The succulents are made from plastic soda bottles and the bases from corks. You could even use a plastic bottle for the cloche.

Tin cans of different sizes are used to make a super cute wind chime for the garden.

More cute succulents and flowers made from egg cartons.

A few old newspapers were harmed in the making of these pretty teacups. There is also a tutorial for a large matching paper mache bowl.

Cardboard packaging is a great waste material to craft with. All you need is some cardboard boxes and white paint to make this lovely festive garland.

Empty soda cans can be cut up with scissors to create tin sheets and make these colourful decorations.

Mini yoghurt drink bottles such as Yakult can be crafted into cute bud vases with a bit of paper napkin decoupage.

All you need is a bit of paint and some scissors to turn egg cartons into cute flowers. Use them to make a light-up garland for your mantle.

This beautifully unusual vase may look like stone but it's cleverly crafted from waste materials, of a plastic bottle and cardboard packaging.

Craft your waste glass bottles into an illuminated Halloween decoration for the mantle. There is a Christmas bottle light version here.

Use discarded avocado pits/stones to make some gorgeous natural buttons for sewing crafts and to make cool jewelry.

Toilet paper tubes make great little gift boxes and they can be decorated with paint or washi tape.

Not only a great tutorial on how to fuse plastic bags into a fabric but how to colour them too!

Plastic bags can be turned into a yarn called "plarn".

Another cool wast material craft from Acraftymix. It's hard to believe this cute fairy throne was once a gin bottle.

Paint and sharpies transform shoeboxes into cute storage.

Save the eggshells from your omelettes and baking to make these super cute planters.

This will go with the tin can wind chime in my garden. I love the addition of the perch.

Empty food jars can be rescued from the bin and crafted into cute money boxes.

Use glass glitter to jazz up some bottle caps into a glamourous pendant necklace.

It's amazing how you can make something so beautiful out of something so ordinary. This is a favourite waste material craft of mine.

Make handy notebooks from empty cereal boxes.

Paint glass bottles or jars to make simple vases. There are so many possibilities and designs but simple spots look great.

Craft old wine corks into cute Halloween figures. There is also a Christmas wine cork collection.

Brighten up your kitchen with these Marimekko designer herb planters made from repurposed plastic bottles. These aren't ordinary planters they have a clever self-draining water system to help keep your herbs healthy.

Sardine cans and old Christmas cards can be crafted into a unique Christmas ornament.

These hearts are made from plastic tubs. They would look great as Valentine's garland or as individual tags.

Christmas paper bags from stores can be upcycled into a cute advent calendar.

There are many ways to turn small glass jars into tea lights. Whether it's with paper, paint or even postage stamps.

You don't have to buy craft eggs for your Easter crafting, you can use real eggs.

Fold and weave pages from an old magazine to make this cool bag.

They require no knitting NOR sewing, all you need is any kind of yarn and a cardboard tube.

A cute festive village decoration made from repurposed milk cartons.

Upcycle lids from old food jars into fun colourful ornaments.

Turn your favourite candy/sweet wrapper into a cute coin purse.

Decorating glass jars and bottles, doll them up, pop in a tea light, and add a bit of shine to your home. Use these DIY candle holders to brighten the household. 

If you have empty bottles, some rubber bands and spray paint, you can make these charming upcycled rubber band vases!

It's hard to believe that this Anthropologie inspired vase was once an empty maple syrup bottle.

These darling DIY kitty cat planters are made out of soda bottles.

Who thought Amazon cardboard packaging could look so cute, with just the addition of some scrap fabric.

Craft waste cereal boxes into tabletop Christmas decorations.

These seasonal Easter buckets are made from household waste, tin cans, gift wrap scraps, wine corks and wire. They would also make fabulous spring planters.