Exclusive sneak preview for our devoted RePlayGround bloggers, this soda tab belt project is coming out in our new 100-project book, set for publication in April 2011. In the meantime, summer is here and suddenly the streets are littered with soda cans and tabs - here is an an eco-chic way for your to upcycle your summer treats. 1. To start out your belt, you'll need approximately 110 soda tabs, or 13 tabs for every 4" of your belt. For the cording you can use anything from shoelaces to nylon cording. For a recent RePlayGround workshop we used t-shirt strips, cut in a spiral around the edge of a t-shirt, 1" thick. Pull your t-shirt strip to utilize that natural curl shape! Start by bending down the extra sharp flap of metal in the center hole, if it hasn't broken off already. 2. Cut your cord (or t-shirt strip) to 100" and tie a loop at the center of the cord, securing with a tight double knot. The loop should be about the same size as a soda tab, because this is what you're going to hook your last tab onto to close your belt. 3. Thread the two cord ends through a soda tab, from the underside of the tab (see Abby's illustration above). 4. a) Put a second tab on top of the first. b) Bring the cord ends up and around tab 2 from one side, down the middle, and back through tab 1. 5. a) Put a third tab under the second. b) Bring cord back to front through tab 3 and up through tab 2. 6. Continue this pattern until the belt is a few inches longer than your waist size. 7. Finish the cord with a tight double knot and trim loose ends. 8. Now you get to show off your belt! To wear, just slip the knot end through the loop you tied at the beginning. Happy Upcycling!
What you do with too much time and a lot of soda tabs.
On day 49 one of the comments was from memoriesforlifescrapbooks. She said "Fun idea! They'd be cute painted red too :)". So i decided to try that and make them red. The paint and vanish made them so thick i could not get a chainmaille ring around the middle any more. So I attached the earhook to the side.
This all started by collecting soda tabs for my grandma so she could donate them…but sometimes I forget to give them to her🤪 Around 3,000 soda tabs later, here is the final product! #imjustagirl • •...
Enjoy this celestial sun and moon themed bracelet, handmade from recycled tabs off soda pop cans. The sun and moon charms are accented by blue and yellow pop tabs, and just a little bit of glitter. Bracelets are strung with elastic cord for comfort, and can fold flat for storage or travel. Please choose your size at checkout: XS - 10 tabs, approx. 6 inches (child-size wrist) S - 11 tabs, approx 7 inches (small-boned wrist) M - 12 tabs, approx. 8 inches (medium-boned wrist) L - 13 tabs, approx. 9 inches (large-boned wrist) See the optional matching earrings here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/964980279/moon-and-star-soda-pop-tab-earrings-blue?ref=shop_home_active_21&sca=1 You can see all of my handmade soda tab bracelets here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PlanetPolly?ref=hdr§ion_id=20238297 All items are handmade by me in my smoke free, pet friendly home, and available to ship via USPS first class mail.
