Pallet crafts
Crafts and projects which use discarded wooden shipping pallets
Pallets reused as benches
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Pallet crafts are crafts and projects which use discarded wooden shipping pallets.
Wooden pallets are often used for shipping products, but when these get old, they are often thrown away. However, there are many ways to recycle old pallets.
Issue 14 of ReadyMade Magazine issued out a MacGyver challenge to find some way to reuse shipping pallets. In the following two issues of the magazine, plans and pictures for winning submissions were shown. Winning submissions included:[citation needed]
- A bench
- A picnic set
- A chair and table set
- A lounge chair
- A raised garden bed[1]
One can also find plans online for other craft projects using pallets, such as plans for:
- Compost bins[2]
- Birdhouses[3]
- Sheds[4]
- Planters
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Also, one can read about how people have made various things out of pallets, such as:
- A coffee table
- Guitars, including American guitar maker, Taylor Guitars[5]
- Beds, sofas,[6] swings and garden furniture[7]
- Bunkers for woodsball, a variant of the sport of paintball
- An ignitable pirate raft, filled to the brim with fireworks and flying the Jolly Roger [citation needed]
- From headboards to console tables[8]
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Gallery
Insect hotels
Insect hotels made from wooden pallets
Planters made from wooden pallets
References
- ^ Making raised garden beds out of pallet wood
- ^ Composting bins
- ^ Birdhouse
- ^ Pallet shed
- ^ "Guitars | Taylor Guitars". www.taylorguitars.com.
- ^ "Cheap'N'Chic Pallet Sofa". Scraphacker.com. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "5 Creative Uses For Old Pallets". Toolbox.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "17 Incredibly Creative Ways to Reuse Shipping Pallets". CountryLiving. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "The Garden Furniture Shop". Thegardenfurnitureshop. Retrieved 12 Jun 2021.
External links
- 100 Ideas For Wooden Pallets Furniture