in recycled and recyclable materials. Once you’ve finished your favourite bottle of AVEENO® Daily Moisturizing Lotion, follow three simple steps to recycle your empties before heading to the nearest Shoppers Drug Mart for a restock .

Three simple steps to recycle your product empties:

  1. Remove the pump and discard (most pumps are made of too many types of plastic to be recyclable).
  2. Rinse your empty bottle.
  3. Toss in your recycling bin or upcycle (like this Upcycle Plastic Bottle idea)

Disclosure: I am an Aveeno Canada ambassador. Opinions and DIY is my own.

SHARE: How would you/do you upcycle? Would you try this Upcycle’d plastic bottle DIY?

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  1. Rosanne Robinson says

    April 21, 2018 at 11:12 am

    This is a great craft idea to do with kids and love that it’s reusing a plastic bottle that would have ended up in a landfill, thanks!

    Reply
  2. Suzie B (soozle) says

    April 21, 2018 at 6:13 pm

    Very cool idea! Easy enough for anyone to be able to participate in, regardless of age

    Reply
  3. Laurence says

    April 21, 2018 at 8:18 pm

    This is a very informative post about finding out how to reuse an item, finding new uses for something is a great idea.

    Reply
  4. cottagebunny says

    April 22, 2018 at 1:23 pm

    Oh wow! I love this idea and will definitely be trying this.Thanks so much for the post.

    Reply
  5. Theresa says

    April 25, 2018 at 12:52 am

    Super clever idea. Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight party. Pinned & sharing

    Reply
  6. Dagmar Bleasdale says

    April 25, 2018 at 10:49 am

    Thank you so much for linking up to my latest party on my blog dagmarbleasdale.com. This is a and your fabulous upcycling idea!. I hope to welcome you back soon!
    Warm regards,
    Dagmar Bleasdale

    Reply
  7. tarahlynn says

    May 3, 2018 at 2:41 pm

    Great idea!

    Reply
  8. Calvin says

    June 26, 2018 at 11:20 am

    I think it’s a nice idea to reuse the bottles.. Any other botles can work too! 🙂

    Reply

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